Example sentences of "could [vb infin] now " in BNC.
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1 | Labour could include now in its manifesto a realistic form of PR , coupled with a cast-iron commitment to hold a general election under the new electoral system within a specified short period . |
2 | She had an exact estimation of herself ; she knew what she could accomplish now , and was certain of what she would be capable later . |
3 | If you , if you like , I could speak now Chair ? |
4 | All she could smell now was the clean salty tang of the sea . |
5 | My father went back to stirring the soup , which I could smell now above the cigar smoke . |
6 | All they could do now was to turn Moat Hall upside down in the forlorn hope something remained in the near-derelict place to hint at its erstwhile owner 's present refuge . |
7 | I could do now , with the knowledge I have , but I could n't do it then . |
8 | All Otis could do now was wait to see how much compensation he would be given . |
9 | One thing it could do now is to trash the notions that prop up Trident . |
10 | All she could do now was to rely on Ethel being merciful ( which was not one of Ethel 's main qualities ) . |
11 | There was nothing that Ramsay could do now save return to the castle . |
12 | Nothing they could do now would be worse than the fear as the high gate fell like a guillotine behind him . |
13 | But , is there anything that my generation could do now that might stop us requiring H R T in the future ? |
14 | You do n't know what harm it could do now . ’ |
15 | And all he could do now was to turn in horror as that bellowing , roaring shape lunged with an encrusted claw through the metal stair-rails , which bent and squealed . |
16 | All he could do now was keep steady despite his growing anger . |
17 | The only thing she could do now was find Ana and mend a few fences . |
18 | For reading yeah , I could do now I think for distance |
19 | Martha could feel now that her toes were not only wet with sweat but also sticky with blood . |
20 | He 'd had Ribena with ice in it himself , and he could remember now , quite distinctly , thinking how horrible it must be for Kate , not to have a father , nor ever to have an occasion like this . |
21 | She followed the contours of his hairline to the almost kiss curl that hung over one of his eyes , the eye she could see now staring intelligently at a group of men — Englishmen like himself — discussing the prospects of the English team . |
22 | I could see now that they were Royal Marine Commandos , No. 46 Commando of 4th Commando Brigade . |
23 | I could see now , in the better light , that a long mirror was on the wall directly over the bed . |
24 | He could see now that it was a distorted papier maché sculpture , luridly coloured in red . |
25 | They could see now that the front was concave . |
26 | He could see now it was an immense refrigerated truck weighing God knew how many tons . |
27 | All he could see now was Billy 's bare behind doing an impression of a fiddler 's elbow . |
28 | He could see now that she was placed in an almost similar position , for with Martin marrying , she was once more being cast adrift . |
29 | Before another reading of this poem on the same visit , he announced that it began where he had begun , and that it ended where he and his wife hoped to end — in the parish church of a Somerset village ; he could see now the pattern of his life completed . |
30 | They could see now that he was a big fellow , sleek and handsome . |