Example sentences of "[indef pn] could [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , a trail of gunpowder from the bed under the doorway , then someone could have struck a tinder ? |
| 2 | When I was at university ( actually a rather seedy teacher training college in south-east London ) nobody could afford to run a car . |
| 3 | But anyway , we created that whole idea that no-one could photograph him , no-one could do do a story on him unless it was going to be a cover story , which was outrageous because he was virtually unknown in America . |
| 4 | A few years ago one could begin to glimpse a series of ‘ cushions ’ as IBM began to bring in more consultants , more temps , more part-timers , more student projects . |
| 5 | Though her lungs were aflame with her efforts , she rolled over and set off into the darkness of the tunnel that led outside before anyone could think to send a boat for her — though at least there were hiding places here in case they did . |