Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] to that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The employer delegate Fraser , referring to equal payment for fat and lean said , " of course , we could not agree to that sort of thing " , and significantly there were no male piece-workers at all employed at his firm , Neill 's . |
| 2 | ‘ You can point at any object on the screen , click on it and do everything you could possibly do to that object without having to remember any instructions , ’ says Ms Reay . |
| 3 | Comment was made this morning , er earlier on by Mr Timothy about the fact that the new settlement would be likely to generate a higher usage of transport than is the norm for Greater York , if I understood him correctly , erm , knowing the public transport system in Greater York , erm , I fail to see how he could possibly come to that conclusion , because bus services in the rural part of Greater York are very poor , clearly that 's partly because of the distribution of the rural population , and I fail to see that a settlement of the size being suggested would actually generate a level of usage of public transport any higher than that which ex already exists in the York in flat , and certainly no higher than exists within the exis existing urban area . |
| 4 | ‘ You could always lie to that effect if he does happen to ask you about it , ’ Luke suggested harshly . |
| 5 | Well , Felipe could n't go to that woman anyhow because she was with her husband no matter what signals she had been giving Felipe . |