Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least he was here now , and could supervise moving Jacqui to another hide-away . |
| 2 | Both she and Dr Leitch spent as much time as they could spare talking to the young parents who would come to collect these patients on discharge . |
| 3 | However , the operation of such practices could affect planning by their District(s) . |
| 4 | I could 'ear everyfing they was sayin' . |
| 5 | In particular , foam-breathing could make smoking a less anti-social habit , and more economical to boot . |
| 6 | Neither philanthropists nor speculators could solve the problem of the very poor ; there were too few philanthropists , and no speculator could make housing for the poorest pay . |
| 7 | He felt that if they could make travelling at night dangerous , the enemy would be forced to move in daylight , thus becoming targets for the RAF . |
| 8 | Fourth , until 1981 , trade unions could evade having to make any payments to their members on strike since they were in receipt of supplementary benefit . |
| 9 | Administrators have been given greater access to confidential documents , which could facilitate taking legal action against auditors and other advisers . |
| 10 | After years of living with Lewis she still knew but did not know that ‘ a man ’ could regard reading as the main business of the day and everything else as an interruption . |
| 11 | Finally , if you have a spacious back garden , but less than 2.4m of space at the side , you could consider building a detached garage down the garden , and extending your drive down the side of the house to reach it . |
| 12 | Or , if you think it steals too much potential storage space you could consider sacrificing some of it . |
| 13 | Where receivables in a particular currency are sufficiently large , an exporter could consider using a Currency Option to hedge an exposure . |
| 14 | If you have made a sizeable number of miniatures , you could consider displaying them all together , rather than dotting them about your home in collections of ones and twos . |
| 15 | Should this produce no results , then you could consider trying Stage 3 of the elimination diet ( see p 277 ) , if the eczema is bad enough to justify this , and if your doctor agrees . |
| 16 | If , furthermore , you wished to sell us a narrow strip of your garden to allow the shelter to be set back a little from the pavement , we could consider providing a fence along your full frontage as part of the accommodation works . |
| 17 | The General Synod could consider laying down salary scales for church musicians , as it does in respect of parochial fees . |
| 18 | If you like roses , you could consider planting a specialised rose garden . |
| 19 | The jurist could consider holding a trust to be valid where the beneficiary was the same , although the trustee liable had in fact changed . |
| 20 | If cigarette smoke is unavoidable , you could consider hiring an air filter for a while ( see p 335 ) . |
| 21 | comments you could consider entering it or part of it in one of the many fiction competitions or submitting it in total to a which takes fiction . |
| 22 | If your children have left home and you have more space than you need , you could consider taking in lodgers , either as paying guests or , if your property lends itself to the creation of a separate flatlet , in a tenancy capacity . |
| 23 | And then if it if if we have it down in reception for a bit , er and it works and does n't look like falling to bits , the we could consider taking it along to the Newark Show as well . |
| 24 | So persuasive she could consider diverting into management consultancy . |
| 25 | Such is my concern for the liberty of the subject that I am prepared to allow a contemnor who ought to be punished for contempt to go unpunished ; and that is so , notwithstanding that Parliament envisages that I could consider imposing a just punishment . ’ |
| 26 | Charles pointed out that Aimee could consider going even shorter in the future to emphasise fully her delicate bone structure , a feature which her old hairstyle had failed to draw attention to because it had tended to drag her face downwards . |
| 27 | ANYONE CONCERNED that their camcorder skills might not be up to par could consider doing what some New Yorkers have done — take a ‘ how to ’ class in X-rated video production . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , there 's more than one flat for rent in London , is n't there ? ’ their father chipped in to declare , and then , with a fond look at his wife , ‘ And if there is n't , my dear — well , I 'm sure , for such a good cause , we could consider letting Leith and Sebastian have the inheritance from their grandfather before they 're twenty-five . ’ |
| 29 | But he had repented of his impulse as swiftly , she knew , aghast at himself that he could consider treating her so roughly , a young woman from the family who were his friends , almost his own kin , his people . |
| 30 | You could consider making internal windows or openings in a dividing wall to get more light and airiness . |