Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Serpell 's suggestion that this line should close could cost British Rail more money in through-tickets than it would gain from shutting the line . |
| 2 | Apart from all other considerations , while the parent-child side of the worker-client relationship may raise all kinds of unconscious desires , it is also subject to deep-seated taboos around the idea of incest ; the guilt which sexual intercourse between worker and client might arouse could go well beyond conscious personal or professional remorse and bring further problems to both people concerned , as well as others . |
| 3 | For example , his account of the nine different reasons why two scientists might disagree could go verbatim into any elementary course on the social relations of science , whilst the extended analogy between ‘ growing science ’ and establishing an orchard should be required reading for every would-be science politician in any nation that aspires to modernity . |
| 4 | Nothing Jake might say could upset her any more . |
| 5 | You 'd never think we could eat could eat proper food . |
| 6 | And nothing she could think could raise her arm |
| 7 | Nothing Mr Landor could do could touch her any longer — she could endure rages , witness violence and not flicker an eyelid . |
| 8 | I mean you 'd take could take twenty guys stood there . |
| 9 | According to this the current demands for traffic calming alone in the council could have could amount to between five and ten million pounds . |
| 10 | The Swindon success story is n't just on the field … off the field they 've been rebuilding too … the overdraft is below a million … but the world of football the town of Swindon still wonders if the County Ground could cope could afford the premier league … |
| 11 | I used to like them along there , it was nice cos you could go could combine a a walk by the sea with looking for bargains . |
| 12 | The things they could learn could damage their nature in its essence . |
| 13 | I have had discussions with those people , collectively and individually , but even were the leaders prepared to make some concessions , the strongly held views of people at both ends of the spectrum are such that it would be exceedingly difficult to introduce a proposal to the House which hon. Members would accept could form the basis for coherent , workable and enforceable legislation . |
| 14 | Examples of the types of decisions that managers will make could include : |