Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the choice was hers — she could stay on in the cottage for the weekend as planned , or she could cut her losses and head for home . |
| 2 | Relating to investment that could locate elsewhere in the U K or in Europe but which would only be attracted to this site if it , to a site , if it is erm sorry , availabil if the availability of this site , if this site is made available on terms similar to those of competing locations . |
| 3 | They competed to see who could eat most in the hotel restaurant and gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas . |
| 4 | She could think better in the darkness , and Gay 's letter had effectively banished all desire to sleep . |
| 5 | Jessop could bat anywhere in the order , but I will have him at No.5 , on the understanding that he is prepared to move up should the situation call for more urgency . |
| 6 | Flora envied them because all the things she craved in life they could buy cheaply in the NAAFI . |
| 7 | Finally , the court could act directly in the interests of the victims and instruct the corporation to compensate them . |
| 8 | The 1896 discovery by Eduard Buchner ( 1860–1917 ) that fermentation could carry on in the absence of living cells seemed like the final nail in the coffin . |
| 9 | There are signs , too , that their enterprise could result soon in the signing of a pivotal deal with the rump of the Football League : the present Second , Third and Fourth Divisions . |
| 10 | With my mind working with the speed of desperation , it seemed I would be safest where I was till I could break away in the direction of the bus station . |
| 11 | Rose Hill could do well in the women 's event now that last year 's champion from Denmark , Connie Hansen , has decided not to take part this time . |
| 12 | The train rattled through the suburbs , then slid between the brick backs of tall tenement blocks where Dot could look right in the windows at women standing by their kitchen sinks . |
| 13 | Whoever it was could ring again in the morning if they wished to . |
| 14 | We were then on the coast path , near an old abandoned aerodrome and could see ahead in the distance Wooltack Point near a cluster of islands . |
| 15 | Artistic Reef , successful at Lingfield last time , could follow up in the Prestwold Conditions Stakes . |
| 16 | He had reason to suspect that she had saved money and his life could glow again in the concentration of her attention . |
| 17 | II.C.236 ’ , one could move upward in the classification to ‘ 2 . |
| 18 | She could walk safely in the forest of city streets and that no harm could touch her . |
| 19 | ‘ Bragad asked the Warbutt if the captains and the lords could drink alone in the hall . |
| 20 | But the settlement is believed to have given Kuwait assurances that its production could go up in the summer if the market is strong enough . |
| 21 | And then it 's got to be regional , national or international investment which could go elsewhere in the U K or in Europe . |
| 22 | I could go anywhere in the house . |
| 23 | I could go anywhere in the world and people would recognize me as an athlete . |
| 24 | As I looked at his stern face , I knew I could go anywhere in the world with him as a colleague , but I could never lose my freedom by marrying him . |
| 25 | Yes , but you could go anywhere in the world , skiing , and it will still |
| 26 | I really think , although I would not be prepared to put it to the test , that you could go out in the streets of London in your nightdress and nobody would notice . |
| 27 | some members of a band could go out in the evening and pop into a whole bunch of places to ask if they will give them a gig . |
| 28 | It had not occurred to him that he could stand up in the pub , leave the beer half-drunk , the sandwich half-eaten , walk out into the London early evening . |
| 29 | but if I could live anywhere in the world it would definitely be London. ! ’ |
| 30 | Well I could come along in the evening perhaps . |