Example sentences of "could always [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They certainly did n't choose to drop out of society like their New York City equivalents who could always return to daddy 's money ; rather , theirs is a quest to reflect the plight of the dispossessed and let them know they 're not alone , to offer the disaffected hope , and to somehow go beyond merely preaching to those who already understand . |
| 2 | When all else failed however the visitors could always rely on goalkeeper John Martin to protect the points . |
| 3 | I could always retire on disablement pension , find some quiet town , a town on a river , where there 'd be some fishing . |
| 4 | The area health authority and Department of Health and Social Security on the other hand contended that under the common law a minor of sufficient intelligence and understanding could always consent to treatment and that the effect of section 8 was to produce an irrebuttable presumption that a child of 16 or 17 had such intelligence and understanding . |
| 5 | He could always claim of course that he knew nothing of the layout of the engine-room and had always assumed that there had to be a reserve tank or that in a panic-stricken concern for the welfare of his beloved niece he had quite forgotten that there was no such tank . |
| 6 | But I could always work from home . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ Paula teased him , ‘ you could always keep in touch — she 's quite a flirt . ’ |