Example sentences of "could [vb infin] in [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In episode three , the script required this seasoned gourmet to turn to his wife with the wide-eyed enquiry : ‘ Annie , what exactly IS a truffle ? ’ before scampering to open a reference book on the kitchen table so that the camera could zoom in on the illustration . |
| 2 | He could fall in with the desire of Sapt , marry her secretly and fill the empty place in the Elphberg dynasty . |
| 3 | ‘ Would you care for a bit of supper , and then we could look in at the Area Ball . |
| 4 | She found that she could tune in to the nature spirits and devas overlighting particular species and areas of landscape . |
| 5 | Fred said , ‘ The only other time he ever ordered it was the night you rang us up in Leeds to say you 'd got the house and we could move in by the week we were spliced . ’ |
| 6 | The thing that 's suggested just to sort of er bring that round to you to you know rather than just have me speaking , is to suggest that er if I start a sentence er perhaps you know people could join in with the finish of that sentence , you know . |
| 7 | He could call in at the Informer office in Chancery Lane and use the telephone to arrange a suitably stimulating lunch . |
| 8 | At the foot of it there was a kind of dent in the stonework where she could crouch in behind the cloth , almost hidden . |
| 9 | And who else could come in by the laboratory door from the street ? |
| 10 | ‘ I thought I could cut through some of the stitching and we could get in at the bottom , ’ said Masklin . |
| 11 | We had to make the game all-ticket so no-one came thinking they could get in on the day . |
| 12 | Intending clients could stroll in from the street , look over what was on offer , and come to an arrangement with the young lady of their choice . |
| 13 | Louisburg was captured again , and by the beginning of 1759 British forces could close in upon the centre of New France in the St. Lawrence valley . |