Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could choose to move on different paths through space-time , but nothing you could do would modify the background of space and time . |
| 2 | By this means a male pensioner could choose to provide for any dependants after his death ( Rhodes , 1965 , p. 51 ) . |
| 3 | Japanese girls could expect to live to 81 , compared to 78 in England and Wales . |
| 4 | A special spinners ' mat was laid down at pre-tour net sessions at Lilleshall in an effort to prepare England 's batsmen for what they could expect to face on dusty Indian pitches . |
| 5 | The two submarines which had lain alongside Omega at the start of her watch now stood off in the loch , still as two sentries , awaiting Taureg 's arrival , and she wondered how any man could volunteer to serve in such a craft ; how he could live in quarters so cramped , with no privacy at all . |
| 6 | In the seventeenth century at least both the Dutch republic and Sweden could claim to rank as great powers in their own right . |
| 7 | But , before she could begin to feel at all mortified , ‘ Did I tell you how glad I am , heart and soul , that you came ? ’ |
| 8 | No one like himself , a partial cripple , with a badly scarred body — his limp was paining him this week — and with a ruined face into the bargain could hope to aspire to such a Bird of Paradise ; he could only imagine what she looked like in the clothes she normally wore . |
| 9 | No manmade nuclear repository could hope to cope with this kind of natural event either . |
| 10 | Even if deterrence failed , such attacks would inflict more injury than anything that the British could hope to achieve with conventional forces . |
| 11 | It is easy to describe the kinds of sequence you could hope to find in dramatic material . |
| 12 | One could try to account for this by invoking the anthropic principle , but grand unified theories actually provide a possible mechanism for explaining the imbalance . |
| 13 | Since April 1989 all firms " competitive on foreign markets " could apply to register for independent foreign trading rights , although a ceiling of 6,000 companies actually registered was set for 1989 . |
| 14 | ‘ I do not see what Sid could have to do with this affair , ’ said Auguste , illogically shocked . |
| 15 | The Xingu man fled back to the forest , unable to believe that anyone could wish to live in such a place . |
| 16 | As one who admires much of what WTA has done and enjoys watching the best women players compete against each other , because the entertainment value they produce can often be tremendous , I was sad to see that apparently they still do not appreciate how relatively well off they are under the present set-up and how much they could stand to lose from open warfare in the game . |
| 17 | Alan and Maryon both felt that six weeks would probably be enough and did not think he could manage to continue on this diet for another three weeks . |
| 18 | Im sure if they could manage to go to some obscure town on the borders of scotland last round , they could manage to ‘ waste ’ 10 seconds on Leeds . |
| 19 | When their businesses were booming , they could afford to pose as tough-talking entrepreneurs keen to take on the telephone companies . |
| 20 | It was great to be working in one place for a few nights on the trot so that I could afford to go to that amount of trouble . ’ |
| 21 | This would build up a fund from which they could afford to bid for new discoveries at fair market prices . |
| 22 | The Board agreed that the maximum amount it could afford to invest in 1986 was £80,000 . |
| 23 | Only the better-off could afford to travel at more than a walking pace in eighteenth-century England — unless , that is , they had access to a riding horse . |
| 24 | They had the right religion , they were hard-working , and had small families which they could afford to keep in decent circumstances . |
| 25 | One would n't normally suspect the credentials of anyone who could afford to stay at such a place . |
| 26 | All she could seem to think of these days was the way Fen had kissed her , made love to her . |
| 27 | Others are merely temporarily hidden , such as whether there is fire behind a building which obstructs our line of sight ; we could come to know about this by going to see . |
| 28 | Charity knew she was n't going to look gorgeous no matter what she did , and deciding she needed all the help she could get to lure in those tips that might hold off personal bankruptcy for three months , she had purchased the skirt and shirt — with six other summery , playful outfits that she would probably never be able to wear again as long as she lived . |
| 29 | Do you imagine I could bear to live with these glorious examples before me and not strive to emulate them , not strain every sinew to make Bewick still a name — ’ |
| 30 | I do n't think I could bear to stand in that stifling place ever again , among the drips and smells . " |