Example sentences of "could [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He slammed a fist up at her as if the force of his gesture could throw her the last five feet , and screamed at her although he knew that she could n't hear . |
| 2 | Walker 's ball skills could make him the ideal link between Tim Horan , who switched from centre to fly-half when Lynagh damaged his shoulder against Ireland , and Little . |
| 3 | Willsford , Riverside Boy and Richard Dunwoody 's expected mount Wo n't be Gone Long are others to look at but I feel that the class of Chatam could make him the bet of the race . |
| 4 | You could make them the same overall diameter , you could even get the tensions to be the same , but when you play those strings they 're going to feel completely different because a string with a thin core and a heavy wrap is going to move more freely than one with a heavy core and a thin wrap . |
| 5 | SOUTH Africa 's re-entry of the rugby scene promises much extra interest ( their general approach could make them the ‘ French ’ of the Southern Hemisphere ) , but I was concerned to see that a few of them , Naas Botha in particular , were wearing shoulder pads . |
| 6 | Or you could make it the positive , but you ca n't have both . |
| 7 | The less official he could make it the better . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sad , Luney , that 's what it is , ’ and she wished Luney could cover her the way she had Francis , as though she too were like a baby . |
| 9 | ‘ You could dye them the same colour , ’ said Betty . |
| 10 | To allow large numbers of Southerners into their highly regimented society could unravel everything the Stalinist regime there has created in the last forty years . |
| 11 | You could buy him the Crown of Command as one of his magic items , which at 50 points still makes him marginally cheaper than an Orc or Black Orc Warlord . |
| 12 | Regular sums of hard currency were put at his disposal so that he or his aides could buy whatever the residents of the Palaţul Primaverii wished . |
| 13 | Ada believed that nobody could grudge you the right to complain . |
| 14 | If there were only a few , each could know what the others were doing and all would be aware of being watched . |
| 15 | ‘ Now you tell me , Father , what man in this parish could give her the comforts she 's used to ? |
| 16 | Who around here could give her the life and comfort she gets here ? |
| 17 | Well I , I took the liberty of the Lord Lieutenant 's appointed me to something called the Sussex Rural Options Land Bank and I brought you a copy of the leaflet , having notice of your question and I did ask the officer who deals with this in the Sussex Rural Community Council if he could give me the latest score on housing I thought that the news was bad from what he had said , but having said that , I mean every effort is being made to deal with the issues you raise in this council which is now chaired by Peter . |
| 18 | little bits , little bits and I 'll buy you your tobacco Neil nothing much but little bits of something now if he were working and could give me the full sixty that is thirty for his room and thirty for his food so that I did n't have to worry about th actually paying for him but he was paying me Paul is going to pay me fifty that 's thirty pounds in , I made a rule to Paul that he is going to eat thirty pounds worth of food and there are only twenty pounds in my profit and then the other rule , a man called Alan this window cleaner he wants the room that I 'm in at the moment |
| 19 | I could give them the key to Father 's safe and they 'd be so grateful they 'd have a pair of boots made specially for me . |
| 20 | The career support scheme , which would be voluntary , would put people seeking advice in touch with others who had already experienced their particular problem and could give them the benefit of their knowledge . |
| 21 | No whoever gave them the kit could give them the training to go with it . |
| 22 | She could put him into the scale alongside Joseph and Tarquin Poulteney-Crosse whom she believed culpable of murder , or she could give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 23 | We could give 'em a bit more , we could give , we could give 'em the four hundred pounds . |
| 24 | So if anybody does patchwork knitting or makes blankets or anything for charity and they 'd like to give me a ring any time , I could give you the pattern . |
| 25 | Well , I 'm s sure if you wanted to I could give you the paint and you can do it for me . |
| 26 | Or what we could do , if you say these this dose makes you a bit drowsy , we could give you the same stuff but in a lower dose . |
| 27 | Erm and what I would like to do , that paper was written by Mr , erm our research officer and perhaps after I 've made one or two general remarks , he could give you the flavour erm of of of the difference as we as we see , if that would be acceptable to you ? |
| 28 | I mean we could we could give you the P A for the |
| 29 | could give you the benefit of erm reduce down time . |
| 30 | Endorsement by IOSCO would not only enhance the IASC 's credibility but could give it the opportunity to expand its work . |