Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile the Elector Carl Theodor had taken up residence in Munich , and had invited the members of his court to join him there ( though they could stay on at Mannheim and retain their salaries if they wished ) . |
| 2 | When Loz finds the solutions to the problems that clearly weigh heavy on his shoulders — and a new hairdresser — the Kingmaker campaign could wind up at Wembley . |
| 3 | Lexandro grinned wildly , for within but a few more weeks he was to have holes drilled through his carapace so that he could jack in to power armour . |
| 4 | It was a high one , but although she was confident she could climb it , she knew that if she tried to do so she would risk being seen from the house ; but beside it was a shallow grassy ditch were she could remain out of sight , so bending double she ran along this ditch , and came to the spot where she had seen Tristram . |
| 5 | Not even poverty , for though by the standards of the middle classes all of them had modest incomes — except in such a paradise of labour as Australia in the 1850s where newspaper compositors could earn up to £18 a week — by the standards of the poor there was a vast difference between the well-paid and more or less regularly employed skilled ‘ artisan ’ , who wore a copy of respectable middle-class costume on Sundays or even on the way to and from work , and the ragged starveling who hardly ever knew where his , still less his family 's , next meal was to come from . |
| 6 | At a time when a skilled worker earned about £2 a week , a footballer could earn up to £8 . |
| 7 | Already a giant American sports management group reckon that Christie could earn up to £1million for each of the next four years . |
| 8 | The consultants estimated that the annual savings could range up to £192 million . |
| 9 | I guess I was trying to earn a couple of lowlife brownie points , so I could catch up with Steve and Paul 's criminal pedigree . |
| 10 | Faldo had to wait until the ‘ 89 Masters before he could catch up with Lyle and maybe the picture of him on the 11th green , the second hole of a sudden-death play-off with Scott Hoch , encapsulates Europe 's men in the majors in the Eighties . |
| 11 | Former Middlesbrough midfielder Mark Burke could line up for Wolves . |
| 12 | The method of ‘ verstehen ’ could be quite insufficiently explanatory , or could fall back for explanation on a ( theoretically circular ) ‘ informing spirit ’ . |
| 13 | You could fall out at night . ’ |
| 14 | YOU COULD WIN UP TO £100,000 |
| 15 | YOU COULD WIN UP TO £125,000 |
| 16 | People under pressure could act out of character , certainly , but they also acted according to habit . |
| 17 | With his connections , there was still a good chance Balestre could hang on to power . |
| 18 | Missions would have to approved unanimously and any member state could opt out of participation . |
| 19 | As for Peter and Pat Lawford , they fixed it so that John Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe could screw around without Jackie finding out . |
| 20 | It could fetch up to £120m , according to analysts . |
| 21 | A fine salamander paperweight could fetch up to £10,000 today . |
| 22 | This particular coin could fetch up to £500 , according to Christie 's . |
| 23 | The nest was built whilst the truck was in use , so the bird must have been patiently waiting for it to return after each journey so that it could carry on with nest building . |
| 24 | or you could carry on along California Road |
| 25 | Fix it up for me to fly from there if it suits or I could carry on by train . ’ |
| 26 | As in the earlier case of David II , sent as a child to France in 1334 in exactly the same circumstances , when the English were menacing southern Scotland , the presumption was that she could grow up in safety , until she could return as an adult to rule her kingdom . |
| 27 | ‘ So Thomas could grow up in Portugal ? ’ |
| 28 | You could send out to Japan quicker , for that part ! |
| 29 | Let it be some dreamy boy of about seventeen with his hair cut in ‘ curtains ’ and some really nice gear , then she could show off to Sam and the others ! |
| 30 | She said the bid could bring up to £250,000 worth of business to hotels , restaurants , sports and other leisure facilities . |