Example sentences of "that could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so , resentfully , he learned concepts that could stand him in good stead . |
| 2 | Alternatively , the future may bring chemicals that could protect us from any gas , liquid or radiation , not to mention environments in which future generations may live that will separate them from any hazardous source . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought it was the sort of injury that could prevent him from fighting again . |
| 4 | Maybe you would have been safer if you 'd not chosen a career that could involve you with mine . ’ |
| 5 | So , sometimes we have to do things with horses that could make them anxious , and we have to work at keeping their anxiety level down . |
| 6 | And in their spirit lay the dormant power that could make them proud , free men again ! |
| 7 | A sadness that could make her give up acting for good . |
| 8 | Still prefers to work by himself — a trait of which he is aware , but one that could make him retreat into a bubble when he most needs help . |
| 9 | ‘ The device looks simple , but it took a long time to find companies that could make it , ’ he says . |
| 10 | Also , too many slow payers and bad debts will shrink capital and profits to levels that could make it hard to stay open for more business . |
| 11 | That kind of damp , chill August day only Blighty can produce , a large , scrubby field , a bill that could make you weep it was so poor . |
| 12 | Masklin was a blur , dodging and weaving between feet that could flatten him . |
| 13 | They 're obsessed by the shit out of which we 're shaped ( surgery ) , the shit that could befall us ( horrible accidents ) , the shit in our souls ( the drives and impulses we suppress and expel in order to constitute ourselves as normal , but which sometimes break free in perversion or psychosis ) . |
| 14 | Samy slaps her across the face and storms out , criticizing her for suggesting actions that could cost him his job . |
| 15 | The money men who keep Formula One afloat want to stave off commercial backlashes that could cost them millions of pounds and hard-earned goodwill . |
| 16 | From April 1st anyone found not to have followed guidelines on making VAT claims and payments will be liable to a penalty that could cost them and extra 30% plus interest on any unpaid tax . |
| 17 | The principal concern for companies is first that they should be kept in touch with prevailing opinions on environmental issues that could affect them ; second , that any misconceptions on technical or other matters should be corrected . |
| 18 | An appreciation of the unspeakable dangers that could face us if we did n't live in a country full of cuddly things interested only in eating each other helps put our fear of midges into perspective . |
| 19 | But it was n't everybody that could pay it , it was very hard for some people . |
| 20 | Er and they were the kind of people that sometimes found theirself in difficulties , at the end of this quarter , as it 's called , because Well it was n't everybody that could pay it . |
| 21 | I 'd be lucky ter get anybody that could match 'er in the kitchen . |
| 22 | And how was it to be achieved — was there agreement about it within the leadership and the wider society , and did a political agency exist that could bring it into being ? |
| 23 | Fortunately , and by pure chance , I had said nothing that could lead her to assume that we thought that she was travelling with them — as arranged . ’ |
| 24 | You 're letting me run around like a headless fucking chicken while you 've got the one piece of information that could lead me straight to her ! ’ |
| 25 | She took off everything that could identify her , and stowed it in the bottom layer of her jewellery box . |
| 26 | ‘ Like a red star , or anything that could identify it ? ’ |
| 27 | Virgin were the only company that could pull him out of the hole , and it was to Virgin that McLaren now turned , cap in hand . |
| 28 | As her first movie The Delinquents — aided by some pre-release hype over Australian clerics calling for sexy scenes between her and handsome co-star Charlie Shlatter to be cut — opened around the world at the end of 1989 , Kylie was planning a move that could set her on that same yellow brick road to showbusiness immortality . |
| 29 | ‘ I watch everything I can because I feel this is a tie that could set us up for a good run in Europe , ’ added Creaney . |
| 30 | Right Neil , the reason is , at one stage there was er centres all over the country that could treat it . |