Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt that if they could make travelling at night dangerous , the enemy would be forced to move in daylight , thus becoming targets for the RAF . |
| 2 | People who had gone overseas had probably made a wise choice and were likely to be doing better than they could have done at home , so the government felt it had done enough for them already . |
| 3 | And there 's nothing you could have done at Chevisham . " |
| 4 | He could have stayed at home since , in the year of his journey , Famous Players-Lasky set up its own studio in Islington , to make films the American way . |
| 5 | I could have stayed at Street till I was fourteen , I could have stayed at Street until I was fourteen , and then you would 've been out . |
| 6 | I could have stayed at Street till I was fourteen , I could have stayed at Street until I was fourteen , and then you would 've been out . |
| 7 | It is difficult to believe , therefore , that any mosaicists employed in making the Orpheus mosaics at Woodchester or Barton Farm could have worked at Newton St. Loe . |
| 8 | I wish I could afford to stay at home — in fact I did for two years . |
| 9 | It was ‘ insanity ’ on IBM 's part to believe it could continue growing at 15% per annum , taking on more people and buildings as it went , he added . |