Example sentences of "they could [verb] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greater proportion ( 33 per cent ) of people said they could function on a minimum of six hours ' sleep , though many claimed they could get by on five hours ( 23 per cent ) and four hours ( 20 per cent ) . |
| 2 | Until 1970 the foresters here say they could rely on a good sale of fir trimmings — used in Christmas decorations — to pay for the routine management of the rest of the forest . |
| 3 | Alongside , it grew other patterns of pastoral care and supervision , based upon organization by years , with year-tutors often moving up through the school with the pupils , at least some of whom they could teach on a regular basis . |
| 4 | No , not then , they all had cara well they used to have wee things they could stick on a a cart , a kind of bow shaped thing . |
| 5 | In her study of 61 white mothers conducted in London in 1983–4 , Wilson ( 1987 ) found that none relied upon their children 's grandparents to carry the main burden of child care while they themselves went out to work , but most regarded grandmothers as support which they could use on a more casual basis for babysitting , and as help in emergencies . |