Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , with some materials and for some purposes it could be worth considering . |
| 2 | As skipper Ian Butterworth said : ‘ If we had been top after six games you could have called it lucky — but not after 17 matches . |
| 3 | Some studies stated quite explicitly that they had chosen to study young men only because they felt that as male ethnographers they could only portray the male point of view . |
| 4 | In the cold light of day , my inhibitions would prevent these performances and without hypnotic effects of refreshing liquids I could not put together the necessary words , my own and those of Robert Service , in an intelligible manner . |
| 5 | ( 4 ) Invent a research topic ( relate it to one of the subjects you are studying , if you wish ) , and write a list of specific questions you could ask about it , grouped as in section 1.10 . |
| 6 | ‘ Mrs Rossitter is an invalid , ’ she said , ‘ and I 'm sure there are lots of odd jobs you could do for her . |
| 7 | Despite repeated assurances he could drop the ‘ mister ’ , the shy young CIA man insisted on treating Quinn like his teacher . |
| 8 | On the other hand , there 'll be a range of different things I could become committed to and do well . |
| 9 | When Izzie came out , hearing voices , she found them drawing tally marks in the dust , counting up the number of different roles they could play between them . |
| 10 | Having found your Swan , compare the costs and the returns on that investment , with those of lesser boats you could buy new . |
| 11 | By covering her hands and lower arms in the most enormous pair of rubber gloves she could just about force herself to help with the washing up . |
| 12 | We could see the sights , have some fun , and maybe I could think of some ways I could help you . ’ |
| 13 | If age discrimination was entirely a matter of individual attitudes it could be more easily tackled . |
| 14 | We had a succession of God-awful nannies we could n't afford — Clemence 's books had n't started to sell at that point — but the upshot was that I left for work late , came home early . |
| 15 | In previous centuries needs were recognized reluctantly , if at all , when social problems were of such proportions they could no longer be ignored . |
| 16 | Biblical poetry in general is overwhelmingly composed of couplets ( or triplets , extended couplets ) , and of such couplets we could state that they are of one sort ( A is related to B ) or of a hundred , but not of three or four or five . |
| 17 | I was mesmerized by that mouth , by the sharp edges of white teeth I could see when she smiled . |
| 18 | Taking the smallest of these values we could find the value of R5 that will produce a current of 93µA to the base of TR2 . |
| 19 | The content of these remarks she could guess all too easily from the pin-ups that were displayed on walls and pillars everywhere , pages torn from soft-porn magazines depicting glossy-lipped naked women with bulging breasts and buttocks , pouting and posturing indecently . |
| 20 | If you did n't join one of these organizations you could n't go to school . |
| 21 | But in a conservatory of large fishtanks you could be keeping your own tropical beauties . |
| 22 | It was then we realised that , ironically , of all places she could have chosen to make her home , Poppy had decided to live under my office . |
| 23 | Also with video we are quite likely to be using material which was not made for language teaching anyway and which will be full of visual elements we could exploit . |
| 24 | What I am now describing , incidentally , is one of many instances I could relate to you to underline Lord Darlington 's essentially shy and modest nature . |
| 25 | Through the haze of half-closed eyes she could make out his face hovering darkly over her . |
| 26 | ‘ Because that 's one of those questions we could debate for some considerable time . ’ |
| 27 | If the new sector colleges were able to apply for the use of those premises it could jeopardise the adult ethos and character of the provision and would subsequently deny many adults their first step back into education . |
| 28 | There is a saying about there being more than one way to skin a cat : in the case of toxic wastes they could be contained in an indefinitely leakproof box . |
| 29 | The colonies were encouraged to co-operate as actively as possible with British forces by promises of payments to cover the military costs , apart from clothing and pay , of any forces they could raise to support troops sent from Britain . |
| 30 | Even at a distance of twenty yards I could see that their physiognomy was very different from the delicate features of Indian girls . |