Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He suddenly wondered whether she smiled like that because she could rarely allow herself the full release of a complete smile , but must always keep one side of her lips tucked under control . |
2 | This birth was so quick and easy , Wilson could not think it the same process as Oreste 's . |
3 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
4 | The legislation reflected a judgement that local authorities could not deliver what the national interest required . |
5 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
6 | He said that intellect took one so far but could not take one the whole way . |
7 | I could probably give you the best idea by saying that I conducted most of my tests at an output rating of only 8 watts per channel and that there was sufficient volume to overwhelm a large mammal . |
8 | It was the part of Sabbo in Rope ; mind you , I had been offered two leading roles at other reps that could n't give me the vital Equity card — so Sabbo it was . |
9 | I I could n't tell you the exact number but it was over a hundred shops in Edinburgh . |
10 | And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad ! |
11 | Because obviously if you had one particular factory on the tideway and another producing an identical product and identical effluent in one of the tributaries , you could n't treat them the same because they 're patently different cases . ’ |
12 | Well you could n't find them the other day , you said they were n't there did n't you ? |
13 | Gooseneck could n't remember what the marital row was about . |
14 | I could actually give you the exact figures er or or Mr but I wo n't give them at at the moment of the top of my head . |