Example sentences of "could [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any inbuilt coding — in the form of genes — that could affect us after our child-bearing period is irrelevant to the survival of the species : the genes involved might code us for death but , in terms of the species , this does not matter because we have already served our purpose by reproducing . |
| 2 | Any creature that could eat hundreds of rugby balls could swallow us in one go . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But thinking I could orchestrate us like that was pretty high-handed . ’ |
| 4 | Do you set out the sum , er you must set out some calculation of how many you are likely to lose over the life of the aircraft , is there a percentage figure you could give us for that ? |
| 5 | What he meant by mysticism was belief in a direct , immediate experience of God ( or of Jesus ) which dissolved the distinction between God and man or between Christ and ourselves , a rapture of union which could carry us beyond time and history and the challenge and responsibility of the present . |
| 6 | ‘ The first 20 minutes will be critical and , the way he kicks , Botha could beat us on his own if we give him the chances , ’ said Carling , whose assessment was backed by pack leader Brian Moore . |
| 7 | Usually we are melting snow or ice so we do n't bother , but this trip could see us near stagnant water . |
| 8 | Taken together with higher level knowledge , these could provide us with an alternative technique for correcting errors within the system . |
| 9 | The bank chose Acse because , while ‘ other companies told us they could provide us with an Electronic Data Interchange translator , Acse was the only one who said , ‘ EDI is not a problem of technology , but a problem of integrating it into your existing systems , ’ ’ Gilmont said . |
| 10 | I enclose a copy of the original pack , and would be grateful if you could provide us with updated information for the rail leaflet , and any suggestions for additional material . |
| 11 | Not even the bitter dawn cold could keep us from standing , time and time again , to feast on the sights that rumbled by : mountains , dwellings , beasts and people ; then tiny white-sailed craft on the timeless blue of Lake Titicaca . |
| 12 | All of these comments might be qualities which we refuse to see in ourselves , and could guide us along the path towards self-discovery . |
| 13 | We needed someone like himself , a Friend of the Tourists , who could take us through Egyptian Customs step by step . |
| 14 | Oh he could take us into the two thousand . |
| 15 | ‘ I wonder , Father , if you could join us for supper ? ’ |
| 16 | We had some wonderful family holidays during this time — usually in easy reach of London so that Father could join us from his business , as a leather factor , at weekends . |
| 17 | Step 2 of the Anonymous Fellowships states " Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity " . |
| 18 | " Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity " . |
| 19 | ‘ We 've had to chop and change on a regular basis this season , but it could hold us in good stead because when everyone is fit again , we 'll know we have people who can operate well in different positions . ’ |
| 20 | Odd-Knut — whose English was good enough to know that he did not want us to call him ‘ Odd ’ — suggested that he could leave us near the Finnish border and we could ski or walk the last bit . |
| 21 | This meant he could tell us about his experience and shed some light on the strengths and weaknesses of the nursing care he received during his 15-day stay in the unit . |
| 22 | Afterwards nobody could tell us about our route and it may have been a first ascent — we still do not know . |
| 23 | There was nothing much she could tell us about him anyway , only what we knew already . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps you could tell us about your connection with the club and how you felt about the Admiral . ’ |
| 25 | Cast your minds back , last week we were looking at the relationship between price elasticity of demand and marginal revenue , and what that relationship could tell us about er prices and total revenue in an industry . |
| 26 | If a yogi could tell us at any given moment what his digestive organs were doing , in chemical terms , and some constant monitoring apparatus attached to his intestines confirmed everything he said , then we might want to say yes ; for the performance would seem to show just that immediate awareness of goings-on that we think of as intuitively necessary for a Conscious process . |
| 27 | Alternatively , the future may bring chemicals that could protect us from any gas , liquid or radiation , not to mention environments in which future generations may live that will separate them from any hazardous source . |
| 28 | The chart , carelessly applied , using the wrong sightings off the wrong landmarks could lead us into error and be just as dangerous as ignoring it completely . |
| 29 | There 's something about this matter which could lead us to the gallows or on to the knife of some hired assassin . |
| 30 | May I ask if any clubs , players or lovers of the game could support us in our fight to keep Acklam Park alive . |