Example sentences of "and could [adv] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I licked my lips and could already taste the salt ; my hair was whipped into a cone . |
| 2 | Darwin 's originality lay in the fact that , as a wealthy amateur , he could study in the field as well as in the dissecting room and could thus synthesize the information from biogeography and morphology . |
| 3 | Fundoplication may place a degree of stretch on the smooth muscle of the body of the oesophagus and could thus increase the amplitude of contractions . |
| 4 | The female when on heat was obviously erotically inclined herself , and could soon arouse the male , but , once aroused , the sexual drive of both animals seemed unable to direct them towards the exact behaviour demanded by the situation . |
| 5 | Certainly government influence had a powerful impact , and could normally secure the return of favoured candidates in constituencies where there were significant government installations ( such as the postal service at Harwich , or the dockyards at Plymouth , Portsmouth and the Cinque Ports ) . |
| 6 | The members of the commission could not gain entry to north Korea and could not observe the nature of elections there . |
| 7 | One other man , a Henry W. Harris , a railway official , went to his rescue , and succeeded in reaching the drowning swimmer , but got into difficulties himself and could not bring the other to the shore . |
| 8 | She longed to encounter some other human presence and could not bear the thought of it . |
| 9 | Alice , who had several times caught Tom looking admiringly at her while they were coming up there in the tube , and could not forget the way he had held out his hand to her while they sang the duet , wondered if having the room next to his was a good idea . |
| 10 | I had fallen many times and could not control the wheelbarrow unless I was close enough for my legs to bang into it . |
| 11 | National unity came late and could not conquer the sense of belonging to pre-national societies . |
| 12 | It was obvious he was out of control and could not stop the springs . |
| 13 | The present writer has no experience in microbiology and could not tell the difference between bacilli and cocci if he saw them . |
| 14 | These three teachers were struggling to survive in an inner-city school and could not give the evaluation project the kind of commitment it really deserved . |
| 15 | Umpire David Archer , in his 28th Test , was following the flight of the ball and could not give the decision , obvious by instant TV replay to viewers as far away as Johannesburg and London and , more pertinently , to reserve umpire Lloyd Barker and match referee Raman Subba Row in the pavilion . |
| 16 | There was no point in talking about it to someone who did not know the personalities involved and could not appreciate the circumstances . |
| 17 | Mr Thornton 's position may be more sympathetically received today , when ‘ paternalism ’ has become a dirty word ; but if , as a later critic was to claim , such philanthropists as Dorothea wished only to fulfil their own personal sentiment of pity and justice , and could not escape the disability of their arbitrary self-appointment , they undoubtedly had a great deal to contribute in the absence of state measures to fill the gap . |
| 18 | He successfully repaired the engine and could not resist the chance of seeing Brooklands , the centre of British Aviation . |
| 19 | G.C. Allen , the doyen of British Japanologists , put it this way ‘ although government fostered growth in Japan = = it certainly did not and could not prescribe the policy to follow ’ ( 1981 p.192 , italics added ) . |
| 20 | Carol Park , communications director of Standard Life , said she would not preempt Monday 's meeting and could not discuss the company 's future support . |
| 21 | ‘ For me ? ’ she said and could not keep the longing out of her voice . |
| 22 | The cat 's owner was leaving the area and could not keep the animal , and she wanted it to have a nice home . |
| 23 | Prompted by Glenn Steppler 's series of articles in ‘ MI ’ Nos. 20 , 21 & 22 on Napoleonic period redcoats ' jackets , and by the publication of the Fosten brothers ' The Thin Red Line , I examined this exhibit more closely ; and could not reconcile the pattern and style of the Grenadier Company wings with the various references in my possession . |
| 24 | The benefit of the system was that it demanded that society intervened for those who were under great pressure and could not take the stress . |
| 25 | There were plenty of excuses ( she had endured a very bad journey to Paris , the going was appallingly heavy , and her regular jockey William Lane was injured and could not take the ride ) , and she resumed her winning ways later that month with an easy stroll in the Free Handicap at Newmarket . |
| 26 | She leaned on a staff as tall as herself , and could not see the visitors to her fur-lined chamber , but her nearsense informed her . |
| 27 | The party 's problem was that it was a Catholic organisation and could not see the class basis of the problems . |
| 28 | He was uncertain , and could not see the point of hazarding a guess before the forensic labs had reported on the pair of scissors . |
| 29 | Then the auctioneers realised that the bidder was heavily intoxicated and could not afford the bidder 's fee let alone the $ 17,000 for the Cub ! |
| 30 | Brian Sommerville , for Elstob , said he had been drinking and could not remember the attack . |