Example sentences of "could [verb] them [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is equally clear that some directors have privately expressed fears that , given the crudeness with which the 1993–4 budget trends will have been constructed , severe cash shortages could affect them by September . |
| 2 | Grammar schools already had adequate facilities or could build them from scratch . |
| 3 | When the statement was just a proposal banks objected to it fiercely , arguing that unpredictable day-to-day swings in securities prices , for example , could expose them to crises of confidence among investors . |
| 4 | He could lend them to others . |
| 5 | But even with his new London base it was impossible to gather enough talent from both his schools for the coming Christmas , so he advertised for dancers in the trade papers and took a chance that he could knock them into shape . |
| 6 | We could venerate them as ancestors . |
| 7 | Crates , concealing the feral cats who could negotiate them without disturbance , crashed into disarray , furry bodies sleeking out and away . |
| 8 | Charles II found land grants very convenient ; he could give them to people who at the beginning of the century would have asked for monopolies and he could feel confident that these grants would not rouse the hostility in England that monopolies had caused . |
| 9 | As soon as the off-licence opened I bought a dozen cans of Norseman lager , hefting the packs under my arm as I went off to find a quiet corner of the station where I could guzzle them in peace . |
| 10 | It would be more convenient for me if I could collect them on Friday 10 May in the afternoon , say at 3.30 p.m. or later rather than at 11.30 a.m . |
| 11 | A any problems , if you could send them to Steve , the then we 'll er we 'll er check those out , yes ? |
| 12 | I even took some photographs of myself crying so that I could show them to Marcus later and he could see how upset I had been . |
| 13 | She hesitated , then suggested tentatively , ‘ We could show them to Aunt . |
| 14 | We could beat them into submission , but if you spend time with them , and you are real gentle with them , find out what they like scratched maybe , then it 's a cinch . |
| 15 | The teams each had to prepare a menu for 50 diners under the added pressure of working in glass-fronted kitchens so visitors could watch them at work . |
| 16 | Stressing the need for the rich cadences and rhythms of the Book of Common Prayer , he said people loved them because they could remember them in times of crisis . |
| 17 | Stressing the need for the rich cadences and rhythms of the Book of Common Prayer , he said people loved them because they could remember them in times of crisis . |
| 18 | Their relatives were overjoyed that they could see them on stage when they returned to their home town in the summer for a couple of weeks at the prestigious new Palace of Varieties . |
| 19 | Those who were safely beached on the shore of prosperity had the option of giving the credit to Providence , or arrogating it to themselves ; as they regarded those less fortunate ones who were struggling in the water , they could see them as victims of their own improvidence or of God 's ineluctable decree . |
| 20 | And at dinnertime we used to look through this window and we could see all the lodging houses , and under the beds You could see them in bed . |
| 21 | He could see them in chains , walking in bloodied battle armour through the ancient corridors . |
| 22 | Well you could certainly say they could use them without understanding electronics , but that 's probably a good thing . |
| 23 | who had taken our side , rented some lands to FECCAS so we could work them in cooperatives . |
| 24 | If the military could provide them with bread and circuses , then the people would be content . |
| 25 | The other was more subtle ; by housing his workers in the country , where life was far healthier than in the crowded tenements of the city , he could provide them with space to grow their own vegetables . |
| 26 | The advisers will concentrate on how people can make the most of their skills and abilities , and how retraining or travel could provide them with employment . |
| 27 | Well in , you could clean them with stuff is |
| 28 | Detectives also stressed that Lisa could contact them in confidence , without her whereabouts being passed on , if she wished . |
| 29 | A few questions about playability , resilience and notching could keep them in order ! |
| 30 | Battling Nottingham turned the table upside down with a priceless 18–9 win against Northampton that could keep them in division one and deny their visitors the championship . |