Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could feel the crowd willing it in but it did n't make it and I was beginning to feel it was slipping away , and especially when we could only make par at the 17th . |
| 2 | What we need is not so much a point irregularity such as a foreign atom , because that could only facilitate movement at one point , but rather a line defect which will allow the army of molecules , as it were , to sweep forward on a broad front . |
| 3 | In the end , de Gaulle could only secure peace at the expense of a series of humiliating concessions to the FLN — concessions which could be justified only on the grounds that they averted the yet higher costs of not making them . |
| 4 | Sainsbury 's felt it could not justify investment at either of these locations and instead surprised everyone by buying land at Parc Menai which has already got planning consent for a hotel and conference centre . |
| 5 | Marie Grubbe could not take offence at the insults and the brutality to which Søren , her third husband , subjected her when she so thoroughly understood herself and him . … |
| 6 | However , if the relevant project could not take place at all without cooperation , then Article 85(1) will not be infringed . |
| 7 | In 1978 it was claimed that these devices could not produce electricity at a cheaper rate than 20 pence per kilowatt hour ( as opposed to the Central Electricity Generating Board 's 2.7 pence per kilowatt hour ) but this has now been reduced to 10 pence per kilowatt hour while Dr Salter maintains that the Duck could achieve 4 pence per kilowatt hour . |
| 8 | Shift work could also make attendance at ATB courses difficult though in one case a part-time farmer had given his local organiser a copy of his shift programme for the next six months ! |
| 9 | You could also hear music at home on a wind-up gramophone with ten- or twelve-inch 78 r.p.m. bakelite records . |
| 10 | Although the shifted maser could also produce emission at a frequency separated from the main features by twice the plasma frequency , no significant emission stronger than 51mJy ( 3 ) is found at . |
| 11 | because I could n't speak English at all , I speak the , I could read a paper or a book , I du n no what is all about , but I used to get because you got on it for instant like mm |
| 12 | Biggerstaff 's Metro 6R4 suffered a puncture on his first run but even a courageous charge at the second attempt could n't displace Woodside at the top of the list . |
| 13 | He was such a charismatic man that Ruth could n't take offence at that . |
| 14 | I had to have a cast on it and I could n't play guitar at all in any fashion . |
| 15 | Sunderland could virtually clinch safety at Brighton on Saturday , but Middlesbrough could face final-day drama at Wolves after losing the initiative to Leicester City in the battle for second spot . |
| 16 | And he could again seal victory at the 11th . |
| 17 | He called for a referendum on the limitation of French citizenship to Europeans and those of French blood ( as opposed to those born on French territory , who could currently claim citizenship at 18 ) . |