Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As for Peter and Pat Lawford , they fixed it so that John Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe could screw around without Jackie finding out . |
| 6 | or you could carry on along California Road |
| 7 | ‘ So Thomas could grow up in Portugal ? ’ |
| 8 | You could send out to Japan quicker , for that part ! |
| 9 | 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 ! |
| 10 | The Yorkes lived next door to the Shergolds and might have gleaned some scraps of information that he could wheedle out of Harriet . |
| 11 | In a play on the official Nazi designation of Munich as ‘ Capital of the Movement ’ , it was now dubbed unofficially the ‘ Capital of the Counter-Movement ’ ; it was said that propaganda advocating the restoration of the monarchy was increasing , that it was no longer advisable to use the ‘ Heil Hitler ’ greeting or wear the Party arm-badge , and that ‘ sooner or later ’ a revolution could break out in Munich . |
| 12 | Although in 1978–9 Libyans could time in to Cairo 's radio broadcasts to hear abuse of their leader , Libya 's news services did not air the quarrels with neighbours . |
| 13 | and then finally we could finish off with Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men or whatever they want to call themselves from and they could say well we 're the guys in between we 've got clients out there but we have to deal with printers and estimators and this is what life is like for us . |
| 14 | Vologsky increased his pace , momentarily , gaining a few feet so that he could look back at Kirov 's grim face . |
| 15 | They could look out for Lou 's mum all they liked , but they would n't see her . |
| 16 | I liked it because it was a corner flat and from one of the windows I could look down into Piazza Garibaldi . |
| 17 | I had a bike and could pedal down to Middleton in Teesdale , meet Marie , take her to the pictures — not the best seats mind — then buy us both fish and chips and still have change out of that two bob . |
| 18 | Bill Mabbeley was the only one who could keep up with Jean . |
| 19 | This was pleasant for the small landowners , who could move on to Virginia and resume tobacco growing there , but less prosperous white men in the West Indies lost almost all hope of working up the scale to become modest farmers on their own land . |
| 20 | Acid rain has caused such severe erosion of the Sierra del Mar that the entire mountainside could slide down onto Cubatoa . |
| 21 | Sir James , who is due to retire shortly , could take over from May 1984 the task of director general of ESA , the organisation that coordinates the space activities of 11 West European nations . |
| 22 | The fact is I 'm looking for someone who one day could take over from Morgan . |
| 23 | Their speciality was tunes like In Sans Souci — to remind Twenties Berliners of that nice Sunday afternoon tram ride they could take out to Frederick the Great 's summer palace at Potsdam — a trip no West Berliner has been able to take for half a century . |
| 24 | It was very easy , I could walk up to Ravelston nine holes , walk back in time . |
| 25 | sometimes come to Glasgow and either of them could go up to Stirling |
| 26 | She hoped the departure would be as early as possible so that she and Joshua could go over to Leeds for the birth of their first grandchild . |
| 27 | ‘ Italian fashions , ’ said Felicity , ‘ the ready-to-wear collections — one of us could go over to Milan … ’ |
| 28 | Mr Mitterrand said : ‘ During one of our meals , Mr Major said if Denmark was again to reject the treaty then he could not see how Britain could go along with Maastricht . |
| 29 | Two , he could go along with Marler , pretend to accept him at face value , and this way he could keep an eye on him . |
| 30 | I could , I could go along with Phil on that . |