Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] [noun] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that Creggan often talked to her , sometimes in a barest whisper that only she could hear , and other times more powerfully so that others could share her dream and inner peacefulness . |
| 2 | There was a big red bell on the outside wall of the office , presumably so that humans could hear the telephone ring when the quarry was noisy . |
| 3 | As the Servant of Yahweh , Jesus treads the path of suffering and obedience right the way to Calvary : so much so that Peter could describe his suffering and death in terms culled from the famous prophecy of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah : |
| 4 | In three hours we managed to get the contractors to build an earth ramp , roll it flat , cover it with gravel and put a handrail alongside so that people could walk down from the road to a flat area beside the ceremony site . |
| 5 | He ate so swiftly that Libby could n't take her eyes off him ; she remembered all they were told about behaving properly and eating slowly . |
| 6 | Molly Pearce , the helpful spinster with her eye on Maurice ; she fitted so exactly that Wycliffe could scarcely believe his luck . |
| 7 | ‘ Hallo ? ’ he repeated , rather louder than necessary and so carefully that Hugh could hear the vowels tinkling into place . |
| 8 | Septimus Coffin could call on forty years of experience , and in so far as Latin could be made entertaining , he made it so . |
| 9 | She was next in line to Lily , five years older than the girl who had come to Riverstown and had the whole world in her pocket , so far as Bernadette could see . |
| 10 | It looked like some sort of play he was writing , so far as Bob could see . |
| 11 | But the baby , so far as Wendy could see , was in good order , firm of limb , bright of eye , smooth of skin and , once released from its wrapping , extremely lively . |
| 12 | Well laid out , so far as Newman could see while she made the tea . |
| 13 | ‘ The Mamur Zapt ? ’ said Suleiman , surprised but , so far as Owen could tell , not disconcerted . |
| 14 | So far as Bragg could see , the man had clearly been killed by a crushing blow to the head . |
| 15 | The majority of the indigenous cattle of Scandinavia are naturally polled : it seems that the northern stockmen , who because of the demands of climate needed to house their animals for long periods , appreciated long ago that horns could be awkward at close quarters and it is clear that polled stock were deliberately bred in Scandinavia from early times . |
| 16 | Zelah was a cross to be borne more or less cheerfully and Helen could handle her , when necessary , by being devastatingly blunt . |
| 17 | Waiters ran around from table to table , shouting to each other and to the customers , so fast that Shelley could n't catch what was going on . |
| 18 | She groaned and turned over , hoping she would fall asleep again , but her brain insisted on relaying pictures of her twin , so vividly that Dana could have been in the same room . |
| 19 | He had changed the subjet so adroitly that Juliet could only stare at him . |
| 20 | ‘ A pity , ’ Bruce murmured so quietly that Corbett could hardly hear him . |
| 21 | Maybe the Emp was further away than Biff could imagine . |
| 22 | From the first moment we met you wove a spell that has bound me to you more securely than chains could ever do . ’ |
| 23 | A mind could not be read any more reliably than keys could give up the name of a killer . |
| 24 | For as long as Ruth could remember , huge red roses had sprawled across the kitchen walls , fading gradually to a sandy brown against the yellowed background . |
| 25 | It had hung in Maggie 's bedroom for as long as Phoebe could remember : she had not looked at it properly for years . |
| 26 | Each month , for as long as Peter could remember , she had gone through the bank statement and done the accounts . |
| 27 | His hair had been white for as long as Burun could remember , but this was the first time his age had seemed to affect his behaviour . |
| 28 | Lizzie Stroud had been Great-Aunt Alicia 's maid for as long as Sara could remember . |
| 29 | The Heysel tragedy was but the latest incident in a catalogue of infamy which had dogged the British game , both home and abroad , for as long as people could remember ( ibid . ) . |
| 30 | Because , as far as Juliet could see , there were two ways in which Donna could have received her AB blood group . |