Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Non-swimmers wore coloured bathing hats ; those who could swim at least a length wore white hats , those who had passed the bronze medal wore black caps , and a very few wore silver for the silver medal . |
| 2 | The term " Unusual Attitudes " is taken to mean that the aircraft has adopted an attitude which could result in either a stall , spin or spiral dive . |
| 3 | From here we could see for quite a distance , but there was no sign of the hunt , nor any sound . |
| 4 | Issues to be considered include the use of water , water disposal and atmospheric emissions — in fact anything which could impinge on how a field may be developed . ’ |
| 5 | But now only the grim reality of a rebuilding task , which could take at least a generation , occupies the minds of those struggling to put their newly independent countries on their feet . |
| 6 | This time she could drink with scarcely a tremor . |
| 7 | Sighing , she looked around the elegant hallway , drastic cuts would have to be made but she could manage with just a cook and a maid , the others would have to be paid off . |
| 8 | He switched on the radio and learned that temperatures of minus 6 were expected tonight ; the forecaster believed they were due for a ‘ cold snap ’ which could last at least a week . |
| 9 | That was all he could say for quite a time ; but when he had recovered his confidence he said a lot more , all of it expressing gratitude to Sheila for her quick thinking and great pluck and shame for his own and Chuck 's roughness with her earlier . |