Example sentences of "could [vb infin] a [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marlborough 's campaigns have commanded the admiration of military analysts ; his successes showed that Britain could conduct a war on land , and made it clear that the balance of power would be maintained and Louis XIV would not be able to establish France as the dominant power in western Europe in the way that had seemed probable in the 1680s . |
| 2 | They could earn a return on a considerable number of different investments . |
| 3 | If it were not , one could make a killing on the stock exchange by having a computer that would remember tomorrow 's prices ! |
| 4 | It was quite a drive and quite a list for when she got there , so she was unlikely to be back before the early evening ; but this was no great problem , because they 'd soon be closing the doors so that they could make a start on the next day 's preparations . |
| 5 | the bank seems to pay the a cripplingly low salary demand that everybody dresses in in Saville Row , but you could buy a house on a something like two and half percent mortgage well it 's not like that now , but it 's still still get a preferential mortgage and this banking person man was looking around only three or four weeks ago , but you see a lot depends on your luck as to whether you pick up a a very good buyer . |
| 6 | As well as German banks , British , French and Italian ones could steal a march on American and Japanese rivals in what could be a huge East European market . |
| 7 | I do n't like showers , but the bathroom was the only place in the apartment where I could lock a door on myself . |
| 8 | if he could borrow a screwdriver on the end of our little shops there . |
| 9 | So shopping in Calais could bring a saving on two pounds 32p . |
| 10 | Our crewmates warned us about the Biranese girls ' reputation as practitioners of a dangerous form of magic which could trap a man on their island for ever ; then they disappeared ashore into the backstreets . |
| 11 | However , aspects of Clinton 's overseas policy could exert a strain on the special relationship from the outset . |
| 12 | Is there any hope that the Veterans News could do a feature on the old and new for a future issue of the Veterans News and wangle an invite for several of the veterans to the opening of the new branch at Lyons farm , perhaps on the day the dignitaries attend . |
| 13 | ‘ We could do a project on it , ’ said Henry . |
| 14 | She could feel a coolness on her brow , and would have reached up her fingers to find out what was there , but that she was possessed by a lassitude that prevented her moving at all . |
| 15 | If so you could become a POB on a RAG . |
| 16 | As the principal ratepayers in the locality — even after the de-rating of agricultural land in 1927 — they pursued a low rateflow expenditure policy and therefore were extremely reluctant to commit local authority expenditure to the building of houses which could become a burden on the rates . |
| 17 | ‘ I was so mad you could boil a kittle on my hid . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Sounds like you could boil a kettle on her head , ’ said Angalo . |
| 19 | Zhelev maintained on March 9 that the legislation , if approved , could constitute a restriction on political freedoms and an obstacle to Bulgaria 's membership of the Council of Europe and association with the EC . |
| 20 | Through the raindrops which were snail-trailing across my visor as I accelerated , I could see a marshal on the start/finish line flapping his yellow flag at me and screwing a finger at his temple . |
| 21 | You could see a lot on A , more than usual . |
| 22 | Supposing a school wanted a talk on a particular topic , could they just write in and erm contact you and ask you whether you could provide a lecturer on that subject ? |
| 23 | ‘ If the Governor set aside four hours every day for two months he could spend a minute on each decision package , not enough time to read it , let alone make an analysis of its merits ’ ( Anthony , 1977 , p. 19 ) . |
| 24 | From my place on the gallery I could keep a watch on Claire 's door and on what was happening in the hall below . |
| 25 | The Hepburns proved hardly more reliable , but did keep a hold on the castle and — so far as anyone could keep a hold on such a region — the lordship of Liddesdale . |
| 26 | Unlike Anthony , Geoffrey could keep a lid on his temper . |
| 27 | If the other evidence was good enough they could secure a conviction on that alone . |
| 28 | Alternatively , the importer 's bank could draw a cheque on its correspondent bank in the exporter 's country . |
| 29 | Some crafts had strong traditions of literacy ; a weaver , for example , could set a book on the loom and read while working . |
| 30 | Why do you think I brought you down to his place if it was n't so that I could stake a claim on your patience — make you listen to what I have to confess because there was no way you could run away from me — flag down a taxi , catch a bus and head for the airport ? ’ |