Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [verb] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This I could have done from the Royal College — but it was Oxford I wanted — and to go to Somerville where I had a friend who told me about it . |
| 2 | This theory is quite untrue , as Mr Hughes could have discovered from the simplest textbook . |
| 3 | The dark cream also sets off the bright red roses well — had I chosen a white satin , card or fabric in a similar shade it would have been too bright and could have detracted from the frame . |
| 4 | What if he could have emerged from the summit of this chimney ? |
| 5 | Some thought Labour would have had its ideal leader , a courageous genius in party management , and with a streak of inspiration in philosophy , if it could have bred from the two of them . |
| 6 | He called for ‘ democracy through good behaviour ’ , a maxim that could have come from the mouth of Chairman Mao . |
| 7 | It was obvious that not all these people could have come from the upper classes . |
| 8 | Prison governor Peter Leonard agreed the idea could have come from the TV movie Murder , Smoke And Shadows , starring Peter Falk as the shabby sleuth Columbo . |
| 9 | Therefore , if the dust ages are correct then little of it could have come from the sort of rocks found in the lunar samples . |
| 10 | Gravel on the shoes that could have come from the Cathedral . |
| 11 | A potential complication of the analysis could have come from the influence of the partner on the pulsar , had it been comparable with our Sun in size as well as in mass . |
| 12 | You could buy salmon , which I suspect could have come from the King 's Reach skirting Balmoral ) for 2/6d a pound ; and there was no dearth of whisky for which I had yet to acquire a taste . |
| 13 | I suppose I could have thought from the little he 'd said up until then that my half-brother was dead , or ill , or that something had happened to him , but I knew then it was something Eric had done , and there was only one thing he could have done which would make my father look worried . |
| 14 | Just as her childhood amusements could have originated from the pages of a 1930s ' children 's book , so Diana 's upbringing reflected the values of a bygone age . |
| 15 | ‘ As you said , you could have worked from the literature and specifications I had in the apartment . ’ |
| 16 | Building firm G Rhodes and Son , who put it in place , said the problem could have resulted from the shed 's location below a bank which could have caused winds to form a vacuum behind it , pulling the roof off . |
| 17 | And me mother used to say y you could you could have walked from the point of Ness , to the pier , how were the boats were that tightly packed in . |
| 18 | She had no clear idea of how it could have rolled from the table , for it had seemed perfectly secure when she had put it there . |
| 19 | Hitch could hear shouting from the other boat , though most of the words were indistinct . |
| 20 | But the only noise he could hear coming from the barn was the men 's loud and regular breathing , and when he entered , he found them all asleep , including Troy . |
| 21 | Every able-bodied man in Uig signed a petition asking that the parish should be disjoined from Lewis and added to Harris so that they could continue to benefit from the employment Lord Leverhulme offered . |
| 22 | I suppose you could say going from the Magdalen choir to Jeffery and Zippy , we 're going from the sublime to the ridiculous . |