Example sentences of "it could possibly [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would offer a considerable threat to the future supply of labour were it not for the fact that agriculture also attracts a disproportionate number of school-leavers — more , in fact , than it could possibly cope with if they were all to stay in the industry . |
| 2 | Sir , Skelton has taken all of that that it could possibly stand , without destruction . |
| 3 | To Peggy Say , Anderson 's sister , it seemed that some particularly keen sympathy compelled North never to turn down her requests to see him , when all she would do was sit at his desk upbraiding him and complaining and crying ; and when all he could do was repeat , cryptically , infuriatingly , that the government was doing everything it could possibly think of . |
| 4 | Do you do you think erm your father when he started the shop in twenty six , would ever imagined that it could possibly go on to the the end of the century ? |
| 5 | It could possibly have happened before . |
| 6 | It could possibly have been an animal , for witnesses have described it as being ‘ woolly ’ and having a stale smell , rather like a sheep . |
| 7 | But even should she explain it to her as his ruse to get his own way with her , there was still the possibility that the ruse might not have come off ; in anyone older than him and less strong , it could possibly have achieved its object . |
| 8 | It is not stated by the originator as to the exact site of the primary tumour from which MKN45 and MKN45G were derived but because of the gastrin secretory nature of MKN45G it could possibly have been in the antrum . |
| 9 | Unfortunately it is exactly these thoughts and behaviours which make the panic attack worse , make us terrified of having another and make us begin to avoid any and every situation where it could possibly happen again . |
| 10 | Despite the murmurs of anxiety over recent months , none of us considered realistically it could possibly happen . |
| 11 | This was just about as bad as it could possibly get . |
| 12 | And when in 1973 the Lord Chief Justice was asked to ‘ give some guidance upon the phrase ‘ cohabiting as man and wife ’ he swiftly handed back the poisoned cup , saying that the phrase was ‘ so well known that nothing I could say about it could possibly assist in its interpretation hereafter ’ . |