Example sentences of "could [vb infin] of [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | hero-narrator of Great Expectations , known as ‘ Pip ’ because , as he explains , ‘ my father 's family name being Pirrip , and my Christian name Philip , my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip ’ . |
| 2 | My father 's family name being Pirrip , and my Christian name Philip , my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip . |
| 3 | Even if it was n't dangerous , it was certainly silly and I could think of better things to do with my time . |
| 4 | And I could think of better places , public imagewise , to negotiate with a dissatisfied customer . ’ |
| 5 | He could think of better ways to start the day . |
| 6 | Ben could think of better ways of spending his free day — a round of golf — even doing the garden — but according to Louise , and he had to agree with her , you did n't ditch a friend because a friend ditched you . |
| 7 | We could see the sights , have some fun , and maybe I could think of some ways I could help you . ’ |
| 8 | You could safely disregard Paul 's opinion that marriage was a prerequisite of life at the top , because Owen could think of notable exceptions , Kitchener included . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh I could think of several reasons . ’ |
| 10 | While recalling their moments upstairs , he could speak of scrambled eggs . |
| 11 | Similarly , a knight or baron could hold of several lords . |
| 12 | ‘ This is in reply to a request we made of Greek Intelligence for as exhaustive a list as they could supply of all places where Andropulos is known either to do business or have contacts . |
| 13 | He could sing of lizard-clad nobles hunting for trophies , and of body-heat orgies and mutations of the eye , and of a lone white-haired woman whose senses had been scarified , locked in a sanctum forever , her mind reaching to the stars ; and out among all those stars and worlds that she spoke to in her mind , no fellow spirit yearned towards her or was able to express any such feeling — ’ |