Example sentences of "could [vb infin] with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when her husband cracked another joke , she found she could laugh with the rest . |
| 2 | ‘ You could stay with the Ballards ; Zelah would love that . ’ |
| 3 | Whilst the company had grown significantly during the Wadeville years little could compare with the move to Germiston . |
| 4 | The House of Lords found that the legislation only allowed terms to be attached which related to the use of the site and not to the types of contract the site owner could make with the caravan owners . |
| 5 | It was hard to believe that very soon that innocent sky could throb with the sounds of death . |
| 6 | A voder commentary accompanied the recording , but Rostov had switched off the auditory input to his chair so that he could converse with the Manchu technician who was running the session . |
| 7 | However , should there be any difficulty in siting the panel on the pillar , perhaps one of you could discuss with the Publicity Assistants an alternative and suitable site . |
| 8 | Within Photographic Department , for example , volunteers could assist with the filing of slides and prints , and with data entry for a photographic database . |
| 9 | The concerns about what to wear , the latest haircuts and how to deal with acne were subjects I knew well — and I could identify with the girls ' interests too . |
| 10 | A spokesman at the Brazilian Embassy in London said the ambassador himself was a father of five and had two grand-children and could identify with the family 's grief . |
| 11 | How could one refuse tenderness to someone so frail and tiny , to someone whose bones one could break with the flick of wrist , to someone who greeted one with smiles and later whoops of purest delight , who wept if one left them , and would die if one neglected them ? |
| 12 | Coun Fishwick said there was not a lot she could do with the proclamation , adding it was county council business anyway . |
| 13 | But hey , there 's a bounty out , he could do with the loot and you can tell from the narrowing of those famous Eastwood eyes that he 's bored rigid with being a decent human being . |
| 14 | As an aspiring bestselling author , he could do with the publicity . |
| 15 | I could do with the company and Mrs Manners has still got enough turkey to feed the third world and the poor Albanians . |
| 16 | I could do with the company . |
| 17 | I think I could do with the rest . ’ |
| 18 | His back was already turned , so he did not see Hilary Frome 's gesture , expressive of what he could do with the Cullbridge Athenaeum . |
| 19 | Mark discharged himself , came on to the film set and proceeded to tell me what I could do with the part , the film and the clinic . ’ |
| 20 | Could do with the air . ’ |
| 21 | Well , not for a king 's ransom would she return to the kitchen , even though she really could do with the drink . |
| 22 | Angry Doug blew his top , then told Restormel Borough Council in Cornwall what they could do with the factory plan . |
| 23 | ’ I could do with the rent ! ’ |
| 24 | The man on the stand , who also looked as he could do with the loan of a GII , was proffering a petition to passers-by . |
| 25 | The police say the best they could do with the car travelling at such high speeds was to keep track of it . |
| 26 | Secondly I think the sad thing is is that at one time the idea of the foyer bar was the fact that er mother 's and children go in for a coffee facility or tea facility now I 'm I 'm one of one of the problems about criticism is is perhaps they do n't know all the facts and one of the facts which I think astounded me was the actual local police stopped that and said that that was n't permissible for if you were selling alcohol then it did n't it was n't right that that children under age and young children were allowed in the same area and that was that was changed then we got a new a new police superintendent and he said it was permissible and then we got another super he went they do n't stay very long in Harlow and we got somebody else came along and he said no that is n't permissible so we got very schizophrenic about what you could do with the foyer bar one minute you could have and the idea of about telling people and there young mothers going shopping come here for coffee , cakes for the children etc stop that we 've now got a new superintendent in Harlow and I think with applied going back to him and saying well please advice us can we or ca n't we ? |
| 27 | Though he admits he could do with the cash from ticket receipts ( £2.4m at the Science Museum in 1989 , £1.9m at the Natural History ) , Sir David argues that the British Museum ‘ should be freely available to everyone — to stretch minds , stimulate their curiosity and provide for their academic needs . ’ |
| 28 | Well these poor blighters who got flooded who could do with the wind to dry the houses out could n't they ? |
| 29 | I did n't have any skill whatsoever , but I could run with the ball and hold it . |
| 30 | They just do n't actually have that information , a lot of small local groups , and I think maybe the C B S could work with the Engineers department in future years and try to get to those groups , because I 'm sure a lot of them , actually if they were given the opportunity in time to get in , that , that you might have a lot of people applying for flag and whatever than you do now . |