Example sentences of "could [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be , it could be erm it could right in the middle could n't it dad ? |
| 2 | The contract had been until the end of September when she could reapply for the job she had been turned down for , ‘ provided she had had sufficient experience nursing very sick children ’ , he said . |
| 3 | An alternative would therefore be to use a UK-resident Newco for the share/debenture exchange and , to circumvent the capital gains tax disadvantage of this , it could soon after the acquisition transfer its stake in Target to the partnership by way of a capital distribution , leaving it with the loan-note obligations to the vendor shareholders and the cash to meet such obligations . |
| 4 | He would check it , if he needed to , but he could not at the moment see why Morgan would have wanted to kill the daughter to whom he had plainly been so devoted . |
| 5 | Section 33 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 , even if it applies to composite rate tax , is not applicable for a number of reasons , not least that no valid assessment could be made under an invalid regulation , that no assessment was in fact made and that , even if made , the assessment could not on the facts of the present case have been said to be ‘ excessive by reason of some error or mistake in a return : ’ section 33(1) . |
| 6 | For the next few days I was horribly inactive , gripped by a lethargy that I could not for the life of me understand . |
| 7 | I said that it would be unkind and discourteous to decline a visit , but I could not for the life of me see how I could help him where persons of much greater power were impotent . |
| 8 | He could not for the life of him understand why they should wish to remain inside the cottage while the Domain was dusted with poisons . |
| 9 | Mahmoud , incoherent with fury , could not for the moment say what it was . |
| 10 | Subject to some exceptions … it matters not that the doer of the act of usurpation did not know , and could not by the exercise of any reasonable care have known of his neighbour 's interest in the goods . |
| 11 | I could not in the court of law swear that you had been under my observations the whole time we were making the ascent . ’ |
| 12 | It was enough for a while just to have this clever , charming man as a friend , flattering to have him travel so far when he could just for the pleasure of her company . |
| 13 | ‘ I would have preferred to have given them a run chase but I then decided we had to be positive and get whatever we could out of the match , ’ said Moxon . |
| 14 | How much more wrong could Back To The Planet be ? |
| 15 | Lee could n't with the dog . |
| 16 | As I heard the words I knew they were wrong , but could n't for the life of me remember the dolmen 's proper name . |
| 17 | The Marshal could n't for the life of him remember that . |
| 18 | Because he could n't for the life of him imagine what he personally could have done to her . |
| 19 | That evening , I went to see King Lear at the Old Vic , but I was unable to shake off my self-pity and I could n't for the life of me see what the old git was moaning about . |
| 20 | You know , when I was bringing up my children in the early seventies I read about the the mergence of the new working woman , you know , how to balance a career and a home and children , and I could n't for the life of me think what was new about this working woman ! |
| 21 | Harris knew that something had happened but he could n't for the life of him think what it might be . |
| 22 | ‘ I could n't for the life of me remember the English name for this vehicle and certainly did n't know what the Russian name was , so I asked him what he would call it . ’ |
| 23 | I could n't for the life of me understand what Emily Lightbody might see in him , except an eternal good time . |
| 24 | Guy had always liked tall women , preferably those built on rather buxom lines , but right now he could n't for the life of him remember why . |
| 25 | There had to be something she could say , something sharp and snappy , tailor-made to disabuse him of that idea , but was n't it just typical that she could n't for the life of her think what it was ? |
| 26 | But I could n't in the end ! |
| 27 | Oh yes , the interesting part there , in those days , was that the majority of the children were in the same boat , we were all poor and er m the Town Council had got this skating ring at Mansfield , roller skating ring , near the Gas Works , where they provided a school meal for all the children that could there during the hour lunch . |
| 28 | We felt we had done all we could there for the moment and did n't want to get lazy . |
| 29 | Could either of the trends be described as ‘ linear ’ ? |