Example sentences of "could [vb infin] it back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet we consoled ourselves with what we took to be a furtive glint of triumph in Ranteallo 's eyes as he accepted our pig money , and swore to us that he would not burn the house down before we could make it back from filming the king 's burial in the death-cliffs . |
| 2 | He wears it always , never taking it off , but he said that if I could steal it back without him knowing , then I could keep it . |
| 3 | It was only after some years that he found the Thun-Hohensteins , who had also taken refuge in Bavaria , and could give it back to them . |
| 4 | ‘ I see now why you said I could give it back to you when the time was right . ’ |
| 5 | I could carry it back . |
| 6 | We do not appear to have received this year 's Statistics Form with details of your classes , and would be very grateful if you could send it back as soon as possible . |
| 7 | But , she said , if Dew members wished to they could present it back to her and she would ensure it went through the proper channels for presentation to the borough council . |
| 8 | I wonder if I could have it back please ? |
| 9 | Erm and and and we could take it back to the hundred days episode when the great powers have all er decided to er er to prevent Napoleon from making a comeback in France . |
| 10 | She could take it back with her could n't she ? |
| 11 | England did not seem to believe that Spanish-based Tab Ramos could juggle it back from the bye-line and when he did , no-one had picked up the 6ft 1ins Kaiserlauten defender as he powered his header past Chris Woods . |
| 12 | And wait to such times as they could pay it back , |
| 13 | His edginess and irritable outbursts that could put it back in . |
| 14 | And nobody would pay anything to anyone unless they could get it back somehow . |
| 15 | If she could get there before the long closure for lunch-hour he would make her up a preparation , and Peony could get it back to her mother and possibly get back again to the harbour for the Swimming Gala . |
| 16 | The question was out before she could bite it back . |
| 17 | No army could turn it back from the borders , no weapon could be wielded against it . |