Example sentences of "could [verb] a place " in BNC.
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| 1 | TAKA and Mari , a pair of gibbons , both at least 31 years old , have had their 29th baby and could win a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the world 's most prolific monkey parents , said a vet at a zoo in Hyogo , Japan . |
| 2 | ‘ I could rent a place like this next year . |
| 3 | ‘ You could rent a place like this , on a maintaining lease , for less than two hundred pounds a year . ’ |
| 4 | If the region 's four are on top form , they could book a place on amateur boxing 's biggest night at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 5 | There were hints that they too saw signs in our future ; in second year our history teacher told us that things were easier now for Catholics than they had ever been , that we could have a place in the world , that there was even a chance that a Catholic would be President of the United States after the next election . |
| 6 | Alyssia nodded , and Piers said smoothly , ‘ I could recommend a place , if you like . ’ |
| 7 | So Hanson went ahead and brought in outside touring companies that offered simple sets , and a cast of up to ten people , who could stage a place that found its own level in front of people who did n't think twice about live theatre apart from taking their youngsters to the pantomime at Christmas . |
| 8 | After long years of living in unsatisfactory rented accommodation , it now looked as if Jack and Minto could afford a place of their own . |
| 9 | especially if I were to actually get , if I get that I 'd consider going if I could get a place in the halls , the residence |
| 10 | At first they assumed that he could find a place among the steep woods behind Camserney and be supplied by their good friends Donald and Aileen Gillies at the mill . |
| 11 | There are a range of other citizenship ‘ obligations ’ that could find a place in a government 's policy . |
| 12 | It was bad enough having to sleep in the steerage — lying on the floor wherever she could find a place , where cockroaches and rats could run over her while she slept . |
| 13 | But in art the revolutionary in van Gogh could find a place . ’ |
| 14 | Space to grow plants will be in short supply indoors , but satisfactory quantities of culinary herbs can be grown ; fragrance is possible , from mignonette , pinks and jasmine , and household or medicinal herbs of the smaller species could find a place , too : chamomile , hyssop , rue and vervain are examples . |
| 15 | But do you feel it ought to be a free market erm situation , at least to the extent that anyone can move into any area they wish to provided they could find a place to live ? |