Example sentences of "[noun prp] could [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard could play outside a while longer , while Cissie and Beth washed the dishes . |
| 2 | Midfielder Willie Falconer could figure in a Boro first-team squad for the first time since September . |
| 3 | No wonder , then , that at the cessation of Lend-Lease , which had until VJ Day bridged the gap in the British accounts , Keynes could talk of a ‘ financial Dunkirk ’ . |
| 4 | The Navy Department considered in 1943 that Korea was bereft of leadership and feared Korea could fall into a vacuum similar to that which would exist in Poland and the Balkans when the European War terminated . |
| 5 | MV And South Korea could count on a peculiarly nasty dictatorship to help quicken the pace of its capitalist development . |
| 6 | And of course he was beset by orders and suggestions from other collectors : William Ogilby advised him to collect 6 or 8 specimens of every species , particularly the great red woolly kangaroo , which were in great demand not only in England but on the Continent as well ; Jardine asked for seeds as well as numerous other specified ‘ things in spirits ’ ; Thomas Campbell Eyton wanted as many petrels as Gould could capture for a monograph on the Procellaridae . |
| 7 | Jane could do with a bit of help in the kitchen and you know you are the children 's favourite baby-sitter . |
| 8 | The activities Kim was told to engage in were pre-selected by her mother from a range of things that Kim could do over a period of 10 minutes or so . |
| 9 | Because , technically , his jail sentence was for one year , Nkrumah could register as a voter and then stand for election . |
| 10 | Possibly this form of GGF could act as a natural antagonist by inhibiting an activity of the receptor , such as ligand binding , dimerization or kinase activation . |
| 11 | As well as speaking three languages , Danielle could listen to a tune , then sit at the piano and play it note perfect . |
| 12 | I think er that Mr is er Mr er suggestion is that in order to erm expedite matters he would be willing to , to submit his sort of comments , brief comment in writing and hopefully if Mr could fit in a quarter of an hour sometime on Friday |
| 13 | The anger was triggered by a clash between photographers and bodyguards outside a toy store that had been cleared of shoppers so that Jackson could go on a shopping spree . |
| 14 | Washington appeared to believe that Zahir Shah could act as a bridge between the mujahidin and the marxists in Kabul . |
| 15 | She says Stephen could do with a little girl cos he 's |
| 16 | Sam could think of a number of answers . |
| 17 | Mr Beggs said the hearing in Gibraltar which is to re-open in October could result in a move to extradite Ross from the United States if there is sufficient evidence . |
| 18 | Indeed , Herder could argue for a popular State without democratic mechanisms . |
| 19 | In the event , they went back to Scotland Yard so that McLeish could get to a phone and check with his secretary , and with Bruce Davidson , who was co-ordinating the evidence as it came in . |
| 20 | Thereafter , the Viet Minh could rely on a supply of weapons ( mainly American , taken from the defeated KMT ) . |
| 21 | ‘ Richard , ’ Flora said , putting her head charmingly on one side , ‘ I 'm sure poor Liz could do with a drink . |
| 22 | I know that Liz could do with a break . |
| 23 | Second , Britain could aim for a mini-version of the American policy , selecting just a few vital weapons . |
| 24 | They were astonished to hear that in Britain it costs more than £3 to go to the cinema ( a Filipino obsession ) , when it costs only 3p in Dapitan , and to learn that teenage girls in Britain could go on a date with their boyfriends without a chaperone ; something disapproved of on Mindanao ) . |
| 25 | A court victory for environmental groups in the US could lead to a doubling or tripling of the number of plant and animal species protected under the country 's Endangered Species Act . |
| 26 | United manager Keegan could push through a £750,000 deal for 22-year-old Hignett after the visit of Watford . |
| 27 | Skipper John MacPhail could return after a three-match absence with a knee injury . |
| 28 | The Tykes switched from Pakistan 's Aqib Javed because he would have to be given a two-year contract under TCCB rules while 21-year-old Benjamin could sign for a year . |
| 29 | Central defender Nicky Mohan could return after a one-match ban , with Willie Falconer going back into midfield , though Lawrence has yet to decide on his line-up . |
| 30 | The choice , for example , between " A stick rose upright " and " He raised his bow " is not something which Ohmann could regard as a matter of style . |