Example sentences of "could [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NEVER write on the will itself , or attach anything to it ( even with a paper clip ) as this could affect its validity in the future . |
| 2 | This authority is taking a somewhat different view to that public inquiry than the erm the highways authority er after shire hill er erm so I I think if we were to take a decision tonight it could affect our position at the public inquiry adversely er and I would not want us to get into that situation so I think to some extent er councillor timing on this motions is wrong and we should n't be be er discussing it now . |
| 3 | Serious naturalists could sprinkle their descriptions of the internal organization of new species with references to the skill of the Creator who had designed such complex living structures . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , Sophie — if you could throw your caution to the winds . |
| 5 | ‘ And it 's absolutely spotless , you could eat your meals off the floor . |
| 6 | She was confident that she could make her mark on the Rummidge Department in three years . |
| 7 | She could make her living as a potter if she wanted to ; she 's a natural . ’ |
| 8 | She made her way to the small side gate that opened on to the alley and which in the daytime was kept permanently open so that tradesmen could make their way to the kitchens through the vegetable garden . |
| 9 | Still prefers to work by himself — a trait of which he is aware , but one that could make him retreat into a bubble when he most needs help . |
| 10 | Kevin Thomas , a 17-year-old striker who has scored eight goals during the reserve team 's 14-match unbeaten run , could make his debut for the Tynecastle club . |
| 11 | Pat Cash , out for eight months with an Achilles tendon injury , could make his comeback in the doubles at the Australian Open in Melbourne next month . |
| 12 | The cops would be watching the bus station and the railroad terminal , but maybe I could bribe my way aboard a tramp steamer for Macao or Shanghai . |
| 13 | Yet he could convey his feelings about the country with real emotion , as in the extract from his description of Cockley Beck . |
| 14 | However Greene King could relaunch their bid in the near future … and even if they do n't … they 'll still be holding a forty-three per cent stake in the company |
| 15 | At one level , he finally found a spiritual home , a sanctuary from which he could vent his spleen on the oppressive bourgeois institutions which had duped him . |
| 16 | Or you could hang your eggs on a white-painted twig ‘ tree ’ standing in earth in a flower pot . |
| 17 | Lowered on a helicopter ladder over Anfield , he could bellow his instructions through a loudhailer , thus keeping in touch with his players while observing the letter of UEFA law . |
| 18 | The next day , Mackie , of Craigcrook Road , Edinburgh , had attended a meeting at Mr Runciman 's office so the investment analyst could update his notes on the company . |
| 19 | A nation of cricket lovers could bury their heads in the dust of the Oval and forget all about Continental goings-on . |
| 20 | As an ENP I could discuss my patients with the senior medical staff only ; in practice this meant the registrars . |
| 21 | She dreaded the onset of winter , and on waking this morning she had thought that she could smell its breath in the air . |
| 22 | I smiled to myself as I let in the clutch and moved off I would stop at the shop and tell the little man that he could collect his pans without the slightest fear of being torn limb from limb , but my overriding emotion was one of relief that I had not cut the sparkle out of the big dog 's life . |
| 23 | Is it because the Labour party feels that it could not convince the people but could achieve its objectives through a centralist bureaucracy in Europe — rather than through argument and persuading its own people ? |
| 24 | After a year or so of disappointment , my Dad gently explained about air waves , and I reasoned that if Dick Barton could send his voice through the air waves , God certainly could . |
| 25 | He was ill — except that how many diseases came on so quickly that a man could send you flowers in the morning and by dinner be incapable of lifting the telephone ? |
| 26 | The occupier could exclude his duty to the visitor but not to the trespasser . |
| 27 | This approach created an environment in which students could present their responses in a personal yet interactive way in an evaluation session which was organised by the Department , but run by two members of staff from the Access Unit . |
| 28 | If it could bring its cost-effectiveness nearer the average , it could recruit up to the establishment that the Home Secretary has recommended . ’ |
| 29 | We were completely thrown when one woman asked if she could bring her daughter to the next session . |
| 30 | ‘ I could bring your views to the attention of the Vice President in charge of Overseas Operations ’ he added placatingly . |