Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He describes his other grandmother as ‘ a wee frail woman ’ in a mob cap , smoking a long clay pipe and ‘ stroking my hair as I lay down at her feet with my head in her lap ’ , while her railwayman husband also ‘ had a great liking for me , and when he could spring to a halfpenny or an apple or some nuts for ‘ whiteheaded Benny ’ , he did it , Once he gave me a shining white metal watchguard ’ , a symbol of work efficiency which he wore proudly to school , ‘ swanking ’ with it hung across my chest . ’ |
| 2 | He says that a person could stay at a hotel with his own doctor and nurse cheaper than that . |
| 3 | An example of a chart that you could construct on a card , or in your diary is shown opposite . |
| 4 | By biding his time in the immediate aftermath of Mao 's death , he could prepare for a rise to power in the CCP . |
| 5 | ‘ We could build on a garden room . ’ |
| 6 | I mean i i if you could get in for a penny a week that was alright because when things got better you could build on a penny a week , you see ? |
| 7 | Daresbury 's work for industry , which amounts to only 5 per cent of its activities , could double within a year , Professor Leadbetter said . |
| 8 | Wickham recognized the type : willing enough to help but he must be allowed to go back to his friends with the news that his information was so valuable he had been allowed to talk to the man heading the inquiry , and if he could throw in a description of a place as exciting as a newspaper office so much to his credit . |
| 9 | Any citizen attending could inscribe on a piece of pottery the name of the person he wanted ostracised , without speeches or debate . |
| 10 | In the downtown area there is everything a visitor could want including a park for children . |
| 11 | This fabulous resort , a mere twenty minutes from the recently-opened Holdana International Airport , offers you everything you could want from a holiday — and more ! |
| 12 | A taut fusion of garrotted guitars , drum machine dynamics and half-hidden melodies , this is a spectacular , sensual starting point with slow bits and crazed barrages and everything else anyone could want from a slab of noise terrorism . |
| 13 | She saves Antonio 's life , is rich , beautiful , dutiful to her father — everything a man could want in a woman . |
| 14 | all that godliness , honour and love could make of a knight was combined in Don Rodrigo … |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It failed really to come to grips with the contribution which voluntary organisations could make to a pattern of services . |
| 17 | She also asked us each to decide how many garments we could make in a week , not sewn up ( if we chose to do this we were paid extra ) . |
| 18 | Axelrod and Hamilton point out that reciprocal altruism could evolve without the need for individual recognition in a sessile organism ; in principle , it could evolve in a plant . |
| 19 | By definition the gene must promote the reproductive success of the selfish organisms at a cost to itself but a gene for altruism could evolve in a population of selfish individuals a population of altruists , in whom a gene for selfishness appears by random mutation . |
| 20 | For the purposes of this appeal , it is not necessary to take account of the implications which arise or could arise as a result of the possession order being set aside . |
| 21 | In contrast , a few people pointed out the disadvantages that could arise as a result of being disabled when interacting with patients or clients . |
| 22 | Theoretically , the company 's total valuation , based on estimated 1992 revenues of $90m , could range from a low of $270m to a high of $720m , but more probably lies around $500m give or take . |
| 23 | Not only were his carts and equipment a great encumbrance , but Gould was limited in the amount of ground he could cover by a scarcity of supplies . |
| 24 | ‘ I could think of a couple of ways , ’ he said , smiling . |
| 25 | But the moment passed , for there was something in her grasp of his legs that was so awkward , so inexperienced , and the pitch of her entreaties remained so anguished that he knew she was only doing what she imagined might persuade him to help her ; and a wave of self-loathing washed over him , that a woman like her could think of a man like him in such a light . |
| 26 | John Nott said that the nuclear submarine Dreadnought was going to be scrapped as soon as anyone could think of a way of doing it and the US and USSR declined to consider each other 's plans for nuclear disarmament . |
| 27 | I could think of a way to feed a family of four on 50 pence each or less |
| 28 | Before the startled merchant could think of a reply , Cranston had taken Athelstan by the elbow and steered him out into the sun-baked street . |
| 29 | Sam could think of a number of answers . |
| 30 | Blake was not averse to entering such places , but could think of a number of things he 'd prefer to do at this time . |