Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [verb] that " in BNC.
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1 | Even the most enterprising squirrel could scarcely have done that . |
2 | Well if I could just read read that , a well planned strategy for hou for land , for hous , sorry a well planned strategy for land for housing which ensures that housing is available in the areas where jobs are being being created can make a valuable contri contribution to national prosperity and economic growth , so I say I do n't think we would have that erm valuable contribution if the new settlement were located away from Greater York . |
3 | What other Fourth Division club could possibly consider facing that sort of challenge ? ’ |
4 | Volume shipments will start in July , at $1,231 apiece for quantities of over 10,000 — although it 's difficult to conceive of any third party able to forecast that it will ship 10,000 machines during the lifetime of the chip , and even the most optimistic parallel processor builder could hardly hope to ship that many nodes in any foreseeable time-frame . |
5 | He said : " she could still have altered that last part of what she foresaw . |
6 | ‘ I could never have done that . |
7 | But as we made our way down through the trees , I realized that even if I 'd been better at baling I could never have carried that load : my forehead hurt , my neck felt stiff and strained , and the pine-needles on the path , compressed and polished by thousands of feet , were as slippery as glass . |
8 | He could never resist doing that with an attractive woman . |