Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] could [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why I was head-hunted — in the hope I could do the same for them . ’ |
| 2 | From my position at the entrance to the dug-out I could see the wounded in the sunken road in the same positions they were in before the shelling started . |
| 3 | As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench . |
| 4 | Of course I could settle the whole thing by opening the cow up , but Mr Bailes was an old-fashioned type and did n't like the idea of my diving into his animal unless I was certain of my diagnosis . |
| 5 | The sea was flat , faintly streaked by a waning moon , and through the porthole of the saloon I could see the Southern Cross and the Milky Way , unblemished by cloud . |
| 6 | Through the gap in the fence I could see the red-haired woman hacking away at the tangle of greenery with a large silver blade that flashed in the sun . |
| 7 | Among his sacred possessions were an enormous club which could raise the slain to life again ; a magic harp whose music made its listeners forget sorrow ; an inexhaustible cauldron from which no-one is turned away hungry ; and two marvellous sheep — one eternally roasting , the other forever feeding in readiness for slaughter . |
| 8 | Your Lordships are well aware that the costs of litigation are a subject of general public concern and I personally would not wish to be a party to changing a well established rule which could have a substantial effect in increasing these costs against the advice of the Law Commissions and the Renton Committee unless and until a new inquiry demonstrated that that advice was no longer valid . |
| 9 | It would , for example , be an extraordinary institution which could encompass a thousand or so adolescents and not encounter some difficulty . |
| 10 | Registrants should be aware that non–compliance with the provisions of this Code may be relevant when considering professional disciplinary matters although adherence to the Code will be regarded as demonstrating good practice which could constitute the best protection against such action . |
| 11 | During World War II , it was the rough-and-ready American GI who could fix the stalled jeep in Normandy while the French regiment only looked on . |
| 12 | From her seat she could see the winding road that led up to the elegant gateway of Casa Madrid , and she could even see the sprinklers sending blessed water swirling over the melon and pineapple fields . |
| 13 | In a still moment of total blackness she could feel the sinewed strength , the velvet softness of the dragon 's tripes . |
| 14 | In the dark she could forget the inhuman perfection of his plastic face . |
| 15 | He even goes so far , as to claim that ‘ notionally , in the short term you could achieve the necessary revenue only with the IBM customers … |
| 16 | If she fixed her focus with enough concentration she could envisage the invisible barrier . |
| 17 | With the spring we could begin the long slow climb out of the recession . |
| 18 | On the positive side one could cite the wider political knowledge acquired by a territory invaded on all sides during 1917–21 , so that at least the many peasants , caught up in military life , like our travelling soldier , might acquire broader interests . |
| 19 | In terms of emotion one could use a grammatical analogy ( see Bolton , 1978 ) that the ‘ occurring ’ emotion expressed by a participant is a verb , whereas the emotion portrayed by a performer is descriptive , an adjective , no less . |
| 20 | As a result it could become the first estate in the area to have a 20mph speed limit introduced . |
| 21 | When he peeped through the gap he could see the big half-pillars supporting the lintel , the rounded stone steps leading down to the paved walkway and the wilderness of garden beyond . |
| 22 | As she leaned forward to twitch another grape from the bunch and almost toss it into her mouth he could see the faint freckles which smudged the dark forehead , the glisten of hairs above a carved upper lip . |
| 23 | Following the extraordinary congress on March 7-10 of the PCI [ see pp. 37330-31 ] , the secretary of the PSI , Bettino Craxi , indicated that the PSI would consider the possibility of working , at some future date , with a reformed and renamed PCI in the interests of establishing a new socialist unity which could provide an alternative potential government alliance . |
| 24 | Lawyers , prepared for a long High Court battle , are now working on a settlement which could bring an abject apology from BA . |
| 25 | I moved so quietly I barely stirred the dust , yet now in the English winter I could hear a spectral echo of angry laughter and I thought it was my own . |
| 26 | The new stripped-pine floor vibrated ; through the sash window I could see the black truck pulling up the drive towards the main road , the silver caravan coming behind like a drogue that was preventing the gypsies from submerging , escaping into the very centre of the earth . |
| 27 | Through the open window I could hear the two younger ones laughing at Hareton 's coarse way of speaking . |
| 28 | Through the blizzard she could see the constant effort of the family to keep their crude tent intact . |
| 29 | Outside the window she could hear a strong wind blowing . |
| 30 | Beneath her window she could see the white humps of the pot in her backyard — pots that in summer she filled with geraniums and petunias in an effort to bring some colour to the uniform greyness , beyond them the wall that bordered the yard was also white-crusted . |