Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems that the church could perhaps take a lead in looking at the implications of suicide , and at possible ways of providing services to try and prevent it . |
| 2 | So you could literally have a situation in which you could live say er er a woman could er live er you know a mile from the state line and in one state er abortion er could be something which ended up with a doctor in prison for life , in another state , across the state line , it could be something which was er you know er provided free of charge by the state public health authorities . |
| 3 | It was pitch black ; she could scarcely see a hand in front of her . |
| 4 | I was subsequently paid to fly by the RAF ; after a lapse of 33 years I returned to the skies five years ago , when I could finally afford a share in a Cherokee which I now fly regularly from Ludham . |
| 5 | LIFE-SIZE three-dimensional characters inspired by the popular saucy postcards of Donald McGill could soon become a feature in a seaside resort . |
| 6 | She thought it dry , and it was , but she could not make a dent in the downpour itself . |
| 7 | In the event that it could not locate a world in reasonable proximity which possessed both a breathable atmosphere and acceptable conditions of gravity and temperature , a pod was capable of maintaining its passenger in a state of suspended animation for an almost indefinite period . |
| 8 | Opposition leaders urged that any loopholes in British-Irish extradition laws should be closed to ensure the Warrington bombers could not find a refuge in Ireland . |
| 9 | Formulary procedure was bound to the principle of condemnatio pecuniaria : whatever the action , in the last resort a judge could not order a remedy in specie , but only that a sum of money should be paid . |
| 10 | We could not have a debate in Committee and the House deserves serious answers on this extremely important issue . |
| 11 | Someone could easily make a fire in there . |
| 12 | They make the rule book mentality into an art form and could easily get a PhD in bureaucracy . |
| 13 | I could still write a letter in Doctor Jekyll 's name ! |
| 14 | Although the lack of any source comparable to Gregory means that no satisfactory comparison can be made between the sixth and seventh centuries , it is , nevertheless , clear that central secular authority could still play a part in the appointment of bishops in the later Merovingian period . |
| 15 | Workers could conceivably mistake a rise in money wages for a rise in real wage à la Friedman ( 1968 ) , but the Friedman speculation only makes sense if employers think ( perhaps mistakenly ) that the real wage rate has fallen to a level such as in Figure 6.10 . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes — from Italy , ’ Rosemary replied , and Leith could clearly hear a smile in her friend 's voice as though it had cheered her so much to hear Travis . |
| 17 | The recent growth of population meant that a smaller proportion of the workforce than before could also farm a smallholding in the manner of their ancestors ; many of them were now occupied full-time at their craft and both their cottage and their loom were rented from the manufacturers . |
| 18 | Cantors or animateurs could also have a place in those churches with a thriving musical tradition and they should not be regarded simply as emergency personnel . |
| 19 | Of course to avoid digging latrines , you could also stick a candle in whatever drips out of your bottom . |
| 20 | I was gon na say y could probably do a roller in the same fabric as |
| 21 | He knew that although Ulthuan could probably win a war in the bleak northern lands , the cost would be so high that the Elf realms would never recover . |
| 22 | And then they could n't sing a ballad in the key that they recorded it because of some studio trick ! |
| 23 | Unfortunately Mrs Buckley could n't sing a note in tune ; her throat sounded like it had gravel down it . |
| 24 | They were singers and they could n't sing a note in tune . |
| 25 | Miriam : You could n't oppress a woman in our traditional society , she had her place and her property . |
| 26 | One woman refused to accept a support worker as a night sitter ; the development officer said ‘ she could n't accept a stranger in the house at night ’ . |
| 27 | I just could n't take a journey in a confined space with a man who pronounced Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe as Sisty Dub and did n't think it was as good as the Lake District . |
| 28 | But they could n't see a boy in a red shirt . |
| 29 | For one thing , she could n't see a thing in the blackout without her glasses ; and for another , the uniform was n't half attractive enough . |
| 30 | Dougal could n't see a television in the room . |