Example sentences of "could [verb] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could include providing for zero quotas on all African nations — or selectively reducing quotas to help stop poached ivory slipping into legal trade . |
| 2 | He could remember coming to this house fifteen years earlier to deliver her first child . |
| 3 | Provided that I and my colleagues could keep going until 10 o'clock , the fate of the Bill would be decided by whether 98 hon. Members returned from dinner or 102 . |
| 4 | ‘ Emily ’ she says , ‘ do n't you think you could stop talking for half an hour ? |
| 5 | It seemed obvious that the best form of organization for overseas trade was the one that was used first in exporting wool and then by the cloth traders , who still accounted for three-quarters of English exports in the first half of the century : all the merchants involved would sell together at a ‘ staple ’ town , usually in Belgium or the Netherlands , where they could avoid competing with each other and so increase their bargaining strength . |
| 6 | But if your ticket allows you to fly back from Lisbon or Oporto , after all this culture you could go walking in one of the national parks , explore the wine regions , or treat yourself to a spa ( try Termas de São Pedro and Caldas da Rainha , cheapest in Western Europe ) . |
| 7 | The risks detailed are not all-encompassing and could vary depending upon various aspects , including the locality of the premises , eg subsidence or heave may be advisable in an area of clay subsoil . |
| 8 | Further , it is only for the kingdom of the Burgundians that there is evidence for anything like an all-embracing comital structure , and while most , if not all , Merovingian civitates must have had their comites , or in the north , their graphiones , in all probability local administration could vary according to regional tradition and to the will of an individual king , whose main concern was to ensure the loyalty of and to realize the revenues from his civitates . |
| 9 | Monosyllabic with her as ever , Steve could get feeling into one word . |
| 10 | ‘ We could get going on that next week , ’ said Susan . |