Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is there anything else I could lay on the shelf ? ’ |
| 2 | I had only to make it to Dover and then I could sleep on the ferry to France . |
| 3 | I mean whether I 'll ever work offshore again 's another thing , but I would like to try going offshore I mean then again I mean I reckon I could work offshore no problem at all , but whether I could sleep on the platform is a completely different matter . |
| 4 | In fact , within a week I could sit on the same chair as the dog with Dawn on my fist . |
| 5 | Do n't look at me like that , it was the best I could do on the spur of the moment . ’ |
| 6 | Supposing that I could stand on the hills surrounding this Castle and send out the Samhailt , the ancient and precious gift bestowed on the Noble Houses of Ireland ? |
| 7 | For instance , when I was first in Britain , I saw all the sights , I could travel on the tube and no-one recognised me . |
| 8 | The occasion was the purchase of a new carpenter 's apron for my father and Mum said that as a special treat , my two sisters and I could travel on the bus , one way . |
| 9 | Yes , if I could comment on the traffic calming . |
| 10 | I asked Mum if I could go on the Pill . |
| 11 | Is there a wood preserver I could use on the wood which would be used for support piling , or will I have to replace it as and when it starts to rot ? |
| 12 | I can be taken in by ambulance and bypass all these delays , but I could die on the way to hospital . |
| 13 | Now , I could count on the thumbs of my right hand the times I 've forgotten myself in a theatre . |
| 14 | At the A227 turn-off I switched off the cassette-player so I could concentrate on the terrain . |
| 15 | I could keep on the flat . ’ |
| 16 | I really must get Dad here ’ — I hissed those two words — ‘ to get me an old car I could drive on the sands . ’ |
| 17 | It was also felt that it was a company which nobody could attack on the grounds of political bias in favour of the project — if anything , thought Walsh , the other way round , after he had seen a portrait of Margaret Thatcher prominently displayed in its Ealing headquarters . |
| 18 | One of the potentially most significant developments in the period of glasnost and perestroika was the setting up of a constitutional review committee which could comment on the constitutional legality of legislation passed by the Congress of People 's Deputies or the Supreme Soviet and decrees issued by the President . |
| 19 | There are several diagnostic messages which could appear on the screen . |
| 20 | And I think that could be the area , or the the type of development which could go on the flats . |
| 21 | They were organizations which could operate on the one hand on the electorate and on the other on the MPs , thus directly influencing policy . |
| 22 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 23 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 24 | Mrs Falconer , a senior lecturer in textiles , has been told there is funding for only one textile lecturer in the school , but that she could remain on the staff if she accepted demotion to ordinary lecturer — a post already held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 25 | She has , however , been informed that she could remain on the RGU staff if she accepted a demotion to ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Mrs Barbara Diack , who , in turn , would lose her job . |
| 26 | Mrs Falconer is facing compulsory redundancy and has been told that she could stay on the staff if she accepts demotion to ordinary lecturer — a post already held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 27 | She looked , however , as if she was fairly determined to give her views on the matter , but before she could start on the Why do they come over here if they do n't like it ? speech or her I believe in respecting people 's religious feelings but would die to defend their right to disagree with me speech , Maisie came round the door . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , she wo n't know if nobody tells her , ’ said Camille , but , in truth , she knew she could depend on the discretion of her friends . |
| 29 | Ruth surveyed the freshly-turned earth and looked around for a flower she could place on the grave , but it was the last day of December and there was nothing in bloom . |
| 30 | She could turn on the spot by rotating the cylinders fore and aft in opposite directions and at different speeds . |