Example sentences of "[pron] could [vb infin] [adv prt] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forty minutes of temptation was as long as I could last out in the cold , biting wind but an invigorating walk in such conditions has to be good for you . |
| 2 | But I could go up in a few weeks . |
| 3 | Well I could come along in the evening perhaps . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Leith snapped angrily — and realised she could go on in the same vein until she was blue in the face and it still would n't dent him . |
| 6 | Len was unquestionably one of the best defenders in the 3rd Division South in the mid-1950s , but in addition he was a talented fellow who could turn out in a surprising number of positions ( he actually played in seven different ones for us , and that in a day when ‘ utility ’ players were unusual ) and his Palace career spanned ten seasons . |
| 7 | You could fit in in a number of ways . |
| 8 | I really think , although I would not be prepared to put it to the test , that you could go out in the streets of London in your nightdress and nobody would notice . |
| 9 | If this frequency does n't suit you , now is the time to talk things through because otherwise you could end up in a longterm relationship in which sex is not what you thought it would be . |
| 10 | BE good to your secretary or you could end up in the worst seats on business flights and be booked into lousy hotels . |
| 11 | GIVE us your hitlist for the top videos of the year and you could drive off in a SEAT Ibiza 1.2 SLXi . |
| 12 | You could come out in the morning |
| 13 | In 1970 — if you were eighteen and could lay your hands on a little ready money — it was almost de rigueur to travel overland to Greece where , in an idyllic island setting , you could hang out in the coolest way imaginable with amiable drug-dealers and liberated chicks . |
| 14 | They were not the sort you could put out in a black bin bag and hope they would be gone in the morning . |
| 15 | I still feel it is a dangerous proposition to be in and we could end up in a situation where development comes to a full stop . |
| 16 | ‘ We could end up in the lunatic situation of the TDC having to pull it down to make way for a new development . ’ |
| 17 | and whereas before we could walk round in a on a circular route , Yeah that 's Walk . |
| 18 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
| 19 | The minds of the other literate villagers were dissipated on what they could pick up in a random manner : most of it naturally consisted of religious tracts , the traditional fodder left over from the past . |
| 20 | It was a worry when we did n't get a pension and when it did come , it alleviated things , but we know it could run out in the New Year . |
| 21 | In case you had n't noticed , Ulster 's John Reid is having a barnstorming season and he could end up in the top four in the championship with over 100 winners . |
| 22 | In case you had n't noticed , Ulster 's John Reid is having a barnstorming season and he could end up in the top four in the championship with over 100 winners . |
| 23 | It had not occurred to him that he could stand up in the pub , leave the beer half-drunk , the sandwich half-eaten , walk out into the London early evening . |
| 24 | Dexter pressed his nose against the grid of cold metal but all he could make out in the shadowy interior was a counter and the shimmer of clothes hung up in plastic bags . |
| 25 | The figure in the seat was human , as far as he could make out in the murky light , but there was something about the awkward way it was sprawled in the chair that made him glad he could n't see it any clearer . |