Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contrasted in this way it seems improbable that madness and creativity could spring from the same source . |
| 2 | They could laugh at the absurdities of life and people that made no sense to those who had n't lived in Ireland . |
| 3 | And when her husband cracked another joke , she found she could laugh with the rest . |
| 4 | Then there was the time Joe Hulme asked if he could stay for the weekend in his native Lancashire after an away match at Bolton . |
| 5 | ‘ You could stay with the Ballards ; Zelah would love that . ’ |
| 6 | Mrs Falconer is facing compulsory redundancy and has been told that she could stay on the staff if she accepts demotion to ordinary lecturer — a post already held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 7 | European banks could stay at the top for longer than their predecessors . |
| 8 | He could stay at the Palm Springs home of Walter Annenberg , newspaper publisher , millionaire , friend of the Shah 's friend Richard Nixon , former ambassador tot he court of St James , Sullivan was told to convey the invitation in the name of the president and to ask how many people would be travelling with the Shah . |
| 9 | " But my mistresses go home to their husbands for Christmas , and although I could stay at the Covington-Pyms and ride out with the hunt on Boxing Day morning , and call round at the Moons on my way back to cheer up poor Marie … |
| 10 | He is ready , he says , to consider Syria 's ‘ vital interests ’ in Lebanon , and by that he appears to mean that its army could stay in the Beka'a Valley , provided it is clearly intended for defence against Israeli attack and not for interference in Lebanon 's internal affairs . |
| 11 | I could stay in the hotel , ’ I said . |
| 12 | I could stay in the house and be marked as frightened , or I could do battle with the elements , making my way to the family as usual . |
| 13 | We tidied up our rooms and cleaned the kitchens , dragging out the mundane tasks so that we could stay in the warm . |
| 14 | ‘ Wow , ’ Wayne said , obviously wishing that he could stay in the front and eavesdrop . |
| 15 | They could stay in the old lodge ; it would save taking a tent . |
| 16 | Oh , says I , aye , I says , you could stay in the village . |
| 17 | ‘ Sir John , ’ Mandeville called , ‘ I should be grateful if you could stay in the hall . |
| 18 | Well , you could stay in the spare room over with me , out in the bedroom in the back there , for thirty dollars a night ? ’ |
| 19 | Because of fuel problems each patrol could stay in the air no more than two hours , and only relatively slow and cumbersome two-seater planes could be used . |
| 20 | ARABS are deeply worried that Bill Clinton 's victory could slow down the Middle East peace process and undermine a cosy relationship developed with the Bush administration . |
| 21 | The Collector had posted all the men he could spare on the upper , north-facing verandah . |
| 22 | He had not been able to deal so skilfully with his own wife , however , that relationship needing more of himself than he could spare from the animals , and she had left him many years ago . |
| 23 | They could explain to the child why he feels as though the world has turned upside down and why his remaining parent seems so upset . |
| 24 | Uniscan could persist throughout the 1950s without much difficulty since it in no way threatened national independence . |
| 25 | During the process the bronze was bathed in a solution of zinc salts and , unless it was carefully washed afterwards , some of these zinc salts could persist in the remaining patina on the surface . |
| 26 | He hoped Great Britain would support Austria-Hungary against Russia and that Germany could remain on the fence . |
| 27 | Mrs Falconer , a senior lecturer in textiles , has been told there is funding for only one textile lecturer in the school , but that she could remain on the staff if she accepted demotion to ordinary lecturer — a post already held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 28 | She has , however , been informed that she could remain on the RGU staff if she accepted a demotion to ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Mrs Barbara Diack , who , in turn , would lose her job . |
| 29 | Alternatively , Exminster could remain as the hospital for elderly mentally ill patients , allowing a planned closure of Digby Hospital after short-stay beds had been established in Torbay and North Devon . |
| 30 | When the palm leaf sways in the wind , it seems almost impossible that the single egg could remain in the tiny cup . |