Example sentences of "could [vb infin] taken [adv prt] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There has been , I think has put it adequately very well , that there are members who 've turned up really for no real reason but to speak on a minor item which members of their group could 've taken on their behalf , and therefore erm , I , I do support that we need to look at that particular issue , and I think that can be dealt with under the present chairs arrange arrangement without having to have permanent chairs . |
| 2 | Of all the girls he could have taken up with in the camp , she was about the most unlikely . |
| 3 | No one seems to have asked whether the Staff College could have taken on this job , but then again such anti-intellectualism is apparent even in the Bramshill Scholars ' Association . |
| 4 | He 'd had cancer — melanoma , skin cancer — apparently a massive dose of it , and now he looked as if he could have taken on Frank Bruno . |
| 5 | Several of those hawks could have taken off and never returned , but they did not ; the falconer could rely on the training and the care she had given them . |
| 6 | In any event , as a businessman , he could have taken out professional indemnity insurance against the risk without difficulty . |
| 7 | ‘ If only we could get taken on by three or four large farms with big dairy herds , it would make a tremendous difference — large cheques paid regularly and on time . ’ |