Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [noun sg] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dwarves were well-versed in all magical matters — witness RUMPELSTILTSKIN , who could spin gold from straw , and King Albrich , who could restrain an angry giant with an enchanted coat-thread . |
| 2 | I was sure that my machine could use electricity from lightning to give life to the body . |
| 3 | He could trace descent from rabbi Simeon ben Isaac ben Abun ‘ the Great ’ of Mainz ( c .1000 ) and his family had produced rabbinic scholars for generations . |
| 4 | YOU TOLD ME YOU COULD GET IT FROM TOILET SEATS . |
| 5 | Do you think you also were hitting the rawest of nerves within the church , and maybe within Archbishop McQuaid himself , by suggesting there may be homosexuality among priests and even implying that people could get pleasure from sex ? |