Example sentences of "could [verb] [adv] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , despite its successes , Newton 's law of gravitation is fundamentally flawed : it is time independent , which would mean that the gravitational force could act instantaneously at all distances . |
| 2 | The wardrobe was unbelievable , you could walk in at one door and out of the other , several yards away . |
| 3 | But it is quite possible that the programme could go ahead at some point , and it would be comparatively cheap . |
| 4 | I could go on at great length on all these topics ; it would be very pleasant for me to say what I think and relieve Monsieur Geoffrey Braithwaite 's feelings by means of such utterances . |
| 5 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
| 6 | Er I could go on at great length about it if you wish me to but I 'm sure you do n't . |
| 7 | Given the right conditions they could flare up at any time . |
| 8 | This is because electricity generation is far more efficient when demand is consistent and the fact that recharging would take place at night plus the fact that peak transport demand is generally in summer , would mean that more generating plant could operate consistently at full load thus lowering the unit cost of electricity . |
| 9 | According to Sotheby 's expert they were of different dates … of different styles , by different hands , the sort of set anyone could put together at any time … |
| 10 | Alright , so you have only one , but by all he ( by the sound of it ) knows , a mate could come along at any time . |
| 11 | The White House wants to see stations that could come in at either $5 billion , $7 billion or $9 billion over the next five years . |
| 12 | Country churches were never locked ; you could wander in at any time . |
| 13 | At first the going was so firm that they could travel comfortably at 50 miles per hour , but then they had to head north and traverse what is known as the Grand Sea Erg . |
| 14 | It also used to be thought that pillow lavas could form only at great depths below the surface . |