Example sentences of "[verb] who could " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the search intensified , a firm in Lincoln surfaced who could supply and erect a new building 200′ by 100′ and still be within the budget considered by NAM . |
| 2 | I do n't know who could have done this . ’ |
| 3 | and and Joanne Joe , say who could judge this , this is for our competition we 'll say Heidi coming , no , is anybody else in it , no er Sarah 'll come in cos she does n't know , right ? |
| 4 | At his suggestion , two soldiers from the Senussi tribe , a local Libyan people some of whom served as auxiliaries to the British Army , were included who could act as guides . |
| 5 | He completed his art degree at the Berkshire College of Art — ‘ but , at the end , I found I had n't got any answers to my questions ’ — and went as a postgraduate to Reading University to study with Professor Anthony Betts , ‘ the only man I 've ever met who could really teach ’ . |
| 6 | A Final Protocol annexed to the Athens Agreement provided in Article 4 for recourse to the Greek-Turkish Mixed Arbitral Tribunal established by the Lausanne Peace Treaty , but did not specify who could submit questions to the Arbitral Tribunal . |
| 7 | Another day there was an impromptu competition between Laszlo , his wife , and mother , to see who could crack most eggs between their knees — an extraordinarily difficult feat to achieve . |
| 8 | At that time the bones of a saint were important : the Abbeys would vie with each other to see who could claim to have the best holy relics , because bones performed miracles , which brought in the visitors . ’ |
| 9 | Mr Mellor has never been given proper credit for showing sufficient resolution during the passage of the Broadcasting Bill to persuade his colleagues that ITV deserved to have its future determined by something more subtle than a contest to see who could stuff the most pound notes into a brown envelope earmarked for the Treasury . |
| 10 | They crashed through their set as if they were in a competition to see who could get through the most songs in the shortest time , sounding like an unrehearsed version of the group Charlie and I had seen in the Nashville . |
| 11 | She felt her hand being placed against his cheek , and then his lips pressing kisses upon it ; she pulled his hand back , and casting all caution to the winds pressed his palm to her own lips , fondling it , examining the scratched and chisel scars on his knuckles until he wanted her hand back again — and the manner in which they took it in turns to kiss hands through the wall became a competition between them to see who could demonstrate the greatest fondness , a competition that Jennifer was now desperate to win because all her instincts were telling her that Tristram was the only man she could ever love , and that through him lay her path to freedom and independence . |
| 12 | Now if I were Alwyn I would not be too proud of winning a competition to see who could use more cliches than anyone else . |
| 13 | Then with school looming ominously on the next day 's horizon there was a stampede home to see who could be first in bed . |
| 14 | The three used to compete with each other to see who could steal the best clothes or who would take the biggest risk . |
| 15 | They competed to see who could eat most in the hotel restaurant and gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas . |
| 16 | From the moment they all tumbled out of the minibus on the edge of the woods , the prime objective was to see who could collect the most conkers . |
| 17 | After throwing stones in the water for nearly half an hour , listening to the different sounds and seeing who could throw the farthest , Endill began to feel a little fed up . |
| 18 | I could n't imagine Ted contemplating the nature of Eva and Dad 's taut happiness or telling of how they were always trying to pull each other 's tracksuit bottoms down and playing games like seeing who could throw a lolly-stick in a bin the most times out of ten . |
| 19 | As we sat at the loch eating a cold lunch , deciding who could first pin the blame on the other for messing up the day , we heard voices from the cliffs surrounding the lochan . |
| 20 | By the seven beards of his ancestors , Balor would run , and they 'd see who could run faster ! |
| 21 | Christina was already thinking about who she could ring who could contact Stephen . |
| 22 | Probably an early-rising servant wondering who could be visiting the church at this hour . |
| 23 | They looked about them , wondering who could have spoken . |
| 24 | He stared at the signature , wondering who could have sent it ? |
| 25 | Theda paused , wondering who could have been her ladyship 's informant . |
| 26 | So John came up and we said er we were wondering who could judge th Christmas card competition and he was saying oh I do n't know , and then th the P T A chairman came up erm we said oh perhaps you should judge the Christmas card competition erm and she said well Melissa is judging it and we said Pardon ! |
| 27 | The eccentric appearance he presented , together with his having forgotten his invitation card , resulted in his being refused entrance until somebody arrived who could satisfactorily identify and vouch for him . |
| 28 | She told me you left the station because someone arrived who could let your secrets out , and you could n't bear the shame . ’ |
| 29 | Horror stories abound : of the rogue 's law that prevented any port agent who sold directly to fishmongers from ever trading with a Billingsgate merchant again ; of the nepotism that determined who could have a stand in the market ; and of prices that varied according to who you were and whether you had a good introduction . |
| 30 | Cath I know who could fill it up , Cath . |