Example sentences of "could [vb infin] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Panic-stricken , she had made her way back to Bruton Street , her feet rubbed into blisters in flimsy evening slippers , wondering how taxis could disappear so completely whenever she needed one . |
| 2 | If he did n't get this across to her properly and she chose to be obstructive she could make so many complications that the very project could be damaged . |
| 3 | It was hard to believe that a monosyllable could convey so much terror . |
| 4 | Share prices could fall so far that his cash offer for DRG , the Basildon Bond company , starts to look attractive . |
| 5 | Besides , if Maidstone could predict so accurately when Elsie would appear then it would be a simple matter to find her again — perhaps at the same time tomorrow . |
| 6 | You could object so that you do n't receive more . |
| 7 | Who would imagine that a thin , stuck-up-looking type like that could know so much ? |
| 8 | We needed a single set of business figures and measures we could monitor so we could focus the quality initiatives . |
| 9 | It was strange that a man of considerable intellect could give so much attention and attribute such importance to a press which was wholly influenced at all times by political considerations . |
| 10 | ‘ You flatter me , both of you , ’ he said , and again Julia was amazed that the pair of them could appear so cheerful . |
| 11 | The flicker of anguish in the man 's eyes made Lindsey wonder if that was entirely true , for him at least , but she found herself marvelling that this tiny woman could appear so calm . |
| 12 | Maybe hatred could grow so strong that it became a force of its own , he thought — a real physical force . |
| 13 | Maria had never dreamed that two people could generate so much sheer sensation between them . |
| 14 | He said at a reception at the circuit that it was amazing that modern grand prix cars could lap so fast on the twisty and demanding Leicestershire circuit . |
| 15 | If the government ever agreed to return to its old uncommercial ways , there are , in theory , three ways it could do so . |
| 16 | A slim attractive girl in jeans hovered near , her pose suggesting I could approach her ; but before I could do so Señora Sanchez accosted me . |
| 17 | It assumed it could do so again . |
| 18 | You often hear managers say that : ' I 've run out of ideas on how to deal with him … ’ or ‘ she could do so much better but I just ca n't seem to make any progress … ’ or ‘ he simply did n't do what I asked … ’ |
| 19 | Before we could do so he was called to account before a higher tribunal . |
| 20 | He had also asked that as many of HM fishing fleet as could do so should sail with him , as far as possible . |
| 21 | May and Baker were of course informed , and they were briefed to make better vaccines , if ever they could do so . |
| 22 | Is it not then possible that Satan , in his opposition to Christ and man , and wishing to destroy all that God has given , could do so by appearing in a godly angelic light ? |
| 23 | Caring for him became an almost full-time job because he could do so little for himself ; and it was difficult for Mary and Jim to go out together , especially as her father grew less able to get around , and he needed a great deal of help at home . |
| 24 | ‘ I remember that my invitation extended to 14 days , but it was so arranged that any visitor who might have to leave for the day could do so and could return again . |
| 25 | Once more it was impossible to get high enough to see over the neighbouring branches but he called down that he was reasonably sure that they were now at the southernmost end of the depression which contained the Swamp and that if after another mile or so they turned westward they could do so on dry land . |
| 26 | Once more it was impossible to get high enough to see over the neighbouring branches but he called down that he was reasonably sure that they were now at the southernmost end of the depression which contained the Swamp and that if after another mile or so they turned westward they could do so on dry land . |
| 27 | CLEAR estimates that there are already four million cars in Britain which could run on unleaded petrol without adjustment , and a further nine million could do so with minor adjustment . |
| 28 | ‘ Ah ! ’ he observed , as he had done at Bantry Bay , ‘ None but my brave English could do so brave an action ! ’ |
| 29 | Lord Brougham held that a debtor should also still be imprisoned if he refused to pay what he owed when he could do so by executing a deed , or if he was culpably extravagant or reckless in contracting debts which he had no reasonable expectation of being able to pay . |
| 30 | Presumably , therefore , a House of Commons bent on pressing a Bill to extend the life of Parliament could do so by first abolishing the House of Lords under the Parliament Act procedure and then passing the Bill and presenting it for the Royal Assent . |