Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Perhaps she could team up with DO'L in central defence . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Stamfordham , too , could look back with satisfaction on his conduct of negotiations with the party leaders . |
| 7 | He was a natural swimmer and loved it , and could keep up with Nails for several lengths , with a long , graceful strike that far outshone Nails 's for style . |
| 8 | Bill Mabbeley was the only one who could keep up with Jean . |
| 9 | One could go on with provisos of this kind , or with hints as to procedure in this or that case , for pages . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Two , he could go along with Marler , pretend to accept him at face value , and this way he could keep an eye on him . |
| 12 | I could , I could go along with Phil on that . |
| 13 | ‘ There is a danger , ’ he says , ‘ that with the chairman sitting for only one year , we could end up with short-termism . |
| 14 | Now drill numerous small holes all over the plate not larger than ¼″ — otherwise you could end up with gravel getting into them . |
| 15 | Reilly added : ‘ I 've instilled into the England players that if they take this game lightly they could end up with egg on their faces . |
| 16 | Pertwee 's the only one who could put up with Hatton for a moment , but no one 's willing to come out with it . |
| 17 | British filmmakers could come up with films that would overcome the resistance of American exhibitors to non-Hollywood products , as the $5 million grossed by The Red Shoes suggests , but they would n't do so in sufficient quantities until Rank had developed more sophisticated ideas about how to cajole the right sort of product from his writers , directors and producers . |
| 18 | In the class see actual oral erm knowledge , I could talk with any of them and put my point a , and I could come up with ideas could n't put it down in |
| 19 | Now she could get on with life , concern herself with the large airy matters like God and death and the problem of suffering ; forget , for a while , the goblin things — sex and money and regular meals . |
| 20 | ‘ Never could get on with marzipan , ’ he said , ‘ too sweet for me . |
| 21 | I loved it too , because I could get on with things while he was bouncing . |
| 22 | you could get on with Ricky she 's a good listener |
| 23 | The general theme was that Walter could muddle through with Mum and Dad , but because they died , he ended up in a horror show . |
| 24 | ‘ There are two routes , one being to take advantage of the Sunday trading debate , which we could turn around with slogans like ‘ Church — it 's more fun than a DIY shed ’ . |