Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Doris joined my classes , her figure resembled a barrel and , accordingly , she could only perform a few of the easier exercises . |
| 2 | Er but radical certainly as compared to how things operated before , when you went into the fitting shop , you know , you could , you could only walk a few feet |
| 3 | However , we agreed that self-help schemes could only bring a few jobs and that a central demand should still be that the state provide jobs . |
| 4 | Peering into the tank using a strong eye-glass I could only see a few fry and I mean a few . |
| 5 | You 've got a great acting career ahead of you if you could only learn a few more tricks . ’ |
| 6 | The presenter said she could only recall a few people , and volunteered the story of David Parkin throwing a glass of wine at his wife and how she had watched Maggie Parkin stalk out of the room trying to pretend that nothing had happened . |
| 7 | they could only snatch a few minutes together from time to time , usually when Daddy came over to Low Fields to look after the cattle , or during the haytiming . |
| 8 | Now if they could just do the same to the beers themselves , and improve the taste , more people might be inclined to drink them . |
| 9 | Thank you Next item , Right agenda item three , notes of the Joint Consultative Committee held on the twenty-first of October , nineteen ninety-three , paper B. If I could just say a few words . |
| 10 | Ian , you were one , , and Tracy , if you could just say a few words . |
| 11 | I could possibly have a half day next Monday . |
| 12 | Building society and bank deposit investors could hardly say the same . |
| 13 | Thus if more bonds and fewer Treasury bills were issued , the banks could still obtain the same amount of bills as before ( by paying a higher price ) , with other buyers getting less . |
| 14 | In Kenya , a member of a research institute , with a brief to find technology relevant to both formals and informals , could still describe the latter as mainly ‘ layabouts ’ in 1989 . |
| 15 | Although I was no linguist at school , I could still say a few useful words in Spanish , Nepali , Urdu , Carib , Slovak and Bahasa Malay . |
| 16 | No matter how she might have to count the pennies she could always spare a few for the bright yellow flowers which reminded her of home . |
| 17 | ‘ You could always get a few coppers for them . ’ |
| 18 | Pat you could also send the same letter to doctor of the Ministero M I N I S T E R O Dell' capital D E L L apostrophe , capital A G R I C O L D U R A Spise , small E , Spise Delle D E L L E space Foreste F O R E S T E in Italy , you have the address I 'm , I think , but if you have n't let me know . |
| 19 | With a slight change of wording it could also serve the same purpose for an individual , but its use as part of staff appraisal is not considered here . |
| 20 | So this song sort of sprang to mind and I could hear it as I wanted it to be and I could also hear a few little modifications that would suit their purposes , too . |
| 21 | Railcards , which currently give discounts off standard and reduced-rate fares to the young , the old and families — at least nationally accepted versions could also share the same fate , as could the combined rail-bus-underground Travel card in London . |
| 22 | Her head was beginning to throb from the smoky , claustrophobic atmosphere , and she wondered how she could tactfully drop a few hints about leaving without inviting a tirade of displeasure from André , which was the last thing she felt she could cope with . |
| 23 | Peirce could probably allow the same : his position rests upon the belief that there is a logical guarantee that induction will take us to the truth in the long run , but that our confidence in the short-run efficacy of the method is simply an ‘ acritical ’ commonsense certainty which may be susceptible to scientific explanation . |
| 24 | Say one about interrupting , one about topics , and one about perhaps interaction with children , one about er what Or you could even I mean if I did er I did a list of that you could even do the same one , you would n't have to do one each . |
| 25 | He could even use the same panel again . |
| 26 | For very tiny pieces of piping , you could even put a little icing directly into the nozzle and press out with your thumb — messy but simple . |
| 27 | I sometimes think that artists could well exhibit a few sketches along with the actual picture . |
| 28 | A well-equipped sheltered housing scheme or rest home , suitably named ‘ Battle of Britain House ’ could well serve the same purpose . |
| 29 | Mr Hague could usefully ask the same question about the Esk Valley line , part of which runs at the opposite end of his constituency . |
| 30 | Instead of stressing the Frenchness of all Algerians , de Gaulle 's speeches stressed the equality of all citizens in Algeria , which could either mean the same thing or something quite different . |