Example sentences of "[pron] could [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the year following that first visit , I read and devoured everything I could about Rennes-le-Chateau . |
| 2 | His line of chat , and a bonhomie which could at times border on insensitivity , marked him out for her as a survivor ; someone with whom she could risk herself ; someone who could both carry and withstand her . |
| 3 | ( 1987 ) point out that stock market prices can at times be dependent on the increase in profits derived from the contribution holiday , which could at times increase volatility , and lead to inefficient pricing of shares . |
| 4 | As he held her she seemed to swell , as if another skin , another body , more calm and perfect than the one she had , grew out of her as token for that love of him which could in looks and words show itself so inadequately . |
| 5 | It was miraculous to find so young a girl , of Juliet 's own age , with a depth of passion which could by rights only have belonged to an older woman ; the problem of casting the ideal was solved . |
| 6 | Until then , she accepted it as graciously as she could for necessities only , much to her father 's irritation … |
| 7 | We went whenever we could in foursomes … |
| 8 | Painters could work as easily with gems and enamels as they could with oils and watercolours ; sculptors were as adept with gold and silver as they were with marble and bronze . |
| 9 | Slowly , life returned to something like normal in the Straits , and the bewildered survivors were able to bury their dead , and salvage what they could of homes in towns and villages that had been swept by tsunamis and showered with ash . |
| 10 | He ran to help and found that , instead of repairing it , men were thrusting what they could into carts , still under its netting . |
| 11 | To-night he must make the shortest time of it he could to Strata Marcella , reassure himself that his father 's grave had not been desecrated , and warn the prior of Isambard 's malignant interest in it . |
| 12 | Any sign of Men and he was off out of sight using the dead ground between rises to stay hidden , and he was careful to rise when he could over ridges where rocks or trees broke the skyline and so camouflaged his presence . |
| 13 | The gaoler was appointed , made his living as best as he could from bribes , favours , anxious relatives and profits from the already meagre food allocation — and was allowed to get on with it . |
| 14 | He climbed a different shelf each day and hid for as long as he could behind piles of books , hoping to catch sight of what he called ‘ the Bookman' ’ . |