Example sentences of "could come [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , there were only two ways that Harry could come on to Grace , the gangplank across from Maurice , on which Stripey lay digesting uneasily , or back to the wharf and round by the afterdeck . |
| 2 | Such warrants might authorize single payments or a regular series ; and they could come either from Chancery or from the Privy Seal . |
| 3 | British filmmakers could come up with films that would overcome the resistance of American exhibitors to non-Hollywood products , as the $5 million grossed by The Red Shoes suggests , but they would n't do so in sufficient quantities until Rank had developed more sophisticated ideas about how to cajole the right sort of product from his writers , directors and producers . |
| 4 | In the class see actual oral erm knowledge , I could talk with any of them and put my point a , and I could come up with ideas could n't put it down in |
| 5 | There was a possibility that a recording of his might be used as theme music for a commercial — if he could come up to London in the near future this could be discussed . |
| 6 | Significantly , though , the Soviet leader added that since a new constitution was being prepared , any article could come up for review , and this included Article 6 . |
| 7 | One day she rang me to ask if I could come along on Saturday and help plant potatoes in the back yard ; ‘ Uncle John is far too busy at this time of the year ’ . |
| 8 | Dealing with people came naturally and was in many ways the most important part of the job , but there was more that could come only with experience , and Charles was there to pass on some of the things he had learned over thirty-three years , some of them the hard way . |
| 9 | There is a range of possible meanings that might be attached to these rather ambiguous words ; but , if no mortal man could be the doorway into the Lord 's sheepfold , it would scarcely matter from whom the bishop received the emblems of his office : the reality could come only from Christ . |
| 10 | Then he said , " In fairness to the Old Man , all the rest of it 's true ; I mean he did say you could come back to Drummonds later , for you to have fifty out of petty cash — which was where I was going to get it from to pay myself back " |
| 11 | ‘ There was no way we could come back to fishermen without the maximum available . ’ |
| 12 | He exuded sympathy and concern , urged Amiss to take as much time off as he felt necessary , assured him he would be given sick pay and that his job would be secure , and only after a long argument agreed very reluctantly that he could come back on duty the following day . |
| 13 | I could come home from work have some dinner and change and go straight out to the hospital part of all this week . |
| 14 | McGee could come in for Andy Mockler , who is the latest injury casualty and leaves McHale with a depleted squad . |
| 15 | We would be foolish to believe that nothing good could come out of modernity . |
| 16 | The teacher could come out of role , saying " This does n't seem to be going very well for you . |
| 17 | In one case of mine , eventually settled for £300,000 , the master ordered an interim payment of £125,000 to be paid in two instalments , the first of £75,000 to enable the plaintiff to buy a suitable bungalow and install a nurse , so that she could come out of hospital , and the second of £50,000 to ensure that nursing could continue to trial . |