Example sentences of "[pron] could [adv] [be] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | pathetic , it 's gon na freeze up again this afternoon down at Bournemouth , gon na have fish off the pier , go for some bees , but I could n't be bothered but there was nothing , it was too damn cold , it must of been minus five with the wind chill factor |
| 2 | Cos I could n't be bothered and I was n't dressed and it would be going all over to south London . |
| 3 | I could not be bled and have been dealt more than a hundred blows so that I got a thorough grinding . ) |
| 4 | As a result the banks found themselves in a quandary — they had lent vast sums of money which could neither be repaid nor return interest . |
| 5 | Known in due course as the Deep , or Horse Level , it was the lowest tunnel which could conveniently be driven and still serve the new Bonsor Mill . |
| 6 | What seemed to me most significant about the period I chose to study was that this was the moment of transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance , a transition which could best be observed and studied in drawing , which lends itself to greater experimentation . |
| 7 | I wanted to show the break that she made under the pressure which could not be ignored or left without a response . |
| 8 | Athelstan remembered Foreman 's words — how the lady who had visited his shop had bought a poison which could not be traced or smelt yet would stop the heart . |
| 9 | Her a very pale grey pastel was dragged over orange , giving a lovely luminous effect which could not be achieved if the two colours were blended together with the finger . |
| 10 | It will also contain a report of any modules present in the work area which could not be entered because : |
| 11 | All the emphasis , she felt , must be on this coming as an order which could not be disobeyed and yet put in such a way as not to be offensive . |
| 12 | Arguments against allowing access included that people would not write frankly if they knew their comments would be seen , it could be important to record facts which could not be proved and suspicions or impressions , the child or parent might be made unhappy by a teacher 's judgement and it might impair the relationship or discourage the child , and access would lead to constant arguments about fairness or relevance of information . |
| 13 | In the first place , in a style in which one of the fundamental problems had always been the reconciliation of solid form with the picture plane , the letters written or stencilled across the surface are the most conclusive way of emphasizing its two-dimensional character ; Braque has stressed this when he said of the letters : ‘ they were forms which could not be distorted because , being quite flat , the letters existed outside space and their presence in the painting , by contrast , enabled one to distinguish between objects situated in space and those outside it . ’ |
| 14 | It turned out that mechanically drilled small holes in plywood were fringed on the inside with a little coronet of splinters which could not be removed because it could usually neither be seen nor reached . |
| 15 | It claimed that very few of those who had died in the violence had been killed by traditional weapons , that 75 per cent of deaths were caused by bullets and 20 per cent by hacking with weapons which could not be described as traditional . |
| 16 | The primate centre received requests for 300 macaques and 14 chimpanzees , many of which could not be supplied because of a policy that it should be primarily a supplier for TNO institutes . |
| 17 | And you needed even more patience when others ignored danger signals warning of serious illness , such as the stiffness in the joints , dismissed as unimportant , yet because of the background of dirt , possibly resulting in tetanus , which could rarely be cured unless it was caught in time . |
| 18 | It was their own indolence which had landed them with a murder which could probably be explained and might even have been prevented , if they had taken a bit more trouble . |
| 19 | He allowed himself , or claimed to allow himself , no beliefs about the world which could n't be justified if , if , even if only in a very loose sense , by scientific canons of procedure . |
| 20 | Each beatitude begins with the word ‘ blessed ’ , which could also be translated as ‘ happy ’ . |
| 21 | Pamela 's job has dress constraints , and comfort is very important , so Jane Cristofani suggested she invest in skirt and trouser suits which could easily be mixed and matched for variety . |
| 22 | With opinion polls showing Labour ahead of the Conservatives , many health service managers are biding their time , not prepared to press forward rapidly with changes which could soon be reversed and which in any case they are reluctant to endorse . |
| 23 | Treaty which could conceivably be interpreted as requiring member states to derogate from the basic E.E.C . |
| 24 | It is a tall order for someone so new to the professional ranks , but one which could never be construed as being beyond a competitor who , as an amateur , tied for second place behind Greg Norman in the Australian Masters at Huntingdale at the start of this season and who also finished in the top 10 in the English Open at The Belfry . |
| 25 | And this conception leads inexorably to the view that experience is like a kind of screen , something which could perhaps be painted if only we had the skill and reflective capacity , or something which could be captured by language or music . |
| 26 | An employment visa ( munkavallaloi vizum ) , which could only be obtained if the foreigner had a work permit , was also introduced . |
| 27 | In one case an immigrant who was present in Britain was denied judicial review of a decision not to give him leave to enter the country because of the existence of a right of appeal which could only be exercised if the immigrant left Britain . |
| 28 | An agony which could only be intensified if she entered into his very practical , very unfeeling arranged marriage . |
| 29 | However , that property could have defects which could only be identified and reported by a more detailed survey . |
| 30 | In the years after 1868 the new regime attempted to manipulate selected facets of Tokugawa society to impose a uniform social structure and morality which could then be trumpeted as ‘ traditional ’ . |