Example sentences of "which could [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Put it down , Carol , it 's not yours , ’ said Melanie in a voice which could have cheered a hockey team on the playing fields of Roedean . |
| 2 | Hope looked keenly at the man , held his gaze a moment — a glance which could have ruled a line straight from eye to eye — and then snapped to attention . |
| 3 | He thinks his team were robbed of a penalty which could have meant a replay . |
| 4 | Here , Green saw an opportunity to negotiate an arrangement which could have resolved a number of problems . |
| 5 | The lack of fully operational IPPs , which could have provided a safeguard against inconsistency , adds to workers ' anxiety that Elizabeth and Helen are being let down . |
| 6 | APIVOTAL £21million stake in besieged merchant bank Morgan Grenfell was yesterday put up for auction by Hanson as talks which could have heralded a Morgan-BZW merger broke down . |