Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The store will be built in stages and could eventually have enough room in its 30 vaults to store 6000 tonnes of spent fuel for up to 100 years . |
| 2 | I could only confess that loss in sounds |
| 3 | I think Dad was the kind of person who could only love one person in his life . |
| 4 | If that policy were applied throughout Britain , as was also said by the right hon. Gentleman , it would cost £1.2 billion — an additional cost to the taxpayer which could only mean less investment in roads . |
| 5 | Rahal , regarded as Mansell 's main rival this weekend , could only manage eighth place in qualifying because of problems with steering and road holding . |
| 6 | The Security Service , on the other hand , argued that violent demonstrations which threatened public order could only benefit political extremism in general , as it provided incentive for recruitment for both fascists and communists . |
| 7 | He felt that he could not stay another night in the house . |
| 8 | The tenor of his argument was that the Parliament due to meet in February 1545 could not provide enough money in time . |
| 9 | As a feudal ruler he could not concentrate all power in his own hands , and the East India Company saw that it had to deal with a hundred local rulers . |
| 10 | " Deferential conservatives " , " militant labourites " , " alienated workers " , " authoritarian personalities " , are types that are a sample of some population , but we could not list that population in advance . |
| 11 | In the AL and AH cases , we could not find any amyloid in the myenteric plexuses . |
| 12 | In the Divisional Court , Horridge J rejected this argument on the basis that an assignee who had neither taken possession nor attorned tenant could not claim specific performance in his own right … |
| 13 | Thus in a class of 31 fourth-formers , 14 pupils did not know in any terms however simple , the significance of Good Friday nor 9 of Easter Sunday ; 21 could not name one book in the New Testament and 27 one book in the Jewish Bible . |
| 14 | Sweden could still claim top place in Group Four , which would diminish England 's hopes of being seeded in Italy next summer , but the Swedes must win here in a fortnight and on yesterday 's evidence that could be difficult . |
| 15 | Mm , oh that as well we could always put other back in winter , in summer you know |
| 16 | Moscow could also expect Iraqi interest in Brezhnev 's initiative since Baghdad had floated a ‘ Pan-Arab Charter ’ early in 1980 , which inter alia had asserted the need to keep the Gulf free from all superpower bases . |
| 17 | Employers could also provide extra lighting in car parks and on paths on their premises , and to consider providing free transport to and from work , particularly for evening and night workers . |
| 18 | And I 'm sorry about that because we could probably settle this thing in twenty minutes . ’ |
| 19 | His prestige , like Aethelberht 's before him , could now find further expression in the diffusion of the new religion among the territories subject to him and through his personal participation in ecclesiastical affairs at the highest level . |
| 20 | Lay me on another half a gram ’ … and they 'd go , ‘ Alright ’ … in the end , you 'd owe them a coupla grams and you 'd have to go shoplifting in Chester or something 'cos you could n't go round town in case they were there … . |
| 21 | I could n't see much point in viewing this perfectly healthy animal again but I promised to call . |
| 22 | She was more than well acquainted with Lubor 's proclivity to see an invitation to grow amorous where there was none , though since he could n't do more than verbally flirt over the dinner table she could n't see any harm in accepting . |
| 23 | And you could n't get any money in the old days . |
| 24 | Curran formed a useful partnership with centre-back Lee Hirst and with Adrian Meyer expected to be out through injury until Christmas , Curran could well start next season in the first team fray . |
| 25 | We agree that such changes could theoretically cause some variation in determination of sperm concentration . |
| 26 | It was a strange fact that the Germans who so admired soldierly qualities could never understand soldierly integrity in a prisoner of war , whereas the British , least military of all nations , were probably the most spirited prisoners . |