Example sentences of "could [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although in theory the organism could reproduce at any time during its growth phase , we can expect that eventually an optimum time for reproduction would emerge . |
| 2 | It appears that the precocious young of some invertebrates could reproduce without achieving adulthood . |
| 3 | He describes his other grandmother as ‘ a wee frail woman ’ in a mob cap , smoking a long clay pipe and ‘ stroking my hair as I lay down at her feet with my head in her lap ’ , while her railwayman husband also ‘ had a great liking for me , and when he could spring to a halfpenny or an apple or some nuts for ‘ whiteheaded Benny ’ , he did it , Once he gave me a shining white metal watchguard ’ , a symbol of work efficiency which he wore proudly to school , ‘ swanking ’ with it hung across my chest . ’ |
| 4 | Contrasted in this way it seems improbable that madness and creativity could spring from the same source . |
| 5 | I think that 's how you learn people 's true reactions to you , but by that time I was starting to feel better about myself , and I could laugh at them . |
| 6 | They could laugh at the absurdities of life and people that made no sense to those who had n't lived in Ireland . |
| 7 | The ancient Greeks could laugh at themselves . |
| 8 | But , on other occasions Laura could laugh at herself just as easily because she was constantly amused by the transience of fame and never took her public for granted . |
| 9 | The farcical element throughout was dateless , showing how the Victorians could laugh at their own conventions . |
| 10 | ‘ Disloyal to letter boxes , ’ I said to myself and went down the passage where I could laugh without being heard . |
| 11 | And when her husband cracked another joke , she found she could laugh with the rest . |
| 12 | They loved this exuberant officer who could laugh with them and join in their games , without losing any respect . |
| 13 | Amateur radio buff Mike Bosberry , who sells hand-held scanners for Nevada Communications in Portsmouth , said : ‘ The thickest yob on the pavement could eavesdrop on mobile phones . |
| 14 | It could disregard in particular the onward march of Germany with Hitler at its head , and the sinister machinations of Stalinist Russia . |
| 15 | If Balliol was already down a back stair , he could mingle with this crowd of panic-stricken servants and nowise stand out , in his shirt and breeches , since others were in approximately the same state . |
| 16 | That was why Paul could affirm concerning Jesus ‘ He is our peace . ’ |
| 17 | Because I could n't countenance how you could stay under water without being asphyxiated , and yet at the same time I was incapable of comprehending the trick . |
| 18 | Then there was the time Joe Hulme asked if he could stay for the weekend in his native Lancashire after an away match at Bolton . |
| 19 | The warden and his wife , being owners of a Siamese cat , were not overjoyed to see Emily but they reluctantly fed her a saucer of milk , saying that she could stay for one night . |
| 20 | After teaching English as a foreign language for many years , Pauline wanted to establish a house in a country setting where her students could stay for up to three or four weeks at a time . |
| 21 | Clearly much would depend on whether Knott could stay with Greig but , after nightwatchman Underwood went , Knott and Snow both followed quickly , all dismissed by Daniel inside four overs . |
| 22 | ‘ Only that if you could stay with her for a night or two , I might manage to get over and see you there . ’ |
| 23 | His absence meant that Miriam could stay with him in his flat until Durkin returned . |
| 24 | Elizabeth 's sons could stay with their mother , at least for the time being . |
| 25 | ‘ Mama , she is so like our sister-in-law — I do wish she could stay with us , ’ said nine-year-old Anne who had a special affinity with her namesake . |
| 26 | Who could stay with him ? |
| 27 | I always got on with my daughter , but she 's in Canada now , so I asked my son if I could stay with him for a bit . |
| 28 | She felt we should get her a healthier place , one where we could stay with her when we come over here . ’ |
| 29 | This suited me very well as I could stay with her , only two miles down the A1 , as part of my annual leave at Chester . |
| 30 | She points to the newcomer and explains , " I met this woman at the council housing department and she said I could stay with her . " |