Example sentences of "could [vb infin] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The calculations therefore give a very conservative view of how large the markets to be shared by different multimedia platforms could become by the turn of the century . |
| 2 | Yes , I could see by the way she grumbled about Wilson that she loved him and , although he was over eighty at the time , still saw him in a romantic light . |
| 3 | He drew in his breath with elation , but he could see by the way she bit her lip that she had n't intended to let the confession slip . |
| 4 | Dad moved slowly towards Mum and I could see by the look of him that he was furious . |
| 5 | He could see by the set of his father 's mouth . |
| 6 | Michael could see by the look in his eyes that he knew who had ordered his accident . |
| 7 | And the Magistrate , watching like a stoat , could see by the alarm on their faces that they were assigning this treatment to Dr McNab for no other reason than that he had happened to mention it . |
| 8 | I could see by the light of his torch that the cave was deep and spacious ; I could not make out from the beam of light its total dimensions , but clearly a man would have had no problem stretching out to sleep there . |
| 9 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |
| 10 | Soon we could see Rona in detail and skirting Gealldruig Mhor , the outlying skerry to the south , we could see by the white-based cliffs that a heavy swell was running . |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't be serious ! ’ she said , although she could see by the look on his face that he was deadly serious . |
| 12 | Mr Adair said that a review body chaired by a sheriff- principal could report by the end of the year . |
| 13 | A rise in average temperatures of three degrees centigrade could occur by the year 2030 , resulting in the melting of glaciers and icecaps , and widespread flooding of lowland . |
| 14 | I reached the desolate head of the valley ( few flowers here ) and decided to attempt a crossing to the other side of the beck so that I could return by the path descending from Black Sail Pass . |
| 15 | I was obliged to write essays … where I gave myself up to an almost purely artistic rendering of such facts as I remembered , and such opinions as I could concoct by the help of memory , fancy , and the radical and the free-thinking influence of home … |
| 16 | It also lies behind such developments as the medieval conviction that a monarch could heal by the laying on of hands . |
| 17 | My sister Philippa was taught to read by more conventional methods and could read by the age of four . |
| 18 | Caterham is still technically prevented from producing fully-built cars by national legislation although that could change by the end of the year . |
| 19 | Especially as my promotion could go by the board . ’ |
| 20 | He could stand by the footplate of a steam locomotive knowing at once the names of driver and fireman who , for their part , knew that he had a very good idea of what each did and how he did it . |
| 21 | He could tell by the tone of her voice that today she would be counting , and woe betide him if he failed to reach the kitchen before his allotted twenty seconds were used up . |
| 22 | I could tell by the tone of her voice : Mrs F could see it too . |
| 23 | She could tell by the feel of it that it had some papers inside , but she did not look at them . |
| 24 | The doughmen could tell by the feel of the dough , and by the sound that it made during mixing , if it was too dry or too wet , and add small amounts of required ingredients to compensate . |
| 25 | She could tell by the insignia of his uniform that he did n't belong to the regiment billeted at the Hall whose tents were visible at the far end of the park when she cycled up to the house . |
| 26 | Kate had liked it : you could tell by the way she fingered the material , by the way she looked at herself in the mirror with her chin lifted just a little higher than usual . |
| 27 | All he could distinguish was the sound rather than the words , but he could tell by the tone of her voice that Senga was n't taking it in . |
| 28 | He could tell by the quality of patience in her sigh as she began to lick the sweat from his shoulder-blades . |
| 29 | He could tell by the look on her face that she counted herself among them . |
| 30 | He could tell by the clothes . |