Example sentences of "[noun prp] could [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come the warm weather , all Ray could find on the pond walls was a fine , powdery , dark green algae which was easily vacuumed away . |
| 2 | He hoped Great Britain would support Austria-Hungary against Russia and that Germany could remain on the fence . |
| 3 | The CEGB could rely on the Treasury to oppose the expenditure to reduce pollution which did most damage in remote Welsh hills , Scottish lochs and other countries . |
| 4 | Although the two canoeists who were ashore had been barely 200 yards inland they had gathered sufficient information to confirm that LACs could land on the beach at Houlgate . |
| 5 | Lola Hahn-Warburg could call on the services of a neurologist ‘ who is at our disposal every second Thursday for a whole afternoon ’ , a psychologist and two psychiatric workers . |
| 6 | I do n't know whether it would be helpful , sir , if Mrs could indicate on the plan recently handed in to you |
| 7 | Parents were given a right to choose the school they wanted their child to go to , although the LEA could refuse on the grounds of inefficient use of resources ( and the parents could appeal ) . |
| 8 | If Argyll could count on the friendship of the Earl of Selkirk , who had friends on the burgh council , the Galloway interest might prove to be less impregnable than was commonly believed , for two of the councillors were ‘ considerable tenants to Lord Selkirk whose leases are near expir 'd ’ . |
| 9 | The Cassons could capitalise on the hotel 's pleasant gardens by introducing outdoor furniture and parasols . |