Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [Wh det] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can only be fearful of what could have been the situation . ’ |
| 2 | Even a woman like you wo n't want to be responsible for what could happen to my sister if I do n't find him soon . ’ |
| 3 | But in the hands of people who could not add two and two together , or calculate that the weekly instalments on the dining room suite , the washing machine , the television set , the refrigerator came to most of the whole weekly income , with little over for rent , food , clothes , and every other necessity , it was practically the root of all evil from which could grow debts , family quarrels , rent arrears , eviction and even worse disaster . |
| 4 | M Rocard is more hopeful about what could happen afterwards . |
| 5 | Mr Rocard is more hopeful about what could happen afterwards . |
| 6 | The architect , Roy Toms , of the Waverly District Council , was worried about what could have been an unsympathetic alteration to a venerable building , but a visit to St Martin 's , Dorking , another Woodyer church , confirmed that its architect had adopted raking parapets to terminate the aisle roofs there , and the discovery of this period precedent vindicated the use of this treatment at St James Court . |
| 7 | If anything , years of experience only made you more aware of what could go wrong . |