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Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] [noun prp] could [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1	As the Servant of Yahweh , Jesus treads the path of suffering and obedience right the way to Calvary : so much so that Peter could describe his suffering and death in terms culled from the famous prophecy of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah :
2	‘ Hallo ? ’ he repeated , rather louder than necessary and so carefully that Hugh could hear the vowels tinkling into place .
3	She was next in line to Lily , five years older than the girl who had come to Riverstown and had the whole world in her pocket , so far as Bernadette could see .
4	It looked like some sort of play he was writing , so far as Bob could see .
5	But the baby , so far as Wendy could see , was in good order , firm of limb , bright of eye , smooth of skin and , once released from its wrapping , extremely lively .
6	Well laid out , so far as Newman could see while she made the tea .
7	‘ The Mamur Zapt ? ’ said Suleiman , surprised but , so far as Owen could tell , not disconcerted .
8	So far as Bragg could see , the man had clearly been killed by a crushing blow to the head .
9	Zelah was a cross to be borne more or less cheerfully and Helen could handle her , when necessary , by being devastatingly blunt .
10	She groaned and turned over , hoping she would fall asleep again , but her brain insisted on relaying pictures of her twin , so vividly that Dana could have been in the same room .
11	Maybe the Emp was further away than Biff could imagine .
12	For as long as Ruth could remember , huge red roses had sprawled across the kitchen walls , fading gradually to a sandy brown against the yellowed background .
13	It had hung in Maggie 's bedroom for as long as Phoebe could remember : she had not looked at it properly for years .
14	Each month , for as long as Peter could remember , she had gone through the bank statement and done the accounts .
15	His hair had been white for as long as Burun could remember , but this was the first time his age had seemed to affect his behaviour .
16	Lizzie Stroud had been Great-Aunt Alicia 's maid for as long as Sara could remember .
17	Because , as far as Juliet could see , there were two ways in which Donna could have received her AB blood group .
18	The old man said they were love songs he had written when young , but they seemed to be by Robert Burns as far as Nigel could remember .
19	As far as Trent could see , there was no reason at all .
20	The girl had returned earlier , and prematurely , from the hunt , but was not around as far as Tallis could see .
21	As far as Jenna could see there was nothing there .
22	Still , as far as Pete could tell , asleep .
23	As far as Lorton could tell , Dougal had n't done a bunk .
24	The psychiatrist was called Mr Rose and was , as far as Marcus could remember from time to time , medium in height , medium brown in colouring and with a medium tenor voice when he spoke , which was infrequently .
25	There were a few guards scattered to the side of the road , all armed , no more than six or seven as far as Adam could make out .
26	Mahmud , as far as Robert could make out , was offering the fat boy a ten-pound note for them .
27	There were , as far as Robert could tell , no other members of the British Mission for Islamic Purity , the organization the doctor claimed to represent .
28	Some of them , as far as Robert could tell , were completely unaware that Dr Ahmed Ali had officially decreed they were no longer worthy to share the planet with him .
29	It meant , as far as Robert could tell , a kind of consensus .
30	And as far as Greg could judge there were a great many writers who had found a place in the book who were quite as obscure or more so — poets whose flame had died with the end of the war , one-off playwrights whose experimental verse dramas had caused no more than a ripple of interest even in their own time .