Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feeling wretched and embarrassed , Ellie offered impulsively , ‘ I could run you into Dublin tomorrow and you could perhaps change it for something else . |
| 2 | If you feel very strongly that the background to the Unit 's formation needs to be set out , I could perhaps draft it in the form of an ( again brief ) annexe . |
| 3 | I played the drums when I had to , I played the bass when I had to , and I felt after a while I could kinda have it as my own . |
| 4 | So marvelous was the migrating instinct of birds that he could only ascribe it to the superior intelligence of their Creator . |
| 5 | Rubberneck could only compare it with a wedding , the crush , as a fight , when the cars drove off and they always threw out coins . |
| 6 | She still had an edge , Ma , you could only hand it to her . |
| 7 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 8 | We felt we could only do it through local pressure , using the media and direct action ’ , a member of the group recalled . |
| 9 | ‘ If the weather 's dry and if you do n't mind how you treat your car — or maybe you could only do it in a jeep , I 've never tried it . |
| 10 | Which is sold everywhere today , you could only buy it in a chemist shop , tea . |
| 11 | The Kilns venture was highly unusual , and the Lewis brothers knew that they could only afford it by taking the great risk of throwing in their lot together ; in the event the purchase price was lowered to £3,300 . |
| 12 | Well they thought they could only get it through both legislatures and the courts for women . |
| 13 | Churchill , the First Sea Lord and England 's hero , could only describe it in the House on October 17 as ‘ a remarkable exploit of skill and daring ’ . |
| 14 | Hebbert and McFall do , Hebbert decided , and he persuaded his partner they could not leave it at that after such a long flog up the mountainside . |
| 15 | But Alexander could not hold it against the Edoni , local tribesmen , which may have given the Athenians the idea that they could move in and plant a colony ( 465 ) . |
| 16 | Larry Cummins unfortunately , could not make it to England for the reunion . |
| 17 | England had a target of 240 in 140 minutes , but could not meet it in the end , and as a result the Test was drawn . |
| 18 | He had learnt something valuable , though he still could not isolate it in his mind . |
| 19 | My source tells me : ‘ The firemen were very helpful and attempted to remove the offending smoke sensor but could not isolate it from the system so the demonstration continued with shorter cooking times and lower temperatures to reduce the flames . |
| 20 | I could not formulate it to myself then but I felt the uniqueness . |
| 21 | However , she could not avoid it at The Tamarisks , for although Fru Møller offered a generous choice of hors d'œuvres and puddings she did not provide a choice of main course and Elisabeth would not have dreamt of placing herself at a disadvantage by drawing attention to her disability and pleading for something easier than steak to swallow . |
| 22 | Naidoo reiterated that the NSC was expecting Sacu to come to a decision and could not ease it for them by offering guarantees of future tours . |
| 23 | However , the man with the radio at the final door worked for TAP , the state airline , not the airport , so he could not open it for us . |
| 24 | The next logical step was to present the bream with a small hook and bait which would be more likely to be right inside their lips when they began to carry it off , but to still retain the heaviness so that they could not manage it with a mere suck . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't — yes , I could do that , ’ said Caspar , who could not do it at all , but could see that there was no other answer to be given . |
| 26 | St Michael could not do it on his own . |
| 27 | Clearly Parliament would last its full five years and the Government could not bring it to a premature end . |
| 28 | ‘ I could not lend it to you . ’ |
| 29 | But when I later tried to find my way back to the dining-room to finish my meal , which should have been a simple thing to do , I just could not locate it at all . |
| 30 | We could not deduce it from within our universe . |