Example sentences of "[indef pn] could [vb infin] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt it had a great deal of appeal because it suggested that , if someone could afford air travel , he must be a bit of a swinger and must be with it . |
| 2 | No one could accuse Tod Friendly of being in love with his own reflection . |
| 3 | One might offer the following reason why one could regard apine dance as having communicative significance lacking in the case of the bruise ; that the dance is a somehow ‘ arbitrary ’ or ‘ rule-governed ’ causal product of the sighting of food . |
| 4 | One could distinguish gamma ray bursts from such effects by observing flashes simultaneously at two or more fairly widely separated locations . |
| 5 | The latest gramophone discs had just arrived in Colombo , and one could join Harry Champion in the chorus of his You Ought to See the Missus in a Harem Skirt . |
| 6 | No one could see Old Town Street , at Plymouth , without beginning at once to speculate about the significance of a name like this : and in fact the name takes us back to the very beginnings , to the poverty-stricken little Saxon village of farmers and fishermen , well down behind the Hoe , out of which this great naval city has grown . |
| 7 | One could use cash accounting ( so that revenue and expenditure are recorded only when cash receipts and payments are made ) , while the other could use accrual accounting ( so that revenue and expenditure are recorded as they accrue ) . |