Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [verb] the game " in BNC.
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| 1 | His father believed that he had a good eye and could have played the game well if he was not liable to slip into a trance and forget that his attention was needed . |
| 2 | Bradford , who forced 11 corners in the game , became more and more desperate and resorted to throwing crosses into the box which brought about some desperate defending at times , but Quakers could have made the game safe after 79 minutes when Cook found David Cork unmarked inside the box , but the striker , after turning well , shot straight at Tomlinson . |
| 3 | They could have snatched the game with some better finishing . |
| 4 | On a difficult pitch Witney played some very attractive football , and with a little more luck could have finished the game off in the first half . |
| 5 | With a little bit of luck in their penalty area we could have won the game . |
| 6 | But she had spent the whole long night playing at make-believe , so surely she could manage to play the game a while longer . |