Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [pers pn] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | WALES prop Mike Griffiths is facing a suspension that could rule him out of the clash with world champions Australia , after his dismissal in CARDIFF 'S match at Aberavon yesterday . |
| 2 | Experienced centre back Paul Curran said last night : ‘ We have to win — even a draw could rule us out . ’ |
| 3 | I could throw them out and replace them with Bretons , ’ said Thorfinn . |
| 4 | I wish I could flush them out of my head . |
| 5 | I looked round for something with which I could knock him out after we had taken off . |
| 6 | Bronson Manolo could wait her out . |
| 7 | Luckily I knew how many there were of them ( 53 if I remember correctly ) so I could count them out again — something which involved a lot of shaking of the shell into a bucket of tank water . |
| 8 | We used to play football in the streets with the lead singer of The Skatalites — when we could entice him out . |
| 9 | Any interested person ( a school-teacher ? ) could carry it out . |
| 10 | But this did not mean I was happy with it , or knew , precisely , when and how I could carry it out . |
| 11 | I suppose they could send me out tomorrow |
| 12 | But I know I 've got lots that could be copied so we could send them out . |
| 13 | This was the first time in her life that she 'd been in the company of a man who could bring her out in nervous flushes , make her heartbeat race and her stomach turn all watery , just by watching her … |
| 14 | You could pace it out as the length of a grave . |
| 15 | I was nearly chucked out for that , I left before they could chuck me out , actually . |
| 16 | If he could break her out of it , she 'd be all right . |
| 17 | Faced with the prospect of another election soon , it would strive to show that , with four-wheel drive , it could haul us out of this recession . |
| 18 | It occurred to her that he could tip her out of the window without any effort at all , and she shrank back . |
| 19 | Say , you have a problem with a youth , they could do you out this plan that would sound very good on paper — bring in the social workers , bring in the DHSS and juvenile liaison . |
| 20 | Instead of tripping over their shoes while doing quick changes , each chair had pockets where they could thrust them out of the way . |
| 21 | I was down here at Sunset and I could see him out there doing it . |
| 22 | I could see him out of the corner of my eye and I thought , I 'm going to stick with him . |
| 23 | She could see him out of the comer of her eye , removing a crystal from his pocket and placing it in her desk reader . |
| 24 | You will have heard the phrase ‘ I could see it out of the corner of my eye ’ . |
| 25 | So any of these I reckon you could work out any any acid with any alkali you could work it out . |
| 26 | But she did n't want Uncle Albert explaining it to her when she got back if she could work it out for herself . |
| 27 | what was Mr attitude to spending on national advertising in so far as you could work it out ? |
| 28 | Be nice if it went up to twenty per cent in the budget cos everyone could work it out more easily , |
| 29 | If you could work it out and see how much it would be |
| 30 | I thought I could work you out of my system , Folly . |