Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could n't have been hit by a missile because we know there are no missile-carrying planes around — even if there were , a heat-seeking missile , the only type that could nail it at that altitude , would have gone for the engines , not the nose cone . |
| 2 | I knew ‘ Butcher 's Boy ’ was Danny 's call sign but who on earth could want him at two 0'clock in the morning ? |
| 3 | ‘ But I would always have regretted it if I had turned down the chance to find out whether I could make it at this level . ’ |
| 4 | Then he could dissect it at will . |
| 5 | It would be very useful if we could trap all this data and stuff it into a file , then we could study it at our leisure . |
| 6 | Careful explanations at this time could give them at least an inkling of the importance of the game , and some measure of preparation for the time when it will be no game , but a reality of great promise . |
| 7 | I do n't have anything else that I could show you at the moment I 'm afraid . |
| 8 | His sideways glance told her he 'd noticed the manoeuvre but he merely smiled as if , knowing he could curtail it at any time , he was allowing her that small freedom . |
| 9 | He could picture himself at the court of King Louis , accepting the thanks of his grateful monarch . |
| 10 | The teams each had to prepare a menu for 50 diners under the added pressure of working in glass-fronted kitchens so visitors could watch them at work . |
| 11 | Unfortunately I could do nothing at all . |
| 12 | Felipe could do nothing at all . |
| 13 | Four , you could do nothing at all and leave any course of action to the solicitors comfortable then you should be using their best endeavours to obtain the licence . |
| 14 | Well you know you could do one at the slip |
| 15 | Oh he could do it at work ? |
| 16 | On the first day I doubt whether you could feel them at all ! |
| 17 | He could feel them at the small of his back , feel the scratch of the lavender garland which she still held . |
| 18 | He could feel nothing at all below the hook 's point of entry . |
| 19 | It was pitch dark in the stable and , even with the burning sticks of jharo we 'd brought from upstairs , we could see nothing at first . |
| 20 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 21 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |
| 22 | Sometimes you could see only his head or his legs ; sometimes you could see nothing at all . |
| 23 | He gyrated carefully so that he could see himself at all angles . |
| 24 | If I could see him at the back I 'll er , I 'll just get the question a bit more clearer and I 'm sure I can help . |
| 25 | I opened my eyes at fucking five to six and I could see him at the window Ken ran then across the road and he says Dawn your brother 's been trying to get in for ages . |
| 26 | Sometimes she became childlike and you could see her at eight or seventeen or twenty-five . |
| 27 | ‘ I could see them at the hotel . |
| 28 | I was with , and it was , I could see it at the front . |
| 29 | With a field of vision as limited as hers it was amazing that she could see anything at all . |
| 30 | If it came to it you could keep them at the Chestnuts over the road . |