Example sentences of "[conj] could [adv] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether there was any political party that could comfortably find room for him was a difficult question . |
| 2 | Although I dreamed and could thus distinguish sleep from death , although I woke up again each morning , the fear remained , and my sister 's death only served to strengthen it . |
| 3 | These groups might enter into semi-permanent contracts with academics who had similar interests , and develop rules about who could and could not take part in a ‘ course ’ in a particular ‘ subject ’ and how that ‘ course ’ should be conducted . |
| 4 | Although many boatmen 's wives acted as crew they were not recognised as such and could not get compensation for injury or sick pay . |
| 5 | It was clear to me that we dared not and could not use money from the Department . |
| 6 | Mr Singleton knew other talented people , among them an extremely obliging fellow who could treat a sheet of notepaper to give it the feel and appearance of age , and could also produce ink of a quality used in the past . |
| 7 | So now when our crews came back from their missions and we heard snatches of their conversations about long lines of refugees , about cities being devastated , and miles and miles of fires , I remembered Kings Cross and could only feel pity for what these civilians were now enduring ; French , Dutch , German or whatever . |
| 8 | The bill , which makes it an offence to carry a knife and puts the onus on the carrier to prove he had good reason to carry the knife , will have its third reading on Friday and could now become law before summer after the Scottish Office accepted a Labour amendment that the act should come into force on the day it is passed rather than at the end of a two month period . |
| 9 | The shop , now double the size it was a year ago , was ‘ very healthily up ’ , and could now take advantage of the last minute frenzy by being able to accommodate more people inside . |
| 10 | In Re Peachdart ( 1983 Ch.D. ) the sellers of leather which the buyers then made into handbags could reserve title in the leather which they supplied but could not reserve title in the handbags which were newly created goods . |