Example sentences of "could to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supply would remain in the hands of crooks who would continue to push , but with total impunity , not just to their existing customers but as hard as they could to new ones as well . |
| 2 | If private capital can be attracted — and I believe it could to the right project — it seems to me entirely right that we should do what we can as Government to create the right climate for a successful link to be built . |
| 3 | It therefore did everything it could to shipwreck such a process . |
| 4 | He escaped as soon as he could to the company of her brothers . |
| 5 | They kept as close as they could to the east bank of the stream and held generally towards the north . |
| 6 | From our union we gave of ourselves in what way we could to those who sought or needed our support . |
| 7 | In addition , the organized networks could to a certain extent rely on intimidation and social pressure . |
| 8 | PRINCESS Diana came as close as she could to commenting on her marriage break-up yesterday when she made a public vow to continue working for her charities . |
| 9 | Roche speaking at the launch of next year 's Leeds Classic , said : ‘ I did everything I could to be good again , but I had problems . |
| 10 | She , meanwhile , devoted herself to selling as many of her husband 's works as she could to various publishers , including J. A. André of Offenbach am Main , and Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig . |
| 11 | Bureaucratic measures could to some extent control behaviour which did not conform to pre-defied socialist standards . |
| 12 | He would have to wait , and until then he would keep as close as he could to the Russian . |
| 13 | I then severed the last piece of shaft as close as I could to the head , and again found nothing untoward . |
| 14 | ‘ We looked round , and there was Anna , crawling as fast as she could to me . |
| 15 | On arrival at Edinburgh Airport , two Landrovers awaited us and our luggage , and we drove as fast as we could to Gleneagles , to try to be in time for the Moët et Chandon reception which is the first party of the Rolex-Jackie Stewart Challenge weekend ; this was timed for 8pm ! |
| 16 | Instead , she stayed near the doors , holding on as best she could to an upright rail , the bag with the dress in it clutched in her other hand . |
| 17 | The Poor Law had been most effective in forcing all those who could to be self-helping . |
| 18 | The purpose was to prevent crowding of BES issues at the end of the tax year , but the ceiling limit meant that investors putting up the full 140,000 still made most of their investments as near as they could to 5th April . |
| 19 | We only brought you and the boy as swiftly as we could to Andernesse . ’ |
| 20 | I suggested as gently as I could to Jean-Claude that he give Chaillot a ring . |
| 21 | To do Haverford justice , he was n't altogether happy about his lack of rapport with his daughter ; at times he came as near as he ever could to feeling guilty about it . |
| 22 | But if a solicitor had made it and put three halves we could take an action against that solicitor or the executor could to erm for the costs of going to court to find out what on earth the will meant . |
| 23 | Guiltily she ran down the bouncing shallow steps , jarring them as hard as she could to off-balance the last man on his feet . |
| 24 | She felt all right now and when Tucker came as close as he could to her , confidentially crooking his finger , she was only too pleased to lean precariously forward over the dock , ear to his lips . |
| 25 | By the way , this was the period when I could to a milk shop for a hape'orth of milk , but it 's not the halfpenny that people think now , cos the currency 's been altered quite a lot , it was very trifling , but it 's true . |
| 26 | The only way I could do this was to make myself as familiar as I could to the members of the schools . |
| 27 | The Cuban revolution had provided the USSR with numerous technical facilities , especially electronic listening posts which could to some degree counteract similar American installations which had encircled the Soviet Union since 1945 . |
| 28 | There was no clear path , she was just winding through trees and keeping as close as she could to the direction he had shown . |
| 29 | When you 're feeding the baby , make sure that the teat is always full of milk , or he 'll suck in air with his feed which could to a bout of indigestion . |
| 30 | Was it any part of your job to give such contraceptive advice as you could to , |