Example sentences of "could [verb] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were both disappointed but Nellie said we could wait until the next time . |
| 2 | Reform has already begun : this weekend voters could choose for the first time a single named candidate for the lower house , instead of numbers on a party list . |
| 3 | Quick air-reinforcement with infantry was one thing , but any serious fighting or prolonged operations would need far heavier loads and greater tonnages of ammunition and supplies than the RAF could lift in the required time scale . |
| 4 | And they could see for the first time the lights of settlements off in the dark distance of the Vale . |
| 5 | At peak capacity some 56 people — seven teams of eight surgical staff — could work at the same time . |