Example sentences of "could [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could n't have been hit by a missile because we know there are no missile-carrying planes around — even if there were , a heat-seeking missile , the only type that could nail it at that altitude , would have gone for the engines , not the nose cone . |
| 2 | Well , in some countries this might be the only opportunity learners get to hear extensive chunks of the language , so you could treat it as a " language bath " session and concentrate on helping your learners come away with a general idea of the content . |
| 3 | If the deceased was prone to depression , the court could treat it as an example of the egg shell skull rule . |
| 4 | Today the library service is the most used of all county council facilities ; some of its supporters fear dwindling stocks and reduced opening hours could damage it beyond repair for future readers and writers |
| 5 | You always had a few explanations for why something did something and you could never pick out which — why it did it … you could explain it in several ways , and it just was n't positive enough for me . |
| 6 | If , if , if you could explain it by that because presumably their standard of living did change between eighteen fifty |
| 7 | The lord could grant it to whom he would . |
| 8 | I 'm not sure sure how we could build it into the criteria of But it 's it 's a point which would obviously have to be borne in mind in terms of the str you know , the planning process . |
| 9 | ‘ So gummy that you could throw it against a wall and it would stick , ’ It was known as ska , blue beat or rocksteady , and collectively as reggae . |
| 10 | I do n't like to blow my own trumpet but My Better Half could eat it to a band playing . |
| 11 | Well , before the invention of sound recording — and indeed for some time after — the only thing people could compare it with was stenography . |
| 12 | I saw a couple of people with TV cameras ; Tony had persuaded some cameramen to film the Benefit for free so he could make it into a video afterwards . |
| 13 | Or you could make it into a picture for a baby or toddler to hang on their bedroom wall . |
| 14 | It would only take a couple of houses to be knocked down and they could make it into a dual carriage way . |
| 15 | Or I could make it into a puppet . |
| 16 | She was Labour , she said , but was n't sure she could make it to the polls . |
| 17 | ‘ You could make it to the end now , and I 'll tell old Sam you 've done a length . ’ |
| 18 | With fifteen laps to go , the race was his : if he could make it to the end . |
| 19 | She sincerely hoped that she could make it to the track before any car came because she knew exactly what a mess she looked . |
| 20 | Leonora watched him go with mixed feelings , not really sure she could make it to the bathroom alone , despite her fine words . |
| 21 | ‘ But I would always have regretted it if I had turned down the chance to find out whether I could make it at this level . ’ |
| 22 | I thought I could make it on my own here , but I 'm not so certain now . |
| 23 | If we could make it through the torrent to the bend ahead … |
| 24 | I used to tell trainees that it was their first aptitude test to see if they could make it over Stamford Street ! ’ was not too upset to find that she will have to devise a new aptitude test from the summer . |
| 25 | ‘ That was when I knew he could make it in the bigtime , ’ he says . |
| 26 | That you could make it in the movies with no boobs to speak of was , until recently , an alien notion . |
| 27 | If he sets his mind to it he could make it in the cross-channel game , ’ says Scottish goal scoring ace Derek Cook , who himself will pose a considerable threat to Ards . |
| 28 | Do you think you could make it by half past ? |
| 29 | Depopulation from plague was a very real factor in the long term , and while it might not destroy a village immediately , it could weaken it as a social and economic unit . |
| 30 | The sound of the car caught Theodora 's attention before she could plot it with her eye . |