Example sentences of "could [verb] [indef pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Surely if it was thrown overboard there was no guarantee that it would finish up on shore where the Man could send someone to fetch it . |
| 2 | I wish I could do something to stop it but I 'm not going to deny it and you 'd be a liar if you tried . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ So after the fire , Himmelbrau and Strick called me in to see whether I could do something to re-establish their client files — thirty years of legal practice up in smoke . |
| 4 | If therefore you could do something to help our project go ahead , we would be most grateful . |
| 5 | On every woman Cara had ever seen one could do something to enhance what Nature had given , or cover up what had been left out . |
| 6 | Bain had discovered Spital Square on the brink of demolition and in spite of bursting into tears in the Mayor 's parlour , he could do nothing to stop its destruction to make way for market expansion . |
| 7 | When the guerrillas appeared it could do nothing to stop them . |
| 8 | The baby saw it happening but could do nothing to stop it , its pudgy fingers would not close tightly enough to grasp the string … . |
| 9 | At the last he was in front , but he was dead tired and Winter could do nothing to hold him together for the final desperate few yards to the line . |
| 10 | He could do nothing to persuade them to join him and they had left it too late . |
| 11 | And they could do nothing to save them . |
| 12 | We could do nothing to sort him out because we had decided not to do anything foolish . |
| 13 | She knew she was hysterical yet could do nothing to calm herself , could hear her own voice rising higher and higher , going on and on , and could do nothing to make it stop . |
| 14 | She knew she was hysterical yet could do nothing to calm herself , could hear her own voice rising higher and higher , going on and on , and could do nothing to make it stop . |
| 15 | Struggle as he might , John Major could do nothing to vanquish his own success . |
| 16 | Pausing to watch the big man stride away , his broad shoulders bent as though beneath a great weight , Tilly despaired that she could do nothing to help him . |
| 17 | She could do nothing to help herself . |
| 18 | She could do nothing to prevent it . |
| 19 | It was n't as if one could do anything to stop it . |
| 20 | Mr Wilcox 's son Adrian said : ‘ No one could do anything to save him — it was such a total shock . ’ |
| 21 | Yes , you could make music on one but that would be sacrilegious considering all the other exciting possibilities that it has to offer : eg. killing fascists ( Woody Guthrie ) , saying sorry ( Billy Bragg ) , as a firelighter ( Jimi Hendrix ) , for clubbing amplifiers senseless ( Pete Townshend ) , for levelling stage floorboards ( Ritchie Blackmore ) , as a mini-TV stand ( Billy Gibbons ) , to stimulate groupies ( Steve Vai ) , to cream yourself ( Hendrix again , that infamous Tokai advert or even that sad figure in the current Trantec Systems advert ) , as a shop sign ( Original Flying Vee ) , as a cricket bat ( Ian Botham with the Staccato magnesium bass ) , as a baseball bat ( Steinberger XL ) , you could use one to kill her mama ( like Frank and Dweezil ) and , if you are still bored after all that , you could electrocute yourself with it through your dangerously hot-rodded stack . |
| 22 | Once we had achieved this magnificent piece of organizational decision making we looked to see if , in true Teesside Polytechnic student style , we could gain anything form it financially ! |
| 23 | He could get anybody to do anything for him , he was so sweet . |
| 24 | ‘ Adam , Frank , maybe you could find something to occupy your time elsewhere . |
| 25 | Sometimes he would have to wait for an hour or more before he could find someone to carry him to the Collector 's side . |
| 26 | Inspector Redpath and the ordinary police made hundreds of inquiries on land , but could learn nothing to indicate who the dead man was , or how or where he met his death . |