Example sentences of "could [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , he had proved he could stay up with the leaders , and he went to South Africa in March in good spirits . |
| 2 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 3 | Now the choice was hers — she could stay on in the cottage for the weekend as planned , or she could cut her losses and head for home . |
| 4 | Had he not better make that clear to both the Conservative and Labour Members who still believe that Britain could stay out of the developments that will take place in Europe ? |
| 5 | In episode three , the script required this seasoned gourmet to turn to his wife with the wide-eyed enquiry : ‘ Annie , what exactly IS a truffle ? ’ before scampering to open a reference book on the kitchen table so that the camera could zoom in on the illustration . |
| 6 | Relating to investment that could locate elsewhere in the U K or in Europe but which would only be attracted to this site if it , to a site , if it is erm sorry , availabil if the availability of this site , if this site is made available on terms similar to those of competing locations . |
| 7 | It was unfair that Rosa appeared to others to stumble through the day with her heavy clumsiness when Cati knew the brilliant forkings of her sister 's spirit in intimacy , the bright patterns she could weave out of the darkness , that made her something rare and starry . |
| 8 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 9 | They competed to see who could eat most in the hotel restaurant and gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas . |
| 10 | Looking more like a bewildered Old English sheepdog than a thwarted child-molester , he throws himself around the place , lying on his back and waggling his feet in the air , as if by an excess of physical effort he could make up for the thinness of the script . |
| 11 | But no amount of talking could make up for the unhappiness and lost innocence of my childhood . |
| 12 | The government has a list of long-promised infrastructure projects that could make up for the fall in private investment , though a bitter dispute in progress between the government and foreign banks that have lent 20 billion baht ( $187m ) for an elevated motorway in Bangkok may make finance for future projects harder to come by . |
| 13 | It was n't a slum terrace , as she had expected , but from what she could make out through the moonlight they were good working-class houses , each with its small rectangle of iron-railed garden in front . |
| 14 | It was just dawn in Shepherd 's Bush , and he could make out without the flame of a candle the narrow , tightly packed words crabbing across the paper . |
| 15 | So it was ‘ all change ’ on Pig Street : Solomon Mead replaced Elizabeth Titford in the little dwelling house which had served the Titford family so well over the years , and Thomas Tuck began to see what kind of commercial success he could make out of the vacated butcher and chandler 's shop next door . |
| 16 | She was tired of kneeling , listening to their voices droning on : ‘ Our Father who art in heaven , hallowed be Thy name ’ , and ‘ Hail Mary , full of grace ’ , which was all she could make out of the second bit , because what followed was just a mumble . |
| 17 | Dexter pressed his nose against the grid of cold metal but all he could make out in the shadowy interior was a counter and the shimmer of clothes hung up in plastic bags . |
| 18 | The figure in the seat was human , as far as he could make out in the murky light , but there was something about the awkward way it was sprawled in the chair that made him glad he could n't see it any clearer . |
| 19 | All he needed — as far as anyone could make out from the hogsheads of salted pilchards that were assembled in two separate groups at the harbour — was one more good catch and victory , together with Martha 's hand , would be his . |
| 20 | An obvious possibility is that the QPO timescale ( 500s ) is an orbital period ; the modulation could arise directly from the presence of bright spots on an accretion disc , or could drive physical variations , as in the accretion disc corona model . |
| 21 | One scenario Western strategist feared was the possibility of the USSR basing Backfire bombers in Afghanistan , which could range widely across the Indian Ocean . |
| 22 | The idea burst into her mind , a sudden radiant solution , that she could rush along to the pet shop at lunchtime and apologize , ask him to forgive her and make everything all right . |
| 23 | Then he could think back over the rising and understand and admit its weaknesses and set himself to imagine a better future … |
| 24 | She could think better in the darkness , and Gay 's letter had effectively banished all desire to sleep . |
| 25 | Jessop could bat anywhere in the order , but I will have him at No.5 , on the understanding that he is prepared to move up should the situation call for more urgency . |
| 26 | Percentage loss of prey from tawny owl pellets was found to be greater in summer than in winter ( Lowe , 1980 ) , and this could relate both to the greater numbers of immature rodents taken as prey , the bones of which are less mineralized and therefore easier to digest ( Lowe , 1980 ) , and to the likelihood of the birds producing the pellets being themselves immature In the case of the great horned owl it has been found that the stomach pH in immature birds is lower than that of adults ( Grimm & Whitehouse , 1963 ) and there is therefore greater destruction of bone and loss of prey . |
| 27 | The statements could relate to past facts ( i. e. they could mean that those services were provided last season ) or they could relate only to the future ( i.e. that they will be provided next season ) . |
| 28 | If it could bring its cost-effectiveness nearer the average , it could recruit up to the establishment that the Home Secretary has recommended . ’ |
| 29 | Many ex-servicemen had given up all hope of ever seeing the tribute after the Ministry of Defence warned supplies could dry up following the break-up of the USSR . |
| 30 | Flora envied them because all the things she craved in life they could buy cheaply in the NAAFI . |