Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel . |
| 2 | We could stay in a nice hotel . ’ |
| 3 | You could compensate for a too-stiff rod and poor reflexes — reflexes which you need for easing off when the hook bites into a lip — by using a stronger line . |
| 4 | In one mouthful she ate as much as twelve English farmers could eat in a whole meal . |
| 5 | The tone of the festivities was set by Göring 's public eulogy , stating : ‘ We … look back to an unbroken chain of glorious victories such as only one man could attain in a single year of his life , one who is not only a statesman and military commander , but at the same time also Leader and man of the people : our Führer … ’ |
| 6 | There was everything that you particularly could want from a grand piano to a pin sold in Main Street . |
| 7 | A real mountain bastu is one of those experiences not to be missed , and all you could want after a hard day 's toil , a wonderful relaxant . |
| 8 | Religious networks could make for a unified effort or become the vertebrae of different segments of reformers whose conflicts were expressed in organisational diversity and competition . |
| 9 | The row could make for a strained atmosphere as Mr Major spends the Premier 's traditional weekend with the Queen . |
| 10 | While Hoving 's career at the Met could make for a juicy and fascinating story , Making the Mummies Dance proves that he is not the man to tell it . |
| 11 | Sound , movement and graphics all in one package could make for an interesting new hobby or extremely effective presentations . |
| 12 | However , subject to the normal exemptions and depending upon the individual employee 's particular circumstances , a liability to capital gains tax could arise on a subsequent disposal of the shares . |
| 13 | The second exception could arise in a Mercantile Credit v. Hamblin type of situation . |
| 14 | This could range from a small lightweight kite to fly on a single line , through to a four-line aerobatic kite . |
| 15 | After about nine months ' stay they could graduate to a single room but by then many preferred to be in with their friends . |
| 16 | Oh I could think about an awful lot of them I think . |
| 17 | Before I could think of a suitable verbal means of running for cover , he had gone . |
| 18 | Before she could think of a suitable retort he had gone , her door closed quietly behind him . |
| 19 | Before she could think of a suitable reply , Bridget did it for her . |
| 20 | ‘ I wish I could think of a slick answer to that one , ’ he said . |
| 21 | I mean you could think of a brilliant illustration , and then you work the message out from it , which is the wrong way round . |
| 22 | If she could think of a good reason to ask questions about the missing don among his colleagues , she might well come up with some interesting answers . |
| 23 | Before she could think of an appropriate greeting , Rosie said , ‘ Welcome back to Italy . |
| 24 | Sophie was speechless for a moment , then , just before she could think of an appropriate retort , Dawn gave Giles a brilliant smile and sauntered off . |
| 25 | Religious experience offered a release through which women could testify to an authoritative experience in which gender was transcended . |
| 26 | A patentable invention could relate to a new piece of computer hardware such as a new mouse , new type of output device such as a more efficient flat screen or new form of storage medium or it could be a new way of making integrated circuits or flat screens . |
| 27 | The heterogeneous nature of its object had led to a heterogeneous discipline , and it was only by making literariness the object of its enquiry that literary science could exist as an independent and indeed as a coherent and systematic type of study . |
| 28 | The Bridge could unravel like an old pullover . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We came across some people from Papua New Guinea who were selling handicrafts and were confronted with a boatload of western tourists — all convinced they could buy for a knock-down rate . |
| 30 | The most political job you could seek in a political party is probably that of chairman . |