Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps I could stay here for a day or two , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Nothing could stay outside on a night like this . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They competed to see who could eat most in the hotel restaurant and gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas . |
| 5 | An obvious possibility is that the QPO timescale ( 500s ) is an orbital period ; the modulation could arise directly from the presence of bright spots on an accretion disc , or could drive physical variations , as in the accretion disc corona model . |
| 6 | One scenario Western strategist feared was the possibility of the USSR basing Backfire bombers in Afghanistan , which could range widely across the Indian Ocean . |
| 7 | She could think better in the darkness , and Gay 's letter had effectively banished all desire to sleep . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The statements could relate to past facts ( i. e. they could mean that those services were provided last season ) or they could relate only to the future ( i.e. that they will be provided next season ) . |
| 10 | Flora envied them because all the things she craved in life they could buy cheaply in the NAAFI . |
| 11 | Not some peasant boy she could steal away with the promise of a better life , but a youth sheltered by his wealth , closed to her . |
| 12 | ‘ Go ahead , ’ said Jay , enjoying this objective discussion where she could focus entirely on the delirium and dilemma of Lucy . |
| 13 | Until now he had never believed it to be true , that something as heavy as gold could fall naturally from the sky . |
| 14 | Finally , the court could act directly in the interests of the victims and instruct the corporation to compensate them . |
| 15 | The loop could act only as a monitor to be interrogated in the case of breakdown of comprehension . |
| 16 | Those leafing through their history books for an earlier model for the current recession could linger fruitfully over the pages that cover the 1870s . |
| 17 | Using EBG , one might observe just one species , a sparrow , and deduce that any bird with short wings and a short beak could survive comfortably on a diet of seeds and insects . |
| 18 | My father went back to stirring the soup , which I could smell now above the cigar smoke . |
| 19 | Or if by any chance the boat was not there , or too securely chained , he could swim across at a pinch . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Not only that but the Board predicted that with its second station it could improve substantially on the Sizewell performance , setting British construction times and operating records among the best in the world . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This type of arable cropping could contribute greatly to the income of smaller units . |
| 24 | The allegation was foreign to Papert and his colleagues , but it is true that Servan-Schreiber would be politically safer and the centre financially more secure , if French industry could contribute substantially to the hardware required for pilot projects . |
| 25 | As far as they were concerned , and like most Arab players in the narcotics game , the DEA was welcome to play one side off against another , so long as they could watch safely from the sidelines . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Where parents fail to provide a reasonable standard of care it will be relevant to consider whether they could do so with the provision of appropriate support services ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 28 | Even a pious man like Jovellanos could feel bitterly at the attempts of the Inquisition to sabotage his plans for establishing a modern technical institute at Gijon . |
| 29 | It seems likely that his real mission was to find an escape route for the board , so that it could steer clear of the incident and avoid involving the central state in any direct decision over sex education . |
| 30 | 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 . |