Example sentences of "could [vb infin] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first few weeks after Michael came out of hospital were very difficult , for he was in much pain , could eat very little and could not sleep . |
| 2 | She selected from among them , knowing that they could eat very little of this forest feast . |
| 3 | The IMF 's programme in Trinidad and Tobago is a case in point and in his resignation letter Budhoo asserts : ‘ We manipulated , blatantly and systematically , certain key statistical indices so as to put ourselves in a position where we could make very false pronouncements about ( the ) economic and financial performance of that country . ’ |
| 4 | The history of every European dynasty is full of rivalries and antagonisms ; such things could flourish very well without ideas of enlightened government to give impetus to them . |
| 5 | Cos he he When he liked he could speak very well but how he 'd taken to the road I do n't know , but he was well known er er as the blind fiddler . |
| 6 | Great monasteries could achieve very considerable spiritual authority . |
| 7 | . which I could do very well . ’ |
| 8 | There is no guarantee on PPs — you could do better , but if inflation went up , or the stock market turned sour , or the people you were buying it from were not very clever , you could do very much worse . |
| 9 | ‘ Les has had a few problems but he could do very well alongside Deanesy . ’ |
| 10 | Along the north bank , the crisp light was sharpening the noble outlines of majestic buildings , although it could do very little for stone blackened by the soot of ages . |
| 11 | Although Darwin had turned in the right direction , he could do very little with mind and culture during his lifetime for the same reason that he was helpless before the mysteries of heredity : the basic information and modes of thought were lacking to produce the stable foundation which he correctly viewed as essential . |
| 12 | ‘ At that time , we could do very little ’ , said Erich Schleier , curator of Italian baroque pictures at the Museum . |
| 13 | ‘ Even you , ’ said Robert , ‘ could do very little to deflect him if that was his intention . ’ |
| 14 | Inasmuch as ‘ good ’ television is confrontational , violent , full of event — why then , I think most people would agree , on reflection , yes , communally , we could do very well without TV . |
| 15 | They are young and talented and if they choose to turn professional they could do very well in pro events and become a major coaching influence in Ireland . |
| 16 | Nobody could do very much to a steak and kidney pie , she thought . |
| 17 | Normally it did n't harm relationships in the long term but there were occasions when people could feel very hurt . |
| 18 | Their furs were too thick and they could feel very little of each other , but Tallis unfastened his cloak and quickly kissed the cold , taut skin of his throat . |
| 19 | In a moist filling the bugs could multiply very fast . |
| 20 | If you have a cottage-style home , with bare brick on show , a brick arch could look very attractive , especially a wide one where two rooms have been joined into one . |
| 21 | These could look very good with one knitted in very shiny and one knitted in very matt yarn and in fact this use of shiny and matt yarn makes a beautiful fabric for a sophisticated dress or sweater , just right for your moon theme as it works best in very simple patterns to give full value to the contrast in textures . |
| 22 | Overall the party had done very well , getting 362 of the 531 " coupons " that were offered by Lloyd George and Law to approved candidates , but locally the position could look very different . |
| 23 | So , at worst , CD-I could look very close to full motion . |
| 24 | You could look very carefully at personnel , |
| 25 | He could remember very clearly the feeling of power and joy as he had held her head under the waters of the Danube that fine summer afternoon . |
| 26 | The Lollipop timetable of one night stands meant that they visited seventy-two venues in twelve weeks ; although they did not venture further than St. Louis , it was exhausting and afterwards they could remember very little about each town . |
| 27 | She could remember very little about his fatal collapse , no matter how many times she went over it in her mind . |
| 28 | Adam could remember very well but he was n't going to say so . |
| 29 | When he started getting drunk , he could become very unpleasant ’ ) . |
| 30 | So although the absence of key workers in Newham meant that there were few boundary disputes , it also meant that the development officer could become very closely involved in organising other services , and perhaps feel that other services took advantage of the Home Support Project and showed less involvement than would have been necessary without the project . |