Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He describes his other grandmother as ‘ a wee frail woman ’ in a mob cap , smoking a long clay pipe and ‘ stroking my hair as I lay down at her feet with my head in her lap ’ , while her railwayman husband also ‘ had a great liking for me , and when he could spring to a halfpenny or an apple or some nuts for ‘ whiteheaded Benny ’ , he did it , Once he gave me a shining white metal watchguard ’ , a symbol of work efficiency which he wore proudly to school , ‘ swanking ’ with it hung across my chest . ’ |
| 2 | They could laugh at the absurdities of life and people that made no sense to those who had n't lived in Ireland . |
| 3 | And when her husband cracked another joke , she found she could laugh with the rest . |
| 4 | Then there was the time Joe Hulme asked if he could stay for the weekend in his native Lancashire after an away match at Bolton . |
| 5 | ‘ You could stay with the Ballards ; Zelah would love that . ’ |
| 6 | Mrs Falconer is facing compulsory redundancy and has been told that she could stay on the staff if she accepts demotion to ordinary lecturer — a post already held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 7 | He says that a person could stay at a hotel with his own doctor and nurse cheaper than that . |
| 8 | " But my mistresses go home to their husbands for Christmas , and although I could stay at the Covington-Pyms and ride out with the hunt on Boxing Day morning , and call round at the Moons on my way back to cheer up poor Marie … |
| 9 | European banks could stay at the top for longer than their predecessors . |
| 10 | He could stay at the Palm Springs home of Walter Annenberg , newspaper publisher , millionaire , friend of the Shah 's friend Richard Nixon , former ambassador tot he court of St James , Sullivan was told to convey the invitation in the name of the president and to ask how many people would be travelling with the Shah . |
| 11 | Because of fuel problems each patrol could stay in the air no more than two hours , and only relatively slow and cumbersome two-seater planes could be used . |
| 12 | We tidied up our rooms and cleaned the kitchens , dragging out the mundane tasks so that we could stay in the warm . |
| 13 | He is ready , he says , to consider Syria 's ‘ vital interests ’ in Lebanon , and by that he appears to mean that its army could stay in the Beka'a Valley , provided it is clearly intended for defence against Israeli attack and not for interference in Lebanon 's internal affairs . |
| 14 | Oh , says I , aye , I says , you could stay in the village . |
| 15 | ‘ Sir John , ’ Mandeville called , ‘ I should be grateful if you could stay in the hall . |
| 16 | I could stay in the hotel , ’ I said . |
| 17 | I could stay in the house and be marked as frightened , or I could do battle with the elements , making my way to the family as usual . |
| 18 | ‘ Wow , ’ Wayne said , obviously wishing that he could stay in the front and eavesdrop . |
| 19 | Of course you could stay in an hotel ! |
| 20 | He had not been able to deal so skilfully with his own wife , however , that relationship needing more of himself than he could spare from the animals , and she had left him many years ago . |
| 21 | They could explain to the child why he feels as though the world has turned upside down and why his remaining parent seems so upset . |
| 22 | An example of a chart that you could construct on a card , or in your diary is shown opposite . |
| 23 | She has , however , been informed that she could remain on the RGU staff if she accepted a demotion to ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Mrs Barbara Diack , who , in turn , would lose her job . |
| 24 | He hoped Great Britain would support Austria-Hungary against Russia and that Germany could remain on the fence . |
| 25 | Mrs Falconer , a senior lecturer in textiles , has been told there is funding for only one textile lecturer in the school , but that she could remain on the staff if she accepted demotion to ordinary lecturer — a post already held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 26 | Alternatively , Exminster could remain as the hospital for elderly mentally ill patients , allowing a planned closure of Digby Hospital after short-stay beds had been established in Torbay and North Devon . |
| 27 | The answer is straightforward : the exchange-rate mechanism would continue , run by the enlarged chamber of governors , and all currencies that were not in stage three could remain in the exchange-rate mechanism or outside it , depending on what they chose . |
| 28 | Our playmates swam quietly to the edge of the pool , while Lorne and I began to climb out until signalled that we could remain in the water if we wished . |
| 29 | Anderson ( 1971 , pp. 125–7 ) argues that the good wages which young people could earn in the cotton towns in the mid-nineteenth century altered the balance between parents and children and put them on more equal terms when they shared a household , and also made it more possible for them to leave the parental home — although boys did this more often than girls . |
| 30 | The compensation package offered is usually based on a local salary , which , when converted into sterling , is considerably higher than the workers could earn in the UK . |