Example sentences of "[coord] could [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do we know , or could we speculate on Gazza 's asking price ? |
| 2 | Specifically , environmental scientists have posed the politically charged question : are the catastrophic climate changes measured in this and previous work at the crest of Greenland the result of climate boundary conditions unique to a glaciated North America , or could they recur tomorrow ? et all . |
| 3 | So , so you were n't really doing anything on their sort of personal development or their social problems or , you know , could they get jobs or could they get work or what were the pressures on them , how |
| 4 | Were these merely eddies in the mud on the bottom of the primeval seas or could they have been formed by living organisms ? |
| 5 | Or stuck in the back of an office , or , or could they have something sort of glossy like the half kingdom Tourist Board stars , that they can put on their windows , to let people know that at least that particular nursing home or whatever establishment it is , has been duly inspected by our Fire Services ? |
| 6 | Or could she have got it off one of those star dogs ! |
| 7 | Or could it ignite ? |
| 8 | Do you , for instance , want a disco because it will bring a welcome break to an otherwise ( necessarily ) heavy and demanding programme , or could it prove too sharp a contrast and interrupt the concentration you 're trying to establish ? |
| 9 | Perhaps she had suffered a small fit after all , or could it have been a touch of fever ? |
| 10 | And did he know the reason or could he offer any explanation for her unusual demeanour at the meet ? |
| 11 | Had he convinced himself , or could he produce at will this rapture to convince others ? |
| 12 | Or could he claim that he was defending his friend with reasonable force ? |
| 13 | Did it mean he was a problem , or could he solve problems ? |
| 14 | ‘ I must see you urgently , she tells me , shall I come out there or could you meet me in town ? |
| 15 | I 'll put you down for 5,000 of this new one at 50p each , or could you manage 10,000 ? " |
| 16 | Well , that 's very bad , or could you pass them on to somebody that could , could do the crossword ? |
| 17 | Do you feed your pet on unnecessarily expensive food or could you buy a cheaper alternative ? |
| 18 | Or could you prove the rules of logic without using the rules to do so ? |
| 19 | Or could you find out how many flies one swallow would eat in five hours ? |
| 20 | Do you have to go quite far away to see all these things or could you see most of them on Shapinsay ? |
| 21 | ‘ Or could you have some reason for wanting to avoid me ? ’ |
| 22 | Should I wait until the highlights have grown out or could I have a colour put on top ? |
| 23 | Since it 's not getting past the ROM stage when I boot up , is this a fault in the ROM , or could I have contracted a virus ? |
| 24 | Nor could we expect the adherents of each approach to treat any anomaly as a reason for rejecting it . |
| 25 | Entrants to the School were to be no younger than six nor older than ten , nor could they stay without special consent beyond the age of fourteen . |
| 26 | Nor could they make an effective search in the mist and the dark , even if they wanted to . |
| 27 | In many ways the first two UDCs could not have possessed more diverse characteristics nor could they have differed more greatly in their potential to transform their respective areas from derelict urban landscapes to localities resonant with dynamic private sector activity . |
| 28 | Nor could they have been after business regained its initiative in 1947 . |
| 29 | Nor could they turn their backs on the housing needs of the people already living in the county . |
| 30 | Nor could they predict the age of marriage at the outset of their careers , and there is no doubt truth in the employers " point that such expectations coloured their attitude to work . |