Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv prt] in court " in BNC.

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1 And he added it was absurd that Army units which uncovered intelligence about intended attacks on UDR men , as at Drumnakilly outside Omagh , should end up in court .
2 ‘ I can imagine you could stand up in court and say a thing like that without blinking an eye , ’ he said as if the thought astonished him .
3 ‘ I do n't think that would hold up in court , ’ said Peggy softly .
4 ‘ Not one that would stand up in court . ’
5 The District Attorney ( this is an American story ) believes the prisoners to be guilty of a serious crime , but has no proof that would stand up in court .
6 But his distaste went deeper than irritation at an unwelcome complication to his inquiry , at the bizarre intrusion of irrationality into a job so firmly rooted in the search for evidence which would stand up in court , documented , demonstrable , real .
7 At best it is an armchair consideration of whether the case would stand up in court .
8 ‘ Well that 's the case anyway : whether it would stand up in court you 're the lawyer you 'd know better than I but we 're not talking about courts and proof just leaks and public opinion .
9 ‘ Nothing that would stand up in court . ’
10 Can detective constable come to court , show the jury , hand out to the jury the statement which would stand up in court ?
11 This is not the first time , nor is it the last that a player will end up in court following a rough exchange with an opponent .
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