Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [indef pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the boiling midday sun , the Scots could make nothing of five minutes of first-half possession and conceded tries to Pasikale ( 2 ) and Silolota , the latter converting two . |
| 2 | See if you could make lots of fives maybe you can maybe you ca n't that 's for you to find out okay . |
| 3 | I want to be a social worker so I could do something for these girls . ’ |
| 4 | I could do something with that hair . ’ |
| 5 | They could do something about that . |
| 6 | Well , he could do something about that . |
| 7 | Sally said nothing , and Harriet went on : ‘ You do n't really think she could do something like that , do you ? |
| 8 | I 'm quite sure that it was a sort of catalyst for him , to prove that he could do something like that . ’ |
| 9 | okay , okay erm yeah although normally you could do something like that while you can do that by phone you can call up and say yes we 're coming definitely just to get in touch and say it . |
| 10 | It was terrifying to think that someone could feel such hatred towards you that they could do something like this . |
| 11 | Erm and then you went for a whole month which was , you could do something in that time . |
| 12 | She liked the reflected glory of her daughter 's being with such a famous star , and thought it could do nothing but good for the girl 's future in the theatre . |
| 13 | Sinclair also urged Chamberlain to beware of a pact with Russia , insisting that the Red Army ‘ could do nothing of real value ’ . |
| 14 | Ewan felt he could do nothing about this situation , and there was no use worrying about it . |
| 15 | A DG could do nothing about this . |
| 16 | Unfortunately I could do nothing at all . |
| 17 | Felipe could do nothing at all . |
| 18 | Four , you could do nothing at all and leave any course of action to the solicitors comfortable then you should be using their best endeavours to obtain the licence . |
| 19 | But we could do nothing with that English nose of yours . |
| 20 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 21 | Did you ever know any doctor who could do anything about that ? ’ |
| 22 | I do n't think even the most jealous Committee of Privileges could do anything with such a sentence , but its meaning is clear enough . |
| 23 | When Félicie Cendrars saw them again Jeanne and Modi were looking for a reliable wet-nurse , since neither she nor her mother ‘ could do anything with little Jeanne . |
| 24 | You could do anything in this world , she had already discovered , if you paid for it . |
| 25 | He could feel nothing at all below the hook 's point of entry . |
| 26 | Well it 's , well , er , there 's no need why that should be the case , it could be , you know , it could look something like that . |
| 27 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 28 | Sometimes you could see only his head or his legs ; sometimes you could see nothing at all . |
| 29 | It was pitch dark in the stable and , even with the burning sticks of jharo we 'd brought from upstairs , we could see nothing at first . |
| 30 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |