Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gone were the days when she could just get up in the morning , make coffee , leave a note for Mrs Bennett and go off to Brentwoods with , maybe , the anticipation of quite an exciting day . |
| 2 | If you want gourmet cooking you could always scout around in the village and see what you can get ! |
| 3 | The youth drew the pirogue up the grey sand and crept forward to the clearing , and stood , trying to piece together the disorder that he could dimly pick out in the darkness . |
| 4 | As the Ice Age stabilised , the run-off of nitrogen-rich sediments would decline , the marine organisms would fare less well , and carbon dioxide could again build up in the atmosphere , playing a part in ending the cooling phase ( Nature , vol 302 , p 328 ) . |
| 5 | On the way to Mrs Zamzam 's land , I looked across the same Lebanese border from the Israeli side and could actually make out in the far distance Mrs Zamzam 's camp at Rashidiyeh inside Lebanon . |