Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people understood that their children were with God , but no one could explain that to Emily 's dog , Keeper . |
| 2 | See that Marks and Spencers seafood lasagne Derek could eat that to a band playin … |
| 3 | I wonder if I could answer that in a in a different way because clearly rather there 's the option , rather than reduction the operational capability which was really the er initiative that had begun in nineteen ninety two , there is the option of course of er adjusting the total numbers and that would er have an overall bearing on the total programme cost but cert because certainly the judgement of the er the chiefs of staff was that er as far as the U K was concerned then we we should retain the operational capability as I explained earlier an n and not decrease it in any significant extent because if we did that then we could end up er with an inferior capability against a potential threat . |
| 4 | Erm or the the Y against I mean in this one if you You could plot that against X which is the normal way . |
| 5 | This lack of real parties during the period of Whig supremacy in 1714–60 was made possible by the lack during these years of real issues of principle around which opinion could crystallize and in terms of which politicians could arrange themselves . |
| 6 | You could paint that on a board , and underneath we could have a rhyming couplet . |
| 7 | I am in the process of fitting scaffolding runner boards to offer some protection , but it is still a concern that I could explode because of a minor accident Are there any cases of this happening ? |
| 8 | Erm members will remember at the last er , personal services committee on the twenty fourth of June er , the option to put forward by the Environment Trust and Widdings er , builders was accepted as the one that er officers could pursue and to actually get some final proposals worked up and bring back to both the neighbourhood committee and this committee . |
| 9 | Or the settlor could direct that in a certain event a new use should spring up in D's favour . |
| 10 | The only way I could show that in my opinion they were absolutely wrong was to start an action for libel . ’ |
| 11 | Another kind developed in which the elaborated worm did not attach itself to the sea floor but continued to crawl about and secreted a small conical tent of shell under which it could huddle when in danger . |
| 12 | It is one of the nicest shows anyone could do because of the response you get from the viewers . ’ |
| 13 | He simply had no idea what these strange creatures could look like in the flesh . |
| 14 | Before looking at the creation of databases , it is important to consider what is meant by a database or what a database could look like in a school library . |
| 15 | She had dyed black hair that looked like cotton wool dipped in liquid boot polish , her face was thin and feral-looking , and through the flimsy see-through negligee George could see that under her arms was enough hair to make a pair of identical wigs . |
| 16 | The bar was full , I could see that through the saloon window and I went round to the yard at the rear . |
| 17 | Any fool could see that with the ledgers and papers destroyed there was nothing to substantiate any misdealings with the accounts . |
| 18 | On his way he passed the main drive , and he could see that at the end of it the gates were open . |
| 19 | His manner was kind but official , and I could see that for some reason Aunt Louise distrusted him and was even a little afraid of him . |
| 20 | He had opted for the cynical , guarded approach , and now he could see that for all the safety it had brought him — here he was , in his second year , still solvent , heart intact , unmugged and even succeeding in his studies , despite all his mother 's fears — every defence had its price , and he had paid in a separating distance , incomprehension . |
| 21 | If you climbed high enough , you could see that inside it , held with its glistening petals was a pool of water . |
| 22 | They give us something , and you could see that against Norwich , ’ he added . |
| 23 | I could see that from the way his knuckles whitened around the telephone . |
| 24 | I DO NT BLEEDIN BELEEEEEEEEEVE IT ! ! ! ! 10 Yards offside , you could see that from here The linesmans flag ? |
| 25 | The touch of his fingers on hers was playing havoc with her ability to think straight , and she knew he could see that from the faint gleam in his eyes , the way his hand tightened around hers . |
| 26 | The boys could see that in reception classes , as in the all-in village school of a few generations ago , only one teacher taught all subjects to children between twelve and sixteen . |
| 27 | I thought that I had finished third , but when I studied the television slow-motion replay on the stadium scoreboard I could see that in fact Ray had won the bronze medal . |
| 28 | It seemed like a good idea at the time , but that time , I could feel , was running out , and I could see that in a very few years it would have run . |
| 29 | Sun flower limping , water less vase , suffering eyes , desperados in caged , so from , from that painting I had a tremendous feel of something undergoing tremendous suffering and seem very desperate about the situation , and I did n't just see that in , in the picture of Van Gogh , but I could see that in the sun flower , so as , as a writer its images like that , that I would look for and open up and turn into characters or a way of portraying a particular mood , erm , the next one , were doing very well |
| 30 | It was over as soon as it had happened , and as he turned in panic he could see that in reality she was exactly as before … except that she was looking at him now in a way that was more detached , stepping back as if to observe whatever he was going to do next . |