Example sentences of "could [adv] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could not properly take account of my experience of separatism without acknowledging my feelings of being swept away by this sort of fervour . |
| 2 | Under the 1982 rule change member firms could not be owned by a single non-member and could not therefore become part of wider groupings — a fact which meant that the London exchange had , in some senses , closed its doors to the rest of the international community . |
| 3 | Within the terms of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention it could not therefore claim performance of this support if it were to become needed . |
| 4 | One night during our charter , when we had been sipping whisky under the stars , Senator Crowninshield had told me that no fat man could ever again become President of the United States . |
| 5 | ‘ I was n't getting any respect , any money ; I could n't even get hold of Richard when I wanted to , so I decided to put my foot down and straighten things out . |
| 6 | The shadow on the step , the wind in his eye , the very fact that Fly was here when he never came into the city on weekdays : it all added up to something he could n't quite catch hold of . |
| 7 | They could quite easily form part of the agenda for the annual review of these institutions in their new roles . |
| 8 | They could no longer plead ignorance of God . |