Example sentences of "could [verb] [indef pn] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The all-alloy 24-valve twin-cam engine is described by Cosworth as being of the ‘ high-efficiency ’ type , and follows the ‘ modular ’ theory — meaning that the basic design could suit anything from the three-cylinder unit to a V12 . |
| 2 | The whirlwind raged at the window … but although they strained to listen , they could hear nothing from the corridor beyond . |
| 3 | She could read nothing from the parchment of his face . |
| 4 | I was thinking of asking Monica if she could record something from the the Model Car Club and |
| 5 | But even at 2–0 , we felt we could get something from the game . |
| 6 | The first thing she would have to do was to raise some capital so that she could rescue something from the dregs of her father 's business . |
| 7 | And every so often erm the British look at this with a rather interested eye , and you 'll find that erm Parliamentary committees erm there was one on the British Civil Service about two years , three years ago , nineteen seventy-seven , they went over to France to have a look at how the French did this to see if they could learn anything from the French experience , but in fact it 's very difficult to transport somebody else 's experience , lock , stock and barrel , into the British situation , and they quite sensibly concluded this would n't be a good idea . |