Example sentences of "could [verb] [verb] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were numerous other meetings at every level , between Iraq and friendly countries , between member countries of the US-led coalition , and between political leaders on either side and independent figures who could hope to offer some mediating influence . |
| 2 | At the most he could try to plead some implied term into the contract that the goods would last for a reasonable time after delivery to allow him a reasonable period of trouble-free use . |
| 3 | I wished that I was less inhibited by my upbringing and could have done some extraordinary thing to confirm her diagnosis — danced on the table or stated that I would n't ally myself with a man with a face like a toothpaste advertisement . |
| 4 | Topaz could have expressed some brief regret , or simply shrugged in helplessness , but she did n't . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I could have made some other arrangement . |
| 6 | Herr Hans-Eberhard Klein , the Frankfurt prosecutor who led the search , said : ‘ I am glad it is over , but I would rather have had a live Mengele than a dead one so that some of the thousands who suffered under him could have gained some little satisfaction from a trial . ’ |
| 7 | After all , though she was n't quite sure how she would have done it , she could have found some other way to lay hands on the money she needed . |
| 8 | To keep a base , yes , and what could be an isolated one , surrounded by farmland , yes — but he could have bought some other , without any history . |
| 9 | And then aff and then you could afford to buy some blooming carpets . |
| 10 | Dr Owen 's endorsement for Mr Major could help to swing some undecided voters back to the Conservatives . |