Example sentences of "could [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could sack out right away , with some scotch and a few Serafim . |
| 2 | There must be some way he could clamber up out of this pit . |
| 3 | In these hot summer months prudent Japanese girls suppress the potential faux pas of erect nipples that could spring up from a cool blast of the air-conditioner by sticking on a handy pair of ‘ Nipples ’ . |
| 4 | Bigger groups are likely to find economic recovery patchy and it could take time for higher earnings and dividends to feed through to investors ; while the more volatile smaller businesses , having been hit harder on the way down could spring back faster , Hardman says . |
| 5 | He had almost made her feel at ease , but her embarrassment was not something she could laugh about . |
| 6 | It was widely feared that , under such circumstances , Duke could syphon off sufficient right-wing votes to cause Bush 's defeat in several crucial states . |
| 7 | After school , she took as long as she could dawdling back . |
| 8 | Nonetheless , he had proved he could stay up with the leaders , and he went to South Africa in March in good spirits . |
| 9 | ‘ He was a friendly guy and could stay up , like me , for days and nights on end . |
| 10 | Clare served supper early so that four-year-old Josh could stay up late and eat with them . |
| 11 | Might be about When we start work we could stay up a little bit later . |
| 12 | The social workers told me I would like the home and that I could stay on at my old school and still have the same friends . |
| 13 | Meanwhile the Elector Carl Theodor had taken up residence in Munich , and had invited the members of his court to join him there ( though they could stay on at Mannheim and retain their salaries if they wished ) . |
| 14 | Afraid that she might have hurt Nora , who was sitting very quietly , Louise added , ‘ Of course , she 'll miss you but I do think she could stay on for a little longer , to see what might happen . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I did think I might ask Mr Evans if they could stay on here . |
| 16 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 17 | If you did n't get the if you did n't pass the class exam you could stay on and try again . |
| 18 | Now the choice was hers — she could stay on in the cottage for the weekend as planned , or she could cut her losses and head for home . |
| 19 | I was wondering if there was any way we could stay on ? ’ |
| 20 | Has the Minister considered whether it would make more sense if young men and women from working-class families who leave school at 16 or 17 and are thrown into slave labour schemes where they earn a little over £20 a week , but who want to stay on at school , could stay on and be paid a sum equivalent to what they would get on training schemes ? |
| 21 | Sheena Falconer , senior lecturer in textiles , has been told by the principal , Dr David Kennedy , that there is room for only one textile lecturer , but that she could stay on as an ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 22 | Miss X and her fiance could not afford to buy another property , so she asked Glasgow District Council to repurchase the house so that her parents could stay on as tenants . |
| 23 | She told MPs : ‘ Stage one will not be completed until 1993 , ’ leaving open the possibility that Britain could stay out until after the next election . |
| 24 | ‘ I wish I could stay out there until dark , ’ he said after his first round . |
| 25 | There was a general rule that lads could stay out until ten o'clock on their night off , but lassies had to be back at 9.30 p.m . |
| 26 | But one day she asked if she could stay out the whole day , and away she went on her little pony , with her two dogs running behind . |
| 27 | Had he not better make that clear to both the Conservative and Labour Members who still believe that Britain could stay out of the developments that will take place in Europe ? |
| 28 | I could stay out all day . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought we could stay in and … ’ |
| 30 | I could stay in and get drunk . |