Example sentences of "could [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , if only I could win the first prize ! ’ breathed Angela . |
| 2 | If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time . |
| 3 | Lennie Lawrence could give a first League start to the striker Kenny Achampong and names the trainee Jason Lee in the home squad , while Millwall are without the injured striker Teddy Sheringham and the suspended midfielder Terry Hurlock . |
| 4 | we could do the first bits and about an hour really , this weekend not at work or anything . |
| 5 | Of the verderers he could see nothing , but so strong was his sense of present danger that Allen remained half-hidden watching until the sun came up over the forest and the wet rock slabs of the Waste shone like glass and he could feel the first faint warmth of the sun 's beams striking on his face . |
| 6 | It is unlikely that any of us could remember the first time we saw our own reflection ( mirrors often form part of toys aimed at very small babies , such as activity mats or cot toys , and there are , of course , lakes , kettles and other possibilities for reflection ) ; what is likely is that it was a member of our family ( probably our mother ) who told us : ‘ That 's you , that 's what you look like ’ . |
| 7 | He could remember the first time that he 'd stepped outside into country darkness and closed the door behind him ; it was as if he 'd been struck blind with the click of the latch , and he 'd begun to panic at his inability even to tell which way was up . |
| 8 | Sir : Just before John Paul II was elected there was speculation that Cardinal Hume could become the first non-Italian Pope for several centuries . |
| 9 | Two men who helped George Blake , a Soviet spy , to escape from prison in 1966 could become the first British authors in recent history to have royalties seized by the courts . |
| 10 | Orion 's plans have caused consternation among Intelsat officials , who are worried that the craft could become the first of many operated by private companies to ‘ cream off ’ traffic from the lucrative telecommunications route between North America and Europe . |
| 11 | Deprived of the usual dash of digital and chemical additives , it could become the first easy-listening album for the post-E , no power generation . |
| 12 | In his last years Monet stumbled upon the exquisite notion that colour in itself could become the first subject for his art ; painting has never looked back/ |
| 13 | Wiltshire could become the first county in Britain to ban foxhunting on county council land . |
| 14 | As a result it could become the first estate in the area to have a 20mph speed limit introduced . |
| 15 | Through it , Donna could see the first of many wax tableaux showing famous film stars . |
| 16 | Angel could see the first light in the east . |
| 17 | A footprint in a muddy field could provide the first real lead for police hunting the man who 's become known as the horse ripper . |
| 18 | If , however , the staffing improvement can be imaginatively exploited to create links between the special school provision , other special provision and primary or secondary schools then it could create the first stages of a unified , coherent service whose institutional boundaries are eroded . |
| 19 | For solar flares , a system of early warning satellites around the Sun could detect the first sign of trouble . |
| 20 | But could ruin the first half , forward inside the p Shrewsbury penalty area , being forced to run wide though that was good play by . |
| 21 | Whittingham , later Sir Harold E. Whittingham KCB , KBE , LLD , MB , ChB , FRCP ( Lon ) , DPH , FRCS ( Ed ) , FRFPS ( G ) etc , etc , had a wager with the Commandant , Sir Norman McEwan , that by medical examination he could forecast the first , second and third places in any track event over 220 yards . |
| 22 | Erm because the report is er quite a long report mainly the er part of the report erm I will pick out the most important comments and if I could take the first part of the report first erm this concerns a new staffing structure between er , newly emerged welfare rights and advice service . |
| 23 | Yes the there are two aspects really to that , one is the length of runway operating er and the other is the surface , erm , if I could take the first one . |
| 24 | Her mind refused to believe that anything could happen the first time one had intercourse . |
| 25 | A poor man who entered into a partnership could complete the first stage in a year to fifteen months ; he could start a partnership with a poorer man in two or three years . |
| 26 | I could wish the first chance that came her way was n't nursing some poor old woman with a weak chest . |
| 27 | Instead , the Armada sailed up channel and the watchers at Rame , including Carew , could view the first engagement of battle early that Sunday morning off Plymouth , with the first galleon exploding . |
| 28 | No Charlton player could match the first touch control of Newcastle midfielder Lee Clark who set up two of his side 's goals . |
| 29 | He is still receiving treatment and with Canadian international Forrest still sidelined with a stomach muscle problem , it could mean a first team debut for Jason Winters . |
| 30 | Russia could get the first half of its share ( half , in turn , of the total of up to $1 billion ) as early as May . |