Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Cameron , ’ she said , and her voice was tender , ‘ you 're the excitement in my life ; you do things for me William could n't even imagine . |
| 2 | The best I could do would be to say ‘ I like peaches better ’ , but quite apart from the logical objection to deriving ‘ Choose the peach ’ from this psychological statement , reliance on a generalization about my preference could get me into a habit which would dim my awareness of the tastes , until I fail to notice that I no longer like peaches as much as I did , or that at this moment I hanker after a pear , so that the abortive try at rationalization would make my choice less intelligent . |
| 3 | The recriminations and angst of an unhappy marriage that reverberated through my head could well have had a self-destructive influence in that lonely , haunting valley and finished me off for good , no doubt . |
| 4 | ‘ But more than this , his domination with every aspect of the club is such that the transition period after his departure could be as painful and prolonged as the one Leeds endured after Don Revie left in 1974 . ’ |
| 5 | Another participant stated that although there were any number of matters in relation to Making Belfast Work about which criticisms could be made , you can not bite off the hand which feeds you . |
| 6 | As the chart shows , the four weeks of the campaign have had almost no effect on voters ' opinions about which party could best handle the country 's non-economic as well as economic problems . |
| 7 | While Viscount Althorp , the late Earl Spencer , may have been proud of his new daughter — Diana was very much the apple of his eye — his remarks about her health could have been chosen more diplomatically . |
| 8 | One of the reasons for her unpopularity could be because right now she — and only she — has the full confidence of Kurt Cobain , the man without whom Nirvana ca n't function . |
| 9 | She had been prodded , probed , examined and X-rayed on numerous occasions , but no cause for her ill-heath could be unearthed . |
| 10 | Blue Circle engaged Black Horse Relocation , a specialist relocation company , to carry out ‘ staff clinics ’ during which staff could discuss their questions and problems with members of Black Horse and Blue Circle staff . |
| 11 | Counsel on both sides seem to have accepted that an Anton Piller order could have extra-territorial reach ; the challenge made for the defendant rested partly on an argument that an English court could not deal with title to or possession of foreign immovables ( rejected as there was an equity between the parties ) and partly on a plea of forum non conveniens ( rejected on the facts , and because reliance on an application in an alternative forum would cause a delay during which assets could be disposed of ) . |
| 12 | Dickinson , a cautious man , advocated limited innovations — in particular an agreement among states to observe a cooling-off period in international disputes , during which mediation could proceed and public opinion could mobilize against war . |
| 13 | The other necessary component was the deceased 's name , which through its power could preserve life and identity . |
| 14 | A browse through their catalogue could be very interesting . |
| 15 | The solution in Cunningham 's own school ( Madeley Court , Telford ) was a sophisticated library resource centre , on two levels , with a multi-media collection of materials , reprographic and audiovisual production facilities , and trunking to the library and other areas of the school through which audio-programmes could be distributed on command . |
| 16 | The dildo was made with a hollow tube through which liquid could be squirted by the machine . |
| 17 | Will the Minister respond urgently to the constructive plea that was put to him for help through which Northumberland could ease those budgetary restrictions this year and , of course , for an eventual change in that system ? |
| 18 | Inexperienced as I was in counselling , I nevertheless felt it essential that the school should offer itself as a support agency through which parents could find their way into the numerous services provided by the state , by the local authority and by voluntary organisations . |
| 19 | Religious experience offered a release through which women could testify to an authoritative experience in which gender was transcended . |
| 20 | Many writers have gone on to argue that such consensual preferences became even stronger once post-war reforms ensured a more representative structure through which citizens could contribute to the formation of a national consensus . |
| 21 | Only the windows had been modernized , with the old , many-paned windows replaced with blank sheets of glass through which Anna could see the inhabitants , burrowed deep in the comfortable fusty layers of their living-rooms , mindlessly absorbed in the relentless quacking of the television set . |
| 22 | In great contrast to that type of political thought which equates ‘ the social ’ with the constraint of a collectivity and with relations of domination , the Piaroa insist upon the opposite where ‘ the social ’ is viewed as the means through which humans could actively prevent the establishment of ( immoral ) relations of dominance ( Overing , in press ) . |
| 23 | At a recent CIT Metropolitan Section meeting , Brian Cox , MD of Stagecoach Rail , suggested a National Ticket Office through which tickets could be sold , presumably through a nationwide computer facility . |
| 24 | They had their own windows with dark blue oil-cloth roller-blinds through which Dot could see into the compartment of the train alongside just like looking over at a next-door house . |
| 25 | They spent so much time talking about gay things that they did n't actually have much time to do many gay things — which is why I think the really crucial thing that happened in the seventies was not the liberation of a particular sexuality but actually the liberation of a particular set of relationships through which people could enjoy sex , or not have sex , as the case may be . |
| 26 | For sure Cabinets were made and unmade on the floor of the House , but the Cabinet for its part could unmake the House of Commons because it enjoyed the right to ask for a dissolution and after the election it could look for support from amongst members in a new House of Commons . |
| 27 | The king himself was not paid ( although Edward Balliol , ‘ king ’ of Scots , drew payment both in times of war and peace ) but dukes received 13s. 4d ; earls 6s. 8d ; knights-baneret 4s ; knights-bachelor 2s ; and esquires 1s ; these last sums corresponding proportionately to the amount each might expect to spend on a horse ( as outlined above ) whose value was agreed in advance , so that compensation for its loss could be paid by the crown . |
| 28 | This was , and is , a particularly sensitive area for the average solicitor for their monopoly could be recognised by any member of the public and was a highly visible cost to anyone buying or selling a house . |
| 29 | The consultative document published in 1987 followed the principle that had been acknowledged for some time , drawing a distinction between essential items which were to remain free , and desirable but not essential items for which charges could be made , a distinction not in practice very easy to make . |
| 30 | It is not easy to imagine anything in the behaviour of natural flowers for which evolution could conceivably have needed to program bees to anticipate regular changes in distance . |