Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he sat waiting for Karlinsky to appear , looking around him he could see other men 's sons , boys of Jacob 's age , sitting with their fathers . |
| 2 | Knife-carriers could face two years ' jail |
| 3 | Nurse Dawn Anderson , 24 , and her boyfriend Maldin Thain , 25 — both from Leeds — are being held in cells at Ceuta , a Spanish enclave on the Moroccan coast , and could face eight years ' jail if convicted . |
| 4 | Therefore , in addition to specifically charged items , one could recover 24 hours ' general perusals on litigation which had taken 2 years from issue of writ to trial . |
| 5 | I asked Leo if I could have five minutes ' peace . |
| 6 | Mrs Mawdsley then asked administration manager Dave McCreary if she could take two weeks ' annual leave and a week 's unpaid leave to go on holiday . |
| 7 | The clippings are being hailed as the unlikely source for a new drug which could save many women 's lives . |