Example sentences of "they could [vb infin] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd hoped to be able to take him out , perhaps for a longish walk through the forest where they could hope for a glimpse of a deer , but at its heaviest the downpour would have called for wetsuits rather than waterproofs . |
| 2 | Mebbe they could dae wi' a night-woatchman or somethin' where you work . ’ |
| 3 | Too clever by half , they could encapsulate in a song-title what most bands could never express in a career — ‘ We Live As We Dream , Alone ’ , ‘ Capital ( It Fails Us Now ) ’ and ‘ To Hell With Poverty ’ with its neat rejoinder ‘ … let's get drunk on cheap wine ’ . |
| 4 | Too clever by half , they could encapsulate in a song-title what most bands could never express in a career — ‘ We Live As We Dream , Alone ’ , ‘ Capital ( It Fails Us Now ) ’ and ‘ To Hell With Poverty ’ with its neat rejoinder ‘ … let's get drunk on cheap wine ’ . |
| 5 | The next morning , though , he found a message on his desk from Paul , asking if they could meet for a drink at lunchtime at the Club . |
| 6 | They proposed that AEA should be re-organised into strategic business units which should be encouraged to prove what they could achieve under a strategy described as ‘ pushing the limits ’ . |
| 7 | The greater proportion ( 33 per cent ) of people said they could function on a minimum of six hours ' sleep , though many claimed they could get by on five hours ( 23 per cent ) and four hours ( 20 per cent ) . |
| 8 | The congers were ugly-looking brutes , some of them three feet or more in length ; Pierre warned me they could bite through a sea-boot . |
| 9 | United 's goals have dried up though … and they could do with a man like Southend 's Stan Collymore who hit the winner 12 minutes from time … he 's worth over a million pounds … and left Oxford penniless on saturday … |
| 10 | Previously , ASEAN states had viewed with suspicion any effort to include environmental concerns in GATT on the grounds that they could be used as an excuse for a protectionist attitude by wealthy northern countries , and that , specifically , they could lead to a ban on the import of timber from south-east Asia . |
| 11 | They could start with a display about the concentration camp at Jasenovac . ’ |
| 12 | The tribe sang a song to thank the Great Spirits and everyone thought about what they could offer as a sacrifice . |
| 13 | Some will be more businesslike , some will be better equipped , some will be growing , others in decline — all these factors directly affect both the contribution which they could make to a partnership and the objective which they would expect to gain from it . |
| 14 | It was , therefore , proposed in 1953 to introduce a form of ‘ boost ’ training for trained crews on reserve status whereby they could return to a squadron to undertake two weeks of intensive refresher flying . |
| 15 | The problem for the Scots this time , whatever their varying political and religious persuasions , was that there was no-one to whom they could turn as a counter-weight . |
| 16 | Generations of British people have been happily walking into pubs for years and drinking alcohol that they could buy for a fraction of the price in a supermarket or off-licence . |
| 17 | For them , the discussions were basic business ; they wanted ‘ every missile known to man or beast , Ledeen said , or at least everything they could find in a catalogue . |
| 18 | The support workers were encouraged to be fairly flexible with the hours worked , so that they could respond to a crisis with their client , or to any temporary increased need for their services . |
| 19 | They could apply for a bar licence of course . |
| 20 | Trevino taught Willie course yardages , Mexican-American humour and how they could win with a quip and a smile . |
| 21 | The idea shocked many people who were convinced that the only cause must be genetic , or chemical , or a virus , something they could put under a microscope . |
| 22 | To ease the pressure , a truckload of Commandos were taken to the rear where they could relax for a couple of days . |
| 23 | Again , they shrug , if they could survive with a front-row of Ricky Evans , Nigel Meek and Hugh Williams-Jones against England , they should hardly be in undue trouble against Scotland — particularly as they will be under the eye of the same referee in France 's Joel Dume . |
| 24 | J. F. Campbell tells of sticks with sharpened ends which had been burnt and hardened in a fire and said he had seen one of them found in a moss , and writes " They used to throw them from them , and could aim exceedingly with them , and they could drive through a man . |
| 25 | They could operate as a focus or trigger for meditative understanding . |
| 26 | So that kind of thing made analysts think that they could go on more than just free associations , they could look at a person 's character , as it were . |