Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] in [art] " in BNC.

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1 Now the choice was hers — she could stay on in the cottage for the weekend as planned , or she could cut her losses and head for home .
2 Dexter pressed his nose against the grid of cold metal but all he could make out in the shadowy interior was a counter and the shimmer of clothes hung up in plastic bags .
3 The figure in the seat was human , as far as he could make out in the murky light , but there was something about the awkward way it was sprawled in the chair that made him glad he could n't see it any clearer .
4 In 1970 — if you were eighteen and could lay your hands on a little ready money — it was almost de rigueur to travel overland to Greece where , in an idyllic island setting , you could hang out in the coolest way imaginable with amiable drug-dealers and liberated chicks .
5 The 1896 discovery by Eduard Buchner ( 1860–1917 ) that fermentation could carry on in the absence of living cells seemed like the final nail in the coffin .
6 It was a worry when we did n't get a pension and when it did come , it alleviated things , but we know it could run out in the New Year .
7 Artistic Reef , successful at Lingfield last time , could follow up in the Prestwold Conditions Stakes .
8 You could fit in in a number of ways .
9 and whereas before we could walk round in a on a circular route , Yeah that 's Walk .
10 But I could go up in a few weeks .
11 But the settlement is believed to have given Kuwait assurances that its production could go up in the summer if the market is strong enough .
12 Leith snapped angrily — and realised she could go on in the same vein until she was blue in the face and it still would n't dent him .
13 I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’
14 some members of a band could go out in the evening and pop into a whole bunch of places to ask if they will give them a gig .
15 I really think , although I would not be prepared to put it to the test , that you could go out in the streets of London in your nightdress and nobody would notice .
16 Whinges about the black market for centre-court tickets are as much a part of the Wimbledon tennis championships as thunderstorms are — but this year 's new rules mean that any tout reselling tickets at Wimbledon next month could end up in a magistrate 's court .
17 If this frequency does n't suit you , now is the time to talk things through because otherwise you could end up in a longterm relationship in which sex is not what you thought it would be .
18 The runners string out in a line across the road as it is unsafe to have them five or six deep ; if one of the front runners fell , sacks of coal and people could end up in a nasty heap .
19 The Council could end up in a net loss position as currently there is a non-alignment of EC Development programme priorities and Regional Council capital spending priorities .
20 I still feel it is a dangerous proposition to be in and we could end up in a situation where development comes to a full stop .
21 BE good to your secretary or you could end up in the worst seats on business flights and be booked into lousy hotels .
22 He was at Ibrox in 1971 when 66 fans died in a crush on the steps of the stadium ; in September 1980 , he had to watch the pathetically outmatched Welsh bantam-weight Johnny Owen die at the hands of Lupe Pintor , after writing beforehand ‘ this fight could end up in the intensive care unit ’ ; and he saw the heart-bursting tension of a World Cup qualifying match kill the man with whom he had an almost filial relationship , the Celtic and Scottish national football manager , Jock Stein .
23 In case you had n't noticed , Ulster 's John Reid is having a barnstorming season and he could end up in the top four in the championship with over 100 winners .
24 In case you had n't noticed , Ulster 's John Reid is having a barnstorming season and he could end up in the top four in the championship with over 100 winners .
25 ‘ We could end up in the lunatic situation of the TDC having to pull it down to make way for a new development . ’
26 It had not occurred to him that he could stand up in the pub , leave the beer half-drunk , the sandwich half-eaten , walk out into the London early evening .
27 They were not the sort you could put out in a black bin bag and hope they would be gone in the morning .
28 The minds of the other literate villagers were dissipated on what they could pick up in a random manner : most of it naturally consisted of religious tracts , the traditional fodder left over from the past .
29 Well I could come along in the evening perhaps .
30 Miss Monroe could come down in the morning and see her then .
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