Example sentences of "[noun] who could " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The steward was not left to mourn that his bottles found no custom : there was treating and return treating , and one humble Highlander who could sing Gaelic songs was made the sink into which was poured the spirits bought by sundry odd pence ; and , to the satisfaction of those who deem it a noble accomplishment the filling a man drunk , this Celt was brought into that pitiable condition , and manifested the power of the spirits over his brain in rather a curious way , — he was for kissing all round . |
| 2 | Nellie was very good and a natural musician who could play without looking at the piano which meant she could watch the dancing at the same time . |
| 3 | That could be cynically exploited by a side who could afford to concede at least two penalties in a game 's dying stages and still win . |
| 4 | Middlesbrough are the only side who could pip in-form Leicester for second spot . |
| 5 | As he knelt by its head he cursed the men on either side who could have been responsible for such a war . |
| 6 | Thus , just at the moment when the Battle of Verdun was about to enter its grimmest phase , the one man on the German side who could have put an end to the butchery was impotent to do so . |
| 7 | Craig Brewin , chairman of the Football Supporters Association , said fans who could not get tickets for big matches would face ‘ frustration ’ if they could not afford satellite dishes . |
| 8 | And Laidlaw was an outsider , an outsider who could n't even be relied upon to fire a gun in a crisis . |
| 9 | The staff might have been helped by an outsider who could question those things that teachers generally take for granted ( for instance , by asking what they meant by their habitual use of the term ‘ bright children ’ ) , or who could suggest an appropriate range of evaluative techniques . |
| 10 | Yes , see who I mean I ca n't think of anybody who 's in the reserves who could do any better than the lot that are in , in at the moment . |
| 11 | Thus subscription prices were shooting up and cutting off thousands of readers who could no longer afford them . |
| 12 | Apologies to readers who could not get through to our hotline on Friday morning . |
| 13 | There are 10 very lucky readers who could be treating themselves to a hot , refreshing shower every morning . |
| 14 | It was written by Mary Edgar to a Mrs Waddell ; nothing is known about either of them , but one would like to have known Mary Edgar who could write such a letter . |
| 15 | During World War II , it was the rough-and-ready American GI who could fix the stalled jeep in Normandy while the French regiment only looked on . |
| 16 | The urban guilds and merchants steadily advanced in wealth and power , and began to spawn a top bourgeoisie of financiers and international traders who could help the landowners to invest their surplus capital profitably . |
| 17 | It is full of intrigue , subtle plots , and traders who could cheat a beggar out of his skin . |
| 18 | She made a very positive effort to be the right kind of person to be around — in other words , she was not a liability , she was an asset , an extremely good cook and a very good organiser , and having discovered that we both went to the same school in Switzerland where French was the main language taught , we would enjoy talking to each other in French , much to the annoyance of David who could n't understand the language . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ So it was n't David who could n't face up to your illness at all ? ’ |
| 20 | Gradually , though , as the rest of the column led by his uncle on a fine white horse arrived , the survivors who could walk came out of the banqueting hall and allowed themselves to be greeted by the relieving troops . |
| 21 | ‘ And marriage itself might have been a useful bit of insurance for Gustav : her relatives or guardians would have been less likely to inform on her husband than on some passing stranger who could get his trousers open in Olympic time . ’ |
| 22 | There is someone in the department who could give you a good , competent briefing on almost anything . ’ |
| 23 | Had they checked with a knowledgeable nuclear physicist — and there were several in the nearby physics department who could have helped — or held a technical seminar before the press conference , they would have learned this before events overtook them . |
| 24 | The inspector from the education department who could be such a trial came to the opening ceremony . |
| 25 | Apparently he was involved in an accident at work a few days ago , went to his local casualty department who could n't actually detect any break and treated it as a severe sprain . ’ |
| 26 | I wanted to continue my studies as a postgraduate at U.C.L. I was now interested in modern linguistic research , but knew very little about it , since linguistics had so far made little impact in the U.K. , and there was no teacher in the Department who could adequately supervise me in that area . |
| 27 | There were no doubt bad heads who could not delegate but things had moved forward very satisfactorily in recent years . |
| 28 | David Mellor was a furious lover who could use four different positions a night . |
| 29 | They did , it was true , have an agitated fit of booing and hissing , but this was , M. Grimaud explained , an expression of spontaneous disapproval of Picasso who could just be made out , small brown face under black beret at the other side of the arena . |
| 30 | Some people , both in academic circles and within the profession , think that a single profession , i.e. that of an advocate who could both be consulted directly and have rights of audience in all courts , might be preferable . |