Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figure in the seat was human , as far as he could make out in the murky light , but there was something about the awkward way it was sprawled in the chair that made him glad he could n't see it any clearer . |
| 2 | Dexter pressed his nose against the grid of cold metal but all he could make out in the shadowy interior was a counter and the shimmer of clothes hung up in plastic bags . |
| 3 | In 1970 — if you were eighteen and could lay your hands on a little ready money — it was almost de rigueur to travel overland to Greece where , in an idyllic island setting , you could hang out in the coolest way imaginable with amiable drug-dealers and liberated chicks . |
| 4 | It was a worry when we did n't get a pension and when it did come , it alleviated things , but we know it could run out in the New Year . |
| 5 | But I could go up in a few weeks . |
| 6 | Leith snapped angrily — and realised she could go on in the same vein until she was blue in the face and it still would n't dent him . |
| 7 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
| 8 | The runners string out in a line across the road as it is unsafe to have them five or six deep ; if one of the front runners fell , sacks of coal and people could end up in a nasty heap . |
| 9 | The Council could end up in a net loss position as currently there is a non-alignment of EC Development programme priorities and Regional Council capital spending priorities . |
| 10 | If this frequency does n't suit you , now is the time to talk things through because otherwise you could end up in a longterm relationship in which sex is not what you thought it would be . |
| 11 | In case you had n't noticed , Ulster 's John Reid is having a barnstorming season and he could end up in the top four in the championship with over 100 winners . |
| 12 | In case you had n't noticed , Ulster 's John Reid is having a barnstorming season and he could end up in the top four in the championship with over 100 winners . |
| 13 | ‘ We could end up in the lunatic situation of the TDC having to pull it down to make way for a new development . ’ |
| 14 | BE good to your secretary or you could end up in the worst seats on business flights and be booked into lousy hotels . |
| 15 | He was at Ibrox in 1971 when 66 fans died in a crush on the steps of the stadium ; in September 1980 , he had to watch the pathetically outmatched Welsh bantam-weight Johnny Owen die at the hands of Lupe Pintor , after writing beforehand ‘ this fight could end up in the intensive care unit ’ ; and he saw the heart-bursting tension of a World Cup qualifying match kill the man with whom he had an almost filial relationship , the Celtic and Scottish national football manager , Jock Stein . |
| 16 | They were not the sort you could put out in a black bin bag and hope they would be gone in the morning . |
| 17 | The minds of the other literate villagers were dissipated on what they could pick up in a random manner : most of it naturally consisted of religious tracts , the traditional fodder left over from the past . |
| 18 | Grant , the people could come back in a few minutes |
| 19 | Len was unquestionably one of the best defenders in the 3rd Division South in the mid-1950s , but in addition he was a talented fellow who could turn out in a surprising number of positions ( he actually played in seven different ones for us , and that in a day when ‘ utility ’ players were unusual ) and his Palace career spanned ten seasons . |