Example sentences of "[conj] could [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally a yacht which is cruising and has more power-consuming electronic equipment , such as a refrigerator , which might use 200 amps during a week , would require a much larger generator , one that could recharge at 28.6 amps per day ( 1.2 amp/hr ) . |
| 2 | However , it may pay to take a chance with SESAME ( nap 2.35 ) , who has been running creditably in top class events and could oblige at attractive odds . |
| 3 | These stock yards covered 500 acres and could accommodate at any one time 75,000 cattle , I25,000 sheep , 300,000 hogs , and 6,000 horses . |
| 4 | Allosaurus was about 11 metres long and could walk at 5 mph ( 8 kph ) , double the speed of the giant herbivores , who could retreat into deep water . |
| 5 | He was only a voluntary patient , he supposed , and could leave at any time . |
| 6 | Tom seemed very casual now , as if he had recently found the answer to some burdensome question and could relax at last , and he teased both Belinda and Mrs Porter mercilessly about the Christmas presents they had given and received . |
| 7 | Has slipped down the weights and could surprise at long odds here . |