Example sentences of "could [vb infin] it [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now er in the in the An engineer if you 've any engineer friend engineering friends I could explain it all to you but it takes time . |
| 2 | We could make it worse by insisting on the sort of minimum conditions put forward by the Labour party , conditions that would disadvantage the very people whom Labour says they are designed to protect . |
| 3 | ‘ You could make it better for them . |
| 4 | You love it here , and I could make it possible for you to remain here . |
| 5 | It is obvious that only personal documentation at the time could make it possible for these three politicians to write anything with accuracy from 20 years after the events had taken place . |
| 6 | He has written on the issue to the new Fisheries Minister , Gillian Shephard , claiming that certain technical requirements in the Act could make it impossible for local fishermen to secure an adequate allocation of fishing days Royal crystal challenge STAFF at Welsh Royal Crystal , Rhayader , were commissioned to manufacture and supply the specially designed bowls which will be presented to each concert winner in the preliminary rounds , as well as goblets for each competitor , in this year 's Cardiff Singer of the World Competition at St David 's Hall . |
| 7 | But Senna 's renowned diffidence towards fellow drivers could make it tough for his British team mate , as Hill diplomatically acknowledged . |
| 8 | ‘ You could make it easier for him to bear , Lavinia , ’ she suggested tentatively . |
| 9 | Anna Marsden , director of the foundation which was established to raise new funds for voluntary work , said the gulf could make it difficult for people to seek help . |
| 10 | He knows we could make it difficult for him . |
| 11 | That could cause difficulties and if such an inhibition operated which did not apply to other bus companies it could make it difficult for management-employee buy-out teams to raise funds . |
| 12 | But statements are unlikely to prevent a heightening of suspicions which are always fairly strong even at the best of times , and that could make it harder for the North to get the global climate convention it is seeking . |
| 13 | So we could give it all to you and you could bank it . |
| 14 | It came to Paul that he could watch it advancing from the roof of the hall . |
| 15 | He could run and jump and climb much better in bare feet , and he could do it all without making a sound . |
| 16 | If you were going to , you could do it all in one sentence , that that 's the other point I was going to make . |
| 17 | ‘ Crilly , ’ I say as we lie together , ‘ when the nurse gave me the anaesthetic , she jabbed me so deep that I could feel it throbbing in my veins like an explosion , and it hurt like anything . |
| 18 | I did not see how he could keep it secret for much longer , but that was his business . |
| 19 | Full marks on their specialist round on palms — lots of long unpronounceable latin names , and then on to the quick fire round where they could blow it all by answering incorrectly . |
| 20 | This is a heady wine and has intoxicated palaeontologists since the days when they could blame it all on Noah 's flood . |
| 21 | She could get it all into her mouth , although the thick , blunt tip felt like a wedge in her throat . |
| 22 | She could get it all in her mouth and slip her tongue around it , and it did n't prod into the back of her throat , half choking her . |
| 23 | You could get it all in there would n't you ? |
| 24 | Yet you could say it all with a horizon line drawn across an empty rectangle . |