Example sentences of "[noun prp] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main bar had an alcove with more marble than Lord Elgin could have handled , and , at the northern end of Blackfriars Bridge , it was over-popular with the lunch-time City crowd who thought it daring to venture across the river . |
| 2 | The new Prime Minister was obliged , yesterday morning , to send a driver to find out the telephone number of one of his key ministers , before Mr Singh could pass on the good news of his appointment . |
| 3 | Mr Singh could take him to the bus when he was on late shifts and collect him on early shifts . |
| 4 | The teacher suggested that Mrs Singh could help by reading with him , Mrs Singh to read one line , Jeetinder the next ; she was evidently unaware of the possibility that Jeetinder 's reading could be more competent than his mother 's . |
| 5 | The psychologist had suggested among other things that Mrs Singh could help to improve Jeetinder 's spoken and written language by reading to him at bedtime and could help to improve his numeracy by encouraging him to spend and account for his pocket money . |
| 6 | A careful search had been made for two orphaned children whom the Sheikha could foster and love as her own . |
| 7 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 8 | By the time that she had balanced the tray on a small table , the silver teapot carefully placed where Matey could preside over it , Mrs Darrell had embarked on an attack on Dr Neil and the profession which he had taken up . |
| 9 | In that respect , Kundera could have fooled at least one of his readers ; but I do see that it belongs to the point of it all that the uncommon Jaromil should be thought humanly representative . |
| 10 | But while the pair had their differences , Bradl could laugh it all off in the end . |
| 11 | Rosenberg could sense the counter-accusations ringing across the Atlantic , the worst of them perhaps unspoken : Americans had idealist and somewhat puritan expectations of how Dr Aveling should have behaved , Americans are a simple people , literal-minded and dependent on secondary sources of information . |
| 12 | Since the characters that helped the individual to succeed in the battle were the traditional Protestant virtues of enterprise , initiative and thrift , Spencer could project his philosophy as a new foundation for traditional morality , despite its tendency to encourage indifference to the suffering of those who still needed to be taught a lesson by a wise but harsh Nature . |
| 13 | The eyes were open and Ewan could see that , no matter how objective he tried to be , something lived in this body , something which he would soon extinguish with his own , vibrant , developed persona . |
| 14 | The irony was that , by dismissing as irrelevant all talk of the Tyrrell Society , he had closed his eyes to the vital clue Rex Cunningham could have given him : the identity of the man whose photograph Clare Mallender had carried about with her . |
| 15 | If Mr Mitterrand could do it , why not Mr Rocard ? |
| 16 | Even some Right-wing opposition politicians reckoned it was the best Mr Mitterrand could have done in the circumstances . |
| 17 | In fact Hounslow could find only eight players for the first match of the tournament and conceded 12 goals against England before the hard-working Hacker opened their account . |
| 18 | Anything Richard could suggest was irresistible and Tory nodded . |
| 19 | ‘ Be assured , sirrah , that the constable was never guilty of that mistake in my hearing , ’ Edward said quietly — before Richard could muster a retort . |
| 20 | Richard could play outside a while longer , while Cissie and Beth washed the dishes . |
| 21 | I wished Richard could see them together . |
| 22 | Ritually and administratively , then , Richard could see the value of churchmen . |
| 23 | You do n't , that 's why I asked whether Richard could join your committee so that he could voice to you the things he tried to explain to me which I think are |
| 24 | Martha wrote in turn — it did n't occur to her to say it aloud , although Richard could hear perfectly well — BUSY , SHE 'S PACKING . |
| 25 | Leapor goes on to observe that although knights in romances may ‘ … sup on Grass and breakfast on the Breeze ’ , that is nothing which Octavia could bear . |
| 26 | It pleased him to see the shock his words delivered , and before David could protest , he lied , ‘ You 've been a help to me since my old bones went crook , and I 'll see you get your dues when the time comes . |
| 27 | The young man 's brother wrote to Lord Panmure to see if David could make the best of the situation in which he found himself by obtaining a midshipman 's place . |
| 28 | That 's why David could say , against thee , thee only have I sinned after he 's committed adultery , after he 's committed murder , after he 's involved other people in his nefarious deeds he can still say I 've committed sin against God ! |
| 29 | ‘ David could have . |
| 30 | David could have gone to it . |