Example sentences of "could [verb] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So long as they believed in themselves they could make shift with constitutions and parliaments and dull republics . |
| 2 | He carried no weapon save his own sharp needles and scissors , but it occurred to him that he could make do with the slivers of glass from the broken sarcophagus . |
| 3 | At Boston Spa , for example , there were no adequate washing facilities for 16 years ; at Exeter , it was 1887 before the school got hot water facilities ; at Old Kent Road , the installation of gas pipes which could have provided better lighting was rejected in 1833 on the grounds the cost was exorbitant and that the children could make do with candles . |
| 4 | No doubt McDowell could make do with first-order ‘ quasi'-knowledge in a theory of cognitive representations for ‘ lower ’ species ( in something of the form suggested by Field 1978 ) , stopping short of the special problems posed by the diagnosis of the higher-order beliefs and intentions involved in a Gricean or sub-Gricean mechanism ( cf. |
| 5 | And , indeed , she was more than anxious to do what she could to help look after the twins . |
| 6 | Where the rail track runs from the North town to the South town or you could go go by rail from the one side of the hill to the other . |
| 7 | In its place , the government is to set up a " new wide ranging review " of how local authorities could help clear up polluted sites , and of whether they had adequate powers and finances to carry out the task . |
| 8 | This could help stave off a damaging rise in interest rates . |
| 9 | But the later start to harvesting could help eat into surplus stocks that have threatened to keep prices low . |
| 10 | His explanation is simple : ‘ Of course , I could have done better , but I enjoy the friendship of running and would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race ’ |
| 12 | The power plant could help dispose of the offal surplus which has gathered as a result of the BSE scare , which has led to a ban on the rendering of brains , spinal cords , spleens and tonsils into pet food or animal feed . |