Example sentences of "[Wh pn] could [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They sometimes had secretaries who could imitate their master 's hand so perfectly that it is difficult to tell one from t' other . |
| 2 | I 've got to hand it to you , son , you 're the only one who really managed to deceive me , the only one who could break your father 's heart . |
| 3 | With the fans now streaming through the turnstiles , many of them being stopped and searched before going any further , there 's a final briefing for the man who could influence their mood , referee Paul Harrison . |
| 4 | In brief , the good leader , the man who could inspire his army , not merely he who could avoid the obvious pitfalls of generalship which Frontinus had pointed out , might be born with certain inherent qualities , but these had to be developed in the only way that could lead to success , through practice and experience . |
| 5 | It seemed he held all the cards — there were other agencies who could handle his business , and if he denied Grantham and Marsh the opportunity because of her stubbornness how could she explain it to Sebastian ? |
| 6 | Someone who could draw your attention without being seen . |
| 7 | The church of the apostolic age sought to identify itself with the ‘ poor ’ whom Jesus had declared blessed ( Luke 6 : 20 ) ; or had he meant the ‘ poor in spirit ’ ( Matt. 5 : 3 ) , the humble-hearted , who could hold their property without pride as means to support the destitute ? |
| 8 | It covered 1,429 industrial workers and supervisors in England and Wales who could vary their work effort either through working overtime or by producing more in piece work . |
| 9 | In a national study of weekly-paid married male workers in Britain who could vary their work effort , Brown , Levin and Ulph found that higher rates of taxation tended to have an incentive effect on the hours worked . |
| 10 | Under his breath the man quietly cursed the interfering clerk who could bring his master 's grand design to nothing . |
| 11 | Copies were available for student representatives who could check its accuracy . |
| 12 | There was a high stone wall , a pair of wrought-iron gates and the kind of silence that suggested the sort of owners who could enforce their privacy . |
| 13 | Is there anyone in the world who could make my hair straight and stay straight ? |
| 14 | But it was easy to tell the stars apart Mickey was the one who could open his mouth and smile without looking like Goofy ! |
| 15 | People who could open my door were managers , agents , engineers and producers . |
| 16 | He invited a non-native English speaker , one who could cast his net across several disciplines and one who would agree to talk freely from notes rather than the traditional script . |
| 17 | Anyone who could name their career and promise a steadily rising salary could be a prospective candidate for a mortgage . |
| 18 | Detectives say there must have been other people in the area around the time of this latest attack who could help their search . |
| 19 | There was no man but one who could trouble her rest ever again , and whatever disorder or ordeal he cast into her path she knew she would go gladly , and gather like flowers . |
| 20 | One report tells of a totally blind boy who could ride his tricycle at a good speed round the block near his home , using " facial vision " . |
| 21 | He felt powerful , a winner , as if there was no one alive who could challenge his supremacy . |
| 22 | Forty years later William Hutton , who had once himself been a framework knitter , wrote that manufactures tended to decay when " plenty preponderates " , for a man who could support his family on three days ' labour would not work six . |
| 23 | I will not list Frances ’ numerous qualities but content myself with saying that I know of no one who could fill her position as well as she … ’ |
| 24 | This would be well under the cost of the facility for the authority but would encourage those who could buy their care more cheaply to do so . |
| 25 | Unless it 's mine , for letting him — ’ She swung round and stared at Charlotte , who could see her jaw muscles straining with the effort of ensuring she did not cry . |
| 26 | Well it was just a a guild for women who could take their knitting and have a cup of tea and discuss everything that went on in the Cooperative , you know . |
| 27 | After all , Eddy was the only kid who could take my weight . |
| 28 | In the Piano Concerto it was , of course , an asset to have a soloist who could keep his head amid all the intricate polymetrical pulsations of the first and third movements . |
| 29 | At the same time , there was the paradox of a growing lordly authority among the stronger thegns who could impose their will on the rival groups . |
| 30 | A Yorkshireman ( so who could doubt his knowledge of cricket ? ) |