Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another punch and I could 've lost the lot . ’ |
| 2 | Reck'n ye could 've fried the eggs on the cylinder heads it 's so bright and clean and polished . |
| 3 | Oh aye , I could 've paid the fine . |
| 4 | You never really sort of said well was it , was it a slipped disc or is it gone or have you got ta go back for any more tests or anything like that er and bearing in mind that he also said he was keen on sports and he played tennis and so on , you could 've had the opportunity there to say oh have your back problem , back troubles made in difference to you in that area ? |
| 5 | I could 've had the Queen Mum to tea there and not been ashamed . |
| 6 | Well you could 've washed the marmalade out while you were s out the saucer . |
| 7 | The lack of any classification and very basic retrieval tools make finding the document rather tricky , but you may find a more organised recipient to re-mail a copy which you could cannibalise to form the basis of your next report on a similar topic . |
| 8 | He set out to launch a North American colony to which Catholics could retreat to avoid the discrimination that seemed to have become unalterably established in England and in New England . |
| 9 | Neither of us could wait to get the round over , we were so cold and miserable . |
| 10 | However , the Inland Revenue could seek to recover the tax due by summary judgment under only one of the alternative assessments ( p 108 ) . |
| 11 | However , the Inland Revenue could seek to recover the tax due by summary judgment under only one of the alternative assessments , since to do otherwise would be vexatious . |
| 12 | If such consent is withheld , then the doctor could seek to have the child made a ward of court . |
| 13 | There is a story about the man who painted half his car black and the other half white so that if he was involved in an accident he could enjoy hearing the witnesses contradict each other . |
| 14 | Although they are not involved in the formal festivities it is known the Duke of York and the Queen wanted them nearby so they could enjoy seeing the children . |
| 15 | A simple cervical test between the 24th and 34th weeks of pregnancy would alert doctors , who could act to delay the birth . |
| 16 | One Tory veteran , the former headmaster Sir Rhodes Boyson , warned that vigilantes could appear to take the law into their own hands unless the Government took drastic action . |
| 17 | The issue now facing the Party had become the defeat of global finance capital , and in that struggle the Party could choose to support the rights of national independence or of world proletarian unity , but not both . |
| 18 | A time was to be fixed for the expedition in the month of November , and by leaving in the evening on the ebb tide we could expect to reach the shores of Wight with the full morning flood . |
| 19 | THERE was a time , I suppose , when you could expect to carry the essentials of modern technological developments in your head , and retrieve them pretty quickly and accurately . |
| 20 | Samples of both victims ' blood would be taken from the bodies at the post-mortem , but it would be three days at least before he could expect to get the result of the analysis . |
| 21 | Overall , however , students had a strong sense of duty to help China develop into a powerful , modern country , but they were uncertain as to how they could contribute given the constraints placed on them . |
| 22 | It was very difficult , indeed , to believe that they could snap open the cages of the treadmills and free Nuadu and the others . |
| 23 | It was as much as she could do to push the hand-cart and to carry her body around with her . |
| 24 | It seemed there was nothing he could do to persuade the child to cease her disobedience , nothing he could say which would frighten her sufficiently for her to come to her senses . |
| 25 | What does my right hon. Friend think that we could do to stop the drug being imported into this country , or arranging some reciprocal arrangement whereby we would stop importing Dutch cheese or some such thing ? |
| 26 | And there was nothing Paul Kee could do to stop the kick . |
| 27 | There was little he could do to combat the hostility of the media , but after the frustrations of his first term he decided to face up to the bureaucracy and the legislature . |
| 28 | But then the dark powers rose , and the four Cities fell ; it was the most we could do to save the Treasures . |
| 29 | I have read a book called 50 Simple things Kids Could Do To Save The Earth . |
| 30 | Maybe it was the hypnotic , rhythmic drone of the aircraft engines , or the sheer emotional exhaustion of the past few hours , but there seemed little she could do to suppress the memories she had so resolutely buried during the last five years . |