Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April 1990 , B. & C. was told that Atlantic could not continue to trade without massive further support . |
| 2 | Smaller bands could not hope to act in planned campaigns . |
| 3 | A newcomer to the political scene , whether lord or man , could not hope to operate outside this existing network , but had instead to find himself a place within it . |
| 4 | A newcomer to the political scene , whether lord or man , could not hope to operate outside this existing network , but had instead to find himself a place within it . |
| 5 | He could not bear to walk past other people without any sign of recognition . |
| 6 | She could not bear to think of that , so she promised to keep her visit a secret from him . |
| 7 | She felt his hands on her back and her waist and could not manage to care about that either . |
| 8 | Then I had to be honest , and say that I could not guarantee to work for longer than four months . |
| 9 | There was not enough food being grown on the farms and the government could not afford to pay for all of the grain it had requisitioned from the farmers . |
| 10 | You agreed that a tiered membership structure ( with stepped rates ) was valuable in enabling those who could not afford to contribute above this lower rate to continue doing so . |
| 11 | The truth , more probably , is that he laid them aside to take on commissions for which he would be paid : at this stage in his life he could not afford to compose for sheer pleasure . ) |
| 12 | Can I can I do you think I could just ask to run through all these , cos er you you put a couple of strange tunes |
| 13 | Even in northern England the urban unemployed could easily turn to work on nearby farms in the summer : the striking weavers of Padiham ( Lancashire ) in 1859 supported themselves by hay-making . |
| 14 | I could hardly refuse to speak to such a good customer on the basis of your suspicions — however correct they turned out to be . |
| 15 | I could hardly wait to get in those bars . |
| 16 | The finale he takes at one of the fastest speeds on record ( 1'08 ’ ) , creating , without recourse to pedal haze and with only the slightest dynamic gradations within Chopin 's requested sotto voce e legato , as haunting an impression of the eerie intangibility of eddying ‘ wind over graves ’ as you could ever hope to hear from human fingers . |
| 17 | We had one free day each week — any one of our choice — and we could also elect to work for twelve days consecutively and then have two days off . |
| 18 | The flames did help to disperse the fog and also to make the runway more visible , but of course one air field could n't hope to cope with all the 8 Group heavies returning at the same time , and things were pretty chaotic for a few hours . |
| 19 | Britain and France had drifted into this war and could n't hope to win against such a combination . |
| 20 | In the back of his mind he knew the air in the Base was getting staler as the crisis progressed , but he could n't afford to worry about that now . |
| 21 | But Kevin Curren struck some crucial blows — runs that Warwickshire could ill afford to concede at this stage of the match . |
| 22 | Like Kandinsky 's jazz-inspired paintings , the animation is infused with energy , yet with a vibrancy he could never hope to achieve with still painting . |