Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [pron] could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he did show signs of depression I could usually shake him out of it , and we took a schoolboyish delight in finding ways to disconcert Ralph 's snooty man , Talbot , who brought morning coffee and afternoon tea up to the library , and evidently disapproved or both us and our enterprise . |
| 2 | Other safe forms of investment which could then be considered for any capital your parent may have could also include the building societies , local authority bonds ( if she is prepared to leave her money untouched for a year or two ) , National Savings Certificates , Post Office Savings , the National Savings Bank and Trustee Savings Bank . |
| 3 | As a result the banks found themselves in a quandary — they had lent vast sums of money which could neither be repaid nor return interest . |
| 4 | He had wooed her with hunger tempered with tenderness , lifting her to heights of fulfilment she could never have even imagined before she had met him , and she 'd been a willing , eager vessel , wreaking her woman 's power over him , submitting joyfully to his possession until in the final moment of consummation she had robbed him of his strength , leaving him as helpless as Samson shorn of his crowning glory . |
| 5 | If you press even one or two types of flower you could possibly decorate a photograph of your holiday with a pressed flower mount ( see pp. 136–7 ) . |
| 6 | These figures were produced in support of the employers ' position in the course of a bitter wage dispute ; the weavers claimed that on some types of cloth they could hardly make 4d ( 2p ) a day . |