Example sentences of "could [vb infin] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when her husband cracked another joke , she found she could laugh with the rest . |
| 2 | ‘ You could stay with the Ballards ; Zelah would love that . ’ |
| 3 | But nothing could compare with the two universal sex-symbols of the decade , Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot . |
| 4 | Whilst the company had grown significantly during the Wadeville years little could compare with the move to Germiston . |
| 5 | Nothing , however , could compare with the wholesale carnage committed by men among the short-tailed , or sooty , petrel , known to the sealers as the mutton bird . |
| 6 | The House of Lords found that the legislation only allowed terms to be attached which related to the use of the site and not to the types of contract the site owner could make with the caravan owners . |
| 7 | Rival skippers have always agreed that Ian , who plays for Veryan , near Truro , Cornwall , could bat with a runner because he is only able to walk . |
| 8 | It was hard to believe that very soon that innocent sky could throb with the sounds of death . |
| 9 | The self-abnegation of Friends , emptying themselves the better to be filled by the Light Within , did not then necessarily exclude the pursuit of righteousness in the world ; equally , in the outlook of growing numbers of Quakers in the early nineteenth century , this stance could merge with a stress on the experience of grace which aligned them with evangelicals . |
| 10 | Trevino taught Willie course yardages , Mexican-American humour and how they could win with a quip and a smile . |
| 11 | Surely no more appropriately-named horse could win with a General Election only five days away from the race itself . |
| 12 | A voder commentary accompanied the recording , but Rostov had switched off the auditory input to his chair so that he could converse with the Manchu technician who was running the session . |
| 13 | Again , they shrug , if they could survive with a front-row of Ricky Evans , Nigel Meek and Hugh Williams-Jones against England , they should hardly be in undue trouble against Scotland — particularly as they will be under the eye of the same referee in France 's Joel Dume . |
| 14 | However , should there be any difficulty in siting the panel on the pillar , perhaps one of you could discuss with the Publicity Assistants an alternative and suitable site . |
| 15 | Within Photographic Department , for example , volunteers could assist with the filing of slides and prints , and with data entry for a photographic database . |
| 16 | She had heard rhyming slang , she knew what four by twos meant , and she 'd once been asked if she could speak with a Jewish accent . |
| 17 | When there was nothing but ash he could crumble with a stick he went back up to his room . |
| 18 | Now they could dance with a clear conscience . |
| 19 | She told them about the disturbed girl at St Cecilia 's , the girl called Julie who performed feats of levitation , and about the girl who could read a page of a newspaper and remember it , and Enid who could hypnotize with a fountain-pen top . |
| 20 | The type of off-farm work occasionally dictated the enterprises that the farm could have as time off at critical periods could clash with the off-farm employment . |
| 21 | Alice 's Restaurant ( 1969 ) had an obvious appeal for those who could identify with a communal haven for hippies , and Little Big Man would continue to reveal his preoccupation with the outsider by seeing the Cheyenne as ‘ ethnic ’ hippies who contrasted favourably with white civilisation . |
| 22 | The concerns about what to wear , the latest haircuts and how to deal with acne were subjects I knew well — and I could identify with the girls ' interests too . |
| 23 | A spokesman at the Brazilian Embassy in London said the ambassador himself was a father of five and had two grand-children and could identify with the family 's grief . |
| 24 | How could one refuse tenderness to someone so frail and tiny , to someone whose bones one could break with the flick of wrist , to someone who greeted one with smiles and later whoops of purest delight , who wept if one left them , and would die if one neglected them ? |
| 25 | A ‘ You could finish with a chain cast off on the front , instead of backstitching through the open stitches as usual . |
| 26 | First things first though : I could do with a morning cup of coffee . |
| 27 | To her mind , Lucy looked like she could do with a huge warm hug . |
| 28 | I could do with a hot drink or summat — I 'm froze . |
| 29 | To tell the truth , I could do with a pee , but I du n no where the toilet is . |
| 30 | Derby v Manchester City Derby could do with a win after taking only one point from their last three League games . |