Example sentences of "could [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could n't have been hit by a missile because we know there are no missile-carrying planes around — even if there were , a heat-seeking missile , the only type that could nail it at that altitude , would have gone for the engines , not the nose cone . |
| 2 | But while the pair had their differences , Bradl could laugh it all off in the end . |
| 3 | ‘ Maybe we could shield it . ’ |
| 4 | Yeah but that was proportional you could proportion it |
| 5 | Right Neil , the reason is , at one stage there was er centres all over the country that could treat it . |
| 6 | Well , in some countries this might be the only opportunity learners get to hear extensive chunks of the language , so you could treat it as a " language bath " session and concentrate on helping your learners come away with a general idea of the content . |
| 7 | If the deceased was prone to depression , the court could treat it as an example of the egg shell skull rule . |
| 8 | Today the library service is the most used of all county council facilities ; some of its supporters fear dwindling stocks and reduced opening hours could damage it beyond repair for future readers and writers |
| 9 | She never could locate it . |
| 10 | and then we could wind it away through go through the be that bedroom into your one |
| 11 | Crosby said : ‘ Stamina has been one of the lad 's weaknesses and this could explain it . |
| 12 | If , if , if you could explain it by that because presumably their standard of living did change between eighteen fifty |
| 13 | You always had a few explanations for why something did something and you could never pick out which — why it did it … you could explain it in several ways , and it just was n't positive enough for me . |
| 14 | Not that she could explain it in so many words , but Katherine had long since stopped trying to win her mother 's love . |
| 15 | Now er in the in the An engineer if you 've any engineer friend engineering friends I could explain it all to you but it takes time . |
| 16 | Well , that could explain it . |
| 17 | The diocese 's surveyors had said that 100-mph winds could topple it . |
| 18 | So I I think it started on an informal basis , you know everyone was just a little bit fed up with the way they 're being treated and the way you know been told how much we could earn , how we could earn it , when when we could earn it and all this sort of palaver . |
| 19 | So I I think it started on an informal basis , you know everyone was just a little bit fed up with the way they 're being treated and the way you know been told how much we could earn , how we could earn it , when when we could earn it and all this sort of palaver . |
| 20 | The lord could grant it to whom he would . |
| 21 | If a grip could be got on the parcel , maybe she could thread it up between the wood and through ? |
| 22 | I wanted to see if I could experience it . |
| 23 | ‘ I wish I could experience it . |
| 24 | ‘ You could build it and then manage it . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm not sure sure how we could build it into the criteria of But it 's it 's a point which would obviously have to be borne in mind in terms of the str you know , the planning process . |
| 26 | An economic recession could throw it right off course . |
| 27 | ‘ So gummy that you could throw it against a wall and it would stick , ’ It was known as ska , blue beat or rocksteady , and collectively as reggae . |
| 28 | They both knew that no timer could be relied upon to be that sensitive , that when he activated it , the chances were reasonable that it would detonate instantly — before he could throw it . |
| 29 | With tomato sauce I could eat it . |
| 30 | I do n't like to blow my own trumpet but My Better Half could eat it to a band playing . |