Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that councillors had no idea what was going on , and could only rely on the advice of the council 's officials . |
| 2 | She could only rely on that , his wearying before she did . |
| 3 | The company was bound by the representation and could only rely on the exclusion clause to exclude liability for damage to beads and sequins . |
| 4 | Our troops could only move on the roads and had to be supplied with food . |
| 5 | The principal adviser said that the advisers could only comment on what they had seen — or not seen . |
| 6 | However , as part of a " fast-track " agreement made with the Bush administration in July 1991 , Congress could only vote on the agreement and not amend it . |
| 7 | He did try , but he could only stand on one foot . |
| 8 | After the October 1979 coup , Archbishop Romero declared that the new regime lacked any popular backing and could only count on the support of a " few foreign powers " . |
| 9 | Hareven , in her discussion of early industrial society in America ( 1978 ) , suggests that this type of exchange was more common than sharing households , but that it could only operate on a reciprocal basis . |
| 10 | When , however , we took time out and discussed it , we realized that the fact that we were more diverse offered us a strength against our competitors if we could only capitalize on it . |
| 11 | She reckoned that she could only take on board a limited number of surprises in any given period , and her quota for the year had just been reached . |
| 12 | The Nazis could only thrive on being seen to be refused , and the Poles had just obliged . |
| 13 | I 've got nearly over five hundred quid , then the petrol and then food where you could n't get food donated , and new tyres for the bike before I went so you could only get on the road . |
| 14 | She could only look on Roirbak as some kind of doctor who would be dealing with her intimately shortly . |
| 15 | The selection of the correct key added on another minute or so and Sandison could only look on feeling helpless and frustrated . |
| 16 | The task was a blessed diversion ; he could n't stop her going , he could only concentrate on turning the bloody old things till they loosened . |
| 17 | TWENTY factory workers could only listen on the radio to their red-hot tip romping home at 9-2 after a run of bad luck on the way to the race . |
| 18 | Even dressed as he now was , in a blue cotton jacket and trousers , he could never have been taken for an Italian , and since he was n't able to walk — he could only hop on one leg — or speak the language , he was hardly likely to remain free for long out in the open . |
| 19 | Although in their own eyes the rebels had simply been fighting for what was rightfully theirs , from the point of view of Henry II and Richard they were disturbers of the peace , and as princes maintaining the peace within their dominions , the Angevins could generally rely on the support of the church . |
| 20 | He could thus rely on royal backing while he used the duchy as an arena in which to demonstrate his own good lordship . |
| 21 | He could thus rely on royal backing while he used the duchy as an arena in which to demonstrate his own good lordship . |
| 22 | I was glad the well had been Christianized , as Michael Quirke himself could scarcely go on his knees and pray to the rascally old gods he so admired . |
| 23 | It has been commonly assumed that in controversy even if we could finally agree on what is objectively so , the moral debate has not yet started ; you can still find good what I find bad , and unless we discover common principles from which to argue , the debate can never begin at all . |
| 24 | The grand old name of Burke 's Peerage could soon appear on some rather surprising household items . |
| 25 | I told him that I could not go on behalf of any party , but that I would go on behalf of the government if he came to power , since I knew the situation and could be of some help . |
| 26 | It seems that USL could not stand on its own and AT&T 's only alternative was to sell it . |
| 27 | An interlocutory injunction could not stand on its own . |
| 28 | He said he could not serve on that sub-committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse ) ‘ when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject ’ . |
| 29 | We of course understood if he could not move on personal grounds , but those grounds could be related to health , or elderly parents , or children 's schooling — never his wife 's career . |
| 30 | The Report echoed some of the criticism advanced by witnesses that the WEA could not decide on its future and , at least in some Districts , had lost the pioneering spirit , but concluded nonetheless that ‘ voluntaryism as exemplified by the Workers ’ Educational Association is essential if the spirit of adult education is to be preserved' . |