Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , he had proved he could stay up with the leaders , and he went to South Africa in March in good spirits . |
| 2 | But he could cash in with a lucrative return against the 24-year-old German early next year . |
| 3 | Later I discovered she 'd arranged for one of her friends to phone and distract me so that she could make off with her booty ! |
| 4 | I guess I was trying to earn a couple of lowlife brownie points , so I could catch up with Steve and Paul 's criminal pedigree . |
| 5 | Faldo had to wait until the ‘ 89 Masters before he could catch up with Lyle and maybe the picture of him on the 11th green , the second hole of a sudden-death play-off with Scott Hoch , encapsulates Europe 's men in the majors in the Eighties . |
| 6 | Was this a trick of the witch 's to keep her there until she could catch up with her , or was it … ? |
| 7 | There was nothing she could do to warn him about trouble except beat a hasty retreat back to their hotel suite in Cascais before Jason could catch up with her . |
| 8 | Neither Dobson nor Hunter is eligible to play for Ulster in next season 's inter pros , but they could line out with the Exiles Under-21s . |
| 9 | He could fall in with the desire of Sapt , marry her secretly and fill the empty place in the Elphberg dynasty . |
| 10 | He was told to go up to Cambridge , despite a shortfall of £60 in his funds , and that his college would do its utmost to ensure that he could carry on with his studies . |
| 11 | The nest was built whilst the truck was in use , so the bird must have been patiently waiting for it to return after each journey so that it could carry on with nest building . |
| 12 | Senior officials could carry on with the day-to-day business of the state without concerning themselves with any kind of specialist ministerial control . |
| 13 | I suppose I could carry on with the cataloguing , ’ she suggested . |
| 14 | He said then he , we could carry on with the serious stuff ! |
| 15 | If I could get a home where my kids could grow up with daily fear and where I could also help my father , I could push this hell out of my mind and start afresh with my family . |
| 16 | You could team up with another artist , possibly one who works in a contrasting discipline or technique . |
| 17 | Perhaps she could team up with DO'L in central defence . |
| 18 | Eventually the committee agreed to defer a decision to see if the school could team up with neighbouring villages to boost numbers . |
| 19 | and then finally we could finish off with Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men or whatever they want to call themselves from and they could say well we 're the guys in between we 've got clients out there but we have to deal with printers and estimators and this is what life is like for us . |
| 20 | Stamfordham , too , could look back with satisfaction on his conduct of negotiations with the party leaders . |
| 21 | She could run off with all the stock ! |
| 22 | I should think so cos you could run off with the machine . |
| 23 | After tea she had to ride out on Midnight , which she could work in with going up to Uncle Knacker 's to see the new horses . |
| 24 | ( In fact , with so many changes of unit , no military tailor could keep up with him , and he had felt that his old Ayrshire Yeomanry full uniform was the smartest kit for the occasion . ) |
| 25 | He was a natural swimmer and loved it , and could keep up with Nails for several lengths , with a long , graceful strike that far outshone Nails 's for style . |
| 26 | As she became more sexually active — to him , frighteningly so — he became seriously disturbed about whether he could keep up with her . |
| 27 | Miss Honey was walking slowly so that the small child could keep up with her without trotting too fast , and it was very peaceful out there on the narrow road now that the village was behind them . |
| 28 | It was then that Teddy realised he could keep up with the love-of-his-life and help Anita and Bob . |
| 29 | Consequently they restricted their output to a level they regarded as reasonable , one that did not undermine their own pay and job security , and that the slower members could keep up with . |
| 30 | Nobody could keep up with all the chemists nowadays , for example ; though someone might from time to time attend enormous congresses of chemists , he or she would go to papers devoted to his or her special branch of the subject . |