Example sentences of "it could [adv] [vb infin] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I , I would I would have thought it could have , could take , it could easily take ten days .
2 It could n't take one cylinder of it
3 It had to be Travis , and that spurred her on to reckless speed , putting too much weight on her much tried ankle , until it could only do one thing — collapse under her .
4 It could only mean one thing : they suspected that the sleek Strasbourgeois citizenry might be planning to outdo Warsaw , Budapest , Berlin and Prague by marching up the Avenue de la Paix to overthrow 12 governments at once .
5 It could only mean one thing .
6 Unfortunately , it could only accommodate six people and a crate of Nettles Agricultural Sherry so , as membership grew , tempers were often explosive and much precious nectar was spilt .
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