Example sentences of "could [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who could want to poison a whole family ? |
| 2 | If I could 've worn a red jersey that would 've been it . |
| 3 | Finally , if you have a spacious back garden , but less than 2.4m of space at the side , you could consider building a detached garage down the garden , and extending your drive down the side of the house to reach it . |
| 4 | If you like roses , you could consider planting a specialised rose garden . |
| 5 | Such is my concern for the liberty of the subject that I am prepared to allow a contemnor who ought to be punished for contempt to go unpunished ; and that is so , notwithstanding that Parliament envisages that I could consider imposing a just punishment . ’ |
| 6 | However , it must be emphasised that the flexibility shown by the local authority in approving this combination of residential and occupational functions within individual units is very unusual and was probably encouraged by the planners ' recognition that this approach could act to conserve a listed building with the least possible alteration of its character . |
| 7 | In fact , Kaprun and its neighbour Zell am See have everything that you could need to enjoy a perfect holiday in some of the most beautiful alpine scenery there is , including some excellent bars and restaurants for relaxing evenings and charming coffee houses for afternoon coffee and cake ; an experience that is not to be missed ! |
| 8 | Such a companion volume , though different in flavour from the rest , could provide the necessary framework on which the detailed volumes could be hung in context , and to which the reader could refer to maintain an overall perspective of the series . |
| 9 | Davy at the end of his life remarked that the service of the laboratory was a service of danger ; that few chemists could expect to retain a quick eye and a steady hand for very long , and would have to rely on the hands and eyes of assistants . |
| 10 | They could expect to receive a given level of real resources and plan accordingly for the medium term . |
| 11 | It could expect to defeat a lesser power like Argentina , but taking on Communist China was unthinkable . |
| 12 | Only operators able to fill their trains could expect to make a reasonable profit . |
| 13 | Ministers could expect to have a parliamentary majority whatever they did . |
| 14 | This practice was only varied if there was some known defect in the title , and if that was so , one could expect to find a special condition on the contract , indicating that the buyer would take the title as it stood , and would not raise requisitions after contracts were exchanged . |
| 15 | As she realised that he must be completely and utterly naked there seemed nothing she could do to stop a deep tide of crimson from rising up over her cheeks . |
| 16 | By themselves , there is not much these countries could do to stop a determined assault by one of their big neighbours . |
| 17 | to escape that , by fleeing into the countryside , very often into particularly backward and inaccessible areas of the countryside , where they would be safe from the security forces and where they hoped they could begin to create a new base among the peasantry . |
| 18 | How many were ‘ true ’ generalizations which went beyond the particular species and task and could begin to provide a real cellular and biochemical ‘ alphabet ’ of memory — or is such a search a mere will-o'-the-wisp ? |
| 19 | It was in these conditions that such amicable and intimate connections as existed between the two societies could begin to make a positive contribution , notably by facilitating and deepening the interchanges between policy-makers . |
| 20 | The paper set out by Mr. Dunkel provides a basis round which the United States , the Cairns group and the European Community could rally to provide a satisfactory settlement . |
| 21 | Thus one could contract to pass a restricted title , or whatever title one has in the goods . |
| 22 | The songwriter who is also a performer , and has acquired a recording contract , could hope to receive a firm one-year deal with options covering the next three years . |
| 23 | Through his institutional library he obtained a standard work of reference on the subject of trade credit management and quickly formed the opinion that he would need the co-operation of several more departments before he could hope to implement a full credit policy . |
| 24 | In this way , you could hope to get a complete unified theory , one that would predict everything in the universe . |
| 25 | Or you could try adapting an existing piece of your furniture with one of the special House Style paint-effect kits from Jocasta Innes . |
| 26 | If only she could have waved a magic wand to turn the fat girl into a raving beauty . |
| 27 | She understood why Johnny had felt saddened when he had learned of their passing , and she smiled briefly as she recalled that she had never found the courage to tell him of the passing of that Empire , too — fearing that such knowledge could have precipitated an apoplectic fit ! |
| 28 | Nothing could have prepared a loyal , loving wife for such shocks . |
| 29 | Had it continued , however , the rebel university could have become a rival establishment to both Oxford and Cambridge . |
| 30 | The difficulty here is best demonstrated when Honderich , analyzing the notion that Conservatism is a ‘ defence of the familiar ’ , argues that if this were central to Conservatism ‘ we should have a mystery on our hands , the mystery of how an egregious idiocy could have become a large political tradition ’ . |