Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could perhaps find a replacement make-up artist , though that would prove difficult at such short notice , but someone coming in at the last moment would find it hard to cope with the unusual styles , and the actors would be having problems enough dealing with first-night nerves without having to face any added strain . |
| 2 | She caught worldwide attention last year when she claimed in a defence of prostitution charges that she could only satisfy a sex addiction by selling herself to the long line of men . |
| 3 | In this way , the company was guaranteed a yearly income and it could thus pursue a programme policy that was developed with little regard for the wishes of the audience . |
| 4 | If the chain proves popular you could soon have a Food Giant near you . |
| 5 | ‘ It self-seeds ’ could soon become a warning note , striking as much fear into gardeners hearts as ‘ It propagates easily from root cuttings ’ does to anyone who has tried in vain to remove some acanthus or bindweed from a flower bed . |
| 6 | And we could just hev a lock o ’ goat 's cheese . ’ |
| 7 | When he stood up he could just see a fire engine as if on the high seas diving and heaving towards him . |
| 8 | I know people mean well , but they should realise that they could easily offer a child fruit like an apple or a banana instead . |
| 9 | His glance swept all three of us challengingly : as if one could possibly forget a Surkov improvisation ! |
| 10 | The whiskers were too small to see with the naked eye and nobody could possibly make a testing machine on that scale . |
| 11 | I could , I could quickly get a Sunderland scarf , believe me , Ann . |
| 12 | The Society prospered , although at its 1852 annual public tea it could hardly hold a Christmas cheese and wine party members were saddened by the numbers that had fallen from grace once the hay and corn harvests had been collected . |
| 13 | I would suggest to you that given that and also the wording in the justification under the old Policy E three , that in fact you could hardly get a tissue paper between this policy that is now before you and the previous policy . |
| 14 | At first Jane could hardly understand a word Mervyn said , but he was too good-humoured to be offended . |
| 15 | Witt , a big-serving 6ft 3ins American , produced a disastrous 12 double faults in the match but most of those came in the first set and a half when Wilkinson could hardly put a foot wrong . |
| 16 | Yeah because then you could have that , you could like have a story board for that advert that you thought of . |
| 17 | Not just bars and restaurants — and there were plenty of those — but most of the shops were still open : you could still buy a winter outfit birthday card book or a pressure cooker and lots of people were doing so . |
| 18 | She could still get a phone call telling her sh telling her no , that 's the other thing . |
| 19 | At about 2.15 , someone from the Cardiff side threw the first stone , then the bricks started flying : if they could n't get at each other on land , then they could always fight a missile war and there was plenty of ammo flying around : the workmen who put the fence in had not swept up the chunks of broken concrete around the supports . |
| 20 | And I never found any embarrassment there because there was I always saw the wom woman , you could always see a woman chemist . |
| 21 | Pedrosa waves his arms about in the air furiously when asked if Mota could ever set a world record . |
| 22 | It could also represent a problem-solving type of investment . |
| 23 | You could also use a filter starter containing a bacteria culture to speed the establishment of a sound colony of bacteria in your chosen filter ( PFK April ) . |
| 24 | Youngsters could also enter a map drawing competition and have the chance to win a Young Rambler 's Adventure Kit of boots , rucksack and waterproofs . |
| 25 | What was crucial here as far as Chicago was concerned was that it could now boast a movie theatre as good as anything in New York and that the movies had been decisively disassociated from ‘ immoral ’ ragtime music by now being coupled with the Symphony . |
| 26 | You could even use a polaroid camera , show them the photo , ask them to recreate that moment . |
| 27 | One prominent cinema organist would completely lose control of his feet when attempting to record ; the violinist Bronislaw Huberman needed perfect quiet , and could even hear a typist operating six storeys away , but Jan Kubelik , though always needing to stand on a rubber mat , had possessed perfect studio concentration . |
| 28 | It could even put a question mark over the future of England captain and selector Graham Gooch , whose fitness and discipline regime have become a hallmark of the current side , and which Gower has had some difficulty fitting in with . |
| 29 | You could even run a contrast border of webbing around the walls just under the ceiling , and around doors , windows and skirting board as well if you like . |
| 30 | I could even imagine a frying pan leaping into the fire . |