Example sentences of "[noun] could [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | West Ham 's Trevor Morley could have had a hatful during a one-sided second half but Knight 's brilliance and some missed chances stopped Pompey from being overwhelmed . |
| 2 | Where receivables in a particular currency are sufficiently large , an exporter could consider using a Currency Option to hedge an exposure . |
| 3 | So there was , Grizel Huntley acknowledged , and it would be a great deal better if Penny could manage to think a bit more positively . |
| 4 | Replacement of the eroded ragstone facing could have provided a problem were it not for the fact that the builder who was employed to undertake the conversion was dismantling an identically constructed church at Canterbury at the same time and thus it was possible to import salvaged ragstone from the demolition for re-use at All Saints and St Barnabas . |
| 5 | ‘ But what annoyed us most is Downey could have made a phone call to us . |
| 6 | The establishing of national assemblies in Scotland and Wales and of regional assemblies in England could serve to stimulate a feeling of national identity at these levels , but this would still leave something of a lacuna at the United Kingdom level . |
| 7 | The work of Lifshitz and Khalatnikov was valuable because it showed that the universe could have had a singularity , a big bang , if the general theory of relativity was correct . |
| 8 | Had Baldwin resigned immediately after the election , on the other hand , the King might well have sought to ascertain whether another Conservative could have formed a government and secured Liberal support . |
| 9 | Yesterday 's high winds could have swept a poison cloud over Teesside in a matter of minutes . |
| 10 | Councillors and officials will tell him that Orkney could have faced a disaster if the Bettina Danica had been a tanker . |
| 11 | The question for remoteness was whether the defendants could have foreseen a burn , not whether they could have foreseen cancer . |
| 12 | Had he been caught or had he panicked he could well have been in very serious trouble : the charming young tearaway could have become a court case . |
| 13 | And then Boy could imagine having a cup of coffee with them in the morning , but he could n't imagine anything else after that . |
| 14 | A Hindu could have eaten a pound of it with pleasure . |
| 15 | The blow could have split a mountain . |
| 16 | According to Ian Lindsey , a director of Save & Prosper , if the agency had obtained authorisation there is ‘ no way ’ Mr Rundle could have received a refund . |
| 17 | Tolkien could have given a lecture about all these at any time . |
| 18 | Howells left his station to score the first after 67 minutes , and by the time Teddy Sheringham had tucked away a second from the penalty spot — earned by the sheer stamina of Durie — Spurs could have had a couple more . |
| 19 | The writer could have selected a sequence such as His opponent congratulates him on his victory or He is congratulated on his victory by his opponent . |
| 20 | These Acts extended the powers of secondary picketing and the ability to negotiate closed shop agreements , and limited the grounds on which individuals could refuse to join a trade union . |
| 21 | It 's doubtful that the on-board DME was in error since there were two on board and the pilots could have suspected a malfunction were the readings substantially different . |
| 22 | Commitment to the war could have become a problem in itself as the chances of victory became remote . |
| 23 | Only a week earlier on Palm Sunday , it seemed possible that Jesus could have led a rebellion against the hated Romans . |
| 24 | The rioting underlined continuing political and security problems facing the allies , who arrived ten weeks ago to end devastating clan warfare so that relief agencies could help ease a famine that threatened millions of lives . |
| 25 | The rioting underlined continuing political and security problems facing the allies , who arrived ten weeks ago to end devastating clan warfare so that relief agencies could help ease a famine that threatened millions of lives . |
| 26 | What court could agree to keep a defendant behind bars when he stood a fair chance of leaving jail , three years later , an innocent man ? |
| 27 | Short did not appear to obtain much advantage out of the opening and according to Karpov 's friend , Dmitri Bjelica , Karpov could have secured a draw by exchanging queens as the players approached the time control at move 40 . |
| 28 | If the East Europeans could have offered a bit more in the loose and a great deal more behind the scrum , they would have reaped some reward for their excellent work in the line-out . |
| 29 | And Person X could have taken a shot at you . ’ |
| 30 | The jurist could consider holding a trust to be valid where the beneficiary was the same , although the trustee liable had in fact changed . |