Example sentences of "could [vb infin] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A successful tour is the priority — the icing on the cake would come if wife , Wendy , could hang on a week or so for the birth of their second child due a month before the end of the tour . ‘ |
| 2 | A SOCIAL worker urged a boy of 14 to steal a car so they could carry on an affair , a court heard yesterday . |
| 3 | Her mother feared the trauma of being snatched from her could bring on an attack , and ran around frantically trying to find both the inhaler and the child 's tablets . |
| 4 | Both there and at Keetmanshoep the Germans built headquarters stations which could take on a new strategic role in time of war . |
| 5 | I could take on a Gladiator and probably beat them ! ’ ’ |
| 6 | Here part-time members could take on a significant role if they were allocated specific monitoring responsibilities and duties , but their current situation and pay militates against that ( Henney , 1984 ) . |
| 7 | Perhaps if you do n't want to sell we could take on a joint venture . ’ |
| 8 | I could pass on a message for you . ’ |
| 9 | Positives could pass on a negative gene . |
| 10 | It 'll be a good three months before she shows , and , with skilful dressing , she could go on a lot longer . ’ |
| 11 | You could put on a mumming play , sing The Twelve Days of Christmas and make a special cake . |
| 12 | Dana could put on a good show ; no one would know she had broken down and confessed her need for Roman 's strength . |
| 13 | No Er the girls sort of say things like perhaps ask her , Do you have any We could get on a bit more so they do n't include themselves in what they 're going to do . |