Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A friend in the office of collector of supply could greatly speed up the processing of the claims of allies , while at the same time delaying the completion of the titles of opponents . |
| 2 | However , Marx believed that ruling class ideology could only slow down the disintegration of the system . |
| 3 | From the 1760s , moreover , some of the British secretaries of embassy in Paris and Madrid were also accredited as minister plenipotentiary : they could thus carry on the business of the mission quite effectively in the absence of its head . |
| 4 | Their widespread use could soon bring about the collapse of entire stocks of oceanic fish and cause lasting damage to marine ecosystems covering vast areas . |
| 5 | When pope , barons and many bishops , as well as the queen and apparently the royal heir , were largely agreed , Reynolds could not hold back the tide of change . |
| 6 | As his lips pressed against hers , warm and exciting , she could not hold back the longing inside her . |
| 7 | She could not shake off the effect of the dream despite Comfort 's kindness , and her muscles still trembled . |
| 8 | He contemplated becoming a teacher and giving up acting , except he could not shake off the desire . |
| 9 | Her latest ally , Soviet Russia , was reeling under Hitler 's onslaught and it was widely expected she could not last out the year . |
| 10 | Top-up arrangements are not permitted as part of a tender offer ( SAR 4.1(c) ) so the buyer could not make up the difference to shareholders who have already sold if a full bid on improved terms is made subsequently . |
| 11 | She could not make out the patch of canary-coloured light on the opposite wall , could not make out why the sun was shining and why her brown-stained hand , on the sheet , would not move for cold . |
| 12 | Det Chief Insp Dave Sinclair said that although they could not rule out the possibility of someone else having fired the machine , the incident was now being treated as an accident . |
| 13 | ‘ Early days maybe , as the physician said — he could not rule out the possibility . |
| 14 | County homicide chief , Lieutenant John Tenwolde said he could not rule out the possibility that Mr Spiro had also been a victim of his family 's killer . |
| 15 | The national coach could not rule out the possibility , either , that Ferguson might go from the under-21 squad to the full international pool at Ibrox in the space of 24 hours . |
| 16 | If the plaintiff was in possession at the time of the conversion , the defendant could not set up the jus tertii , unless he was acting under the authority of the true owner . |
| 17 | But the maddest thing , Anton , how he was and what was happening to him , he could not scream out the shame of it . |
| 18 | Thereafter the trustee applied for the certificate , but the Opinion was expressed that the justices could not grant a renewal or transfer of a certificate to a person who , not being in possession , could not carry on the business : Budge v. Goudie ( 1895 ) 2 S.L.T. 406 . |
| 19 | Guttersnipe could not summon up the enthusiasm required to wade through sufficient of this turgid stuff to find out what the ‘ bizarre test ’ was but suspects it might have something to do with explaining the meaning of the words ‘ Do-be-do-be-do ’ at the end of his popular tune ‘ Strangers In The Night ’ . |
| 20 | Sadly , it was inevitable that we could not keep up the pace against Twitchit Albion , especially with so many of our squad approaching the twilight of their careers . |
| 21 | However , Botha later insisted that while the government welcomed fact-finding missions from all over the world , the Security Council " could not take over the job of the government " . |
| 22 | The TV commentator was excitedly describing the drama , but although she strained to hear she could not pick out the name of the victim . |
| 23 | When I turned I saw a long patch of the fluorescent dye that the Germans carried staining the sea a light yellow-green but could not pick out the pilot . |
| 24 | They had sent a telegram to Louise ( Constance could not pluck up the courage to speak to her ) ; Ludovico had telephoned a friend about somewhere for them to stay and they had eaten what to Constance , used to English food , seemed the most delicious lunch she had ever tasted . |
| 25 | Millions and millions of bits of information were still in her head , correctly labelled and neatly stored , but she could not work out the geography of this house , she was seeing green tigers and she was afraid in a way she had not been since childhood . |
| 26 | If she could not get out the train would carry her on to the next station , to London Bridge , it would carry her on under the river . |
| 27 | As he ran through the list , he could just make out the wording of the certificate over the mantelpiece : ‘ Ancient Guild of Foresters ’ . |
| 28 | In the semi-darkness , Delaney could just make out the Russian 's face . |
| 29 | Howarth could just make out the shape of what looked like a small purse , a lipstick , a folded sheet of paper . |
| 30 | Looking south , Huy could just make out the shape of the wall surrounding the palace compound , and remembered that quiet and contentment existed in reality for very few , and then only for a fraction of the time one spends under this sun . |