Example sentences of "could [verb] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Sheena Falconer , senior lecturer in textiles , has been told by the principal , Dr David Kennedy , that there is room for only one textile lecturer , but that she could stay on as an ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
2 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
3 | Afraid that she might have hurt Nora , who was sitting very quietly , Louise added , ‘ Of course , she 'll miss you but I do think she could stay on for a little longer , to see what might happen . ’ |
4 | Now the choice was hers — she could stay on in the cottage for the weekend as planned , or she could cut her losses and head for home . |
5 | Senior officials could carry on with the day-to-day business of the state without concerning themselves with any kind of specialist ministerial control . |
6 | I suppose I could carry on with the cataloguing , ’ she suggested . |
7 | He said then he , we could carry on with the serious stuff ! |
8 | The 1896 discovery by Eduard Buchner ( 1860–1917 ) that fermentation could carry on in the absence of living cells seemed like the final nail in the coffin . |
9 | Though she found it hard to judge his age , he had a look of unabashed power that only years of experience could brand on to a man 's face . |
10 | Baden-Powell was particularly fond of this extravagant , but nevertheless deeply felt historical posture , and he saw the shadow of Rome hanging over the huge crowds attending the football stadiums which he likened to the ‘ unmanly ’ attitude of the young Romans who loafed around the circus entertainments — ‘ they paid men to play their games for them , so that they could look on without the fag of playing , just as we are doing in football now ’ — as he charged into battle against this betrayal of the British traditions of ‘ fair play ’ and sportsmanship : |
11 | Basic Stable Management , is designed as an introductory course and students could follow on to the Senior Horsemaster Course 1 and then onto the Senior Horsemasters Course 2 which is an equivalent level of study to the BHS Stage IV . |
12 | The development officers felt that 50 would be about the maximum number of new cases they could take on over a 12 month period . |
13 | One more block and she could hop on to the bus which would take her to Grand Central Station . |
14 | She did n't think she could walk on to the catwalk twice ; once was going to take all the courage she had . |
15 | thing you could pass on to the police and they could take it up with the local council . |
16 | Salvation came from without : the development of some de facto secondary work in the higher ‘ standards ’ or years of Board schools , the improvements in the older grammar schools , the use of various ‘ institutes ’ dedicated to helping working men get more education , the creation of new , civic universities like Owens in Manchester , and the expansion of London University , gave men who wanted a basic education beyond primary school new opportunities , after which they could go on to a denominational college which was now more able to concentrate on theology . |
17 | Then we could go on to a dance in our local Labour Hall ? |
18 | ‘ We could go on to a nightclub afterwards . ’ |
19 | On gaining this award , he or she could go on to the National Certificate ( level I ) . |
20 | Could go on to the rugby and go with them could n't he ? |
21 | She could go on to the other station but she says I enjoy being in so much I use it . |
22 | From the drawing or painting of a real aquarium one could go on to an imagined aquarium and allow the children to invent fishes of their own design and colour , and other water creatures , shells , etc . |
23 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
24 | The list could go on for a long time . |
25 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
26 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
27 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
28 | Leith snapped angrily — and realised she could go on in the same vein until she was blue in the face and it still would n't dent him . |
29 | In which case , if our relationship was already wrecked beyond repair , I could hold on to the phetam . |
30 | This means it could hold on with a couple of limbs whilst feeding with the others . |