Example sentences of "could [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big chains admitted that house sales could dry up between now and Christmas , as vendors refuse to accept drastic price cuts . |
| 2 | So you could carry on along there . |
| 3 | And of course you risk yourself still further by positioning yourself under an overhanging edge — you could finish up at least partially buried if there is a cave-in . |
| 4 | Footwork and willpower you could run out of Especially if you 're using . |
| 5 | Set out with freshly landscaped lawns and flowerbeds , the factory was almost entirely made of one-way glass : you could see out from inside but not in from outside . |
| 6 | From the far edge of the terrace I could see down to where I had been lying only an hour or two before . |
| 7 | One person who could gain out of yesterday 's events is Kenneth Clarke . |
| 8 | After a few moments , she realized that if she half closed the filters across the starsuit helmet she could cut out at least some of the light . |
| 9 | They could live in pleasant suburbs and travel to work ; they could take off to previously distant areas for their holidays . |
| 10 | You could walk around at 3am without fear . |
| 11 | I could go on about how many different sounds you can muster from Marshall 's new baby , but there are just so many that this would be unrealistic . |
| 12 | Not that it could go on for ever . |
| 13 | But Nails could go on for ever . |
| 14 | I wished this could go on for ever but I realised that all too soon I would have to return . |
| 15 | Children could go on for ever finding out information about dinosaurs and be no nearer satisfying this vague purpose . |
| 16 | She knew from experience that if she started a conversation with the girls about anything other than business , it could go on for ever , and Christina did not have time to listen to Todney 's domestic problems this morning . |
| 17 | ROS : It could go on for ever . |
| 18 | Reynolds seemed to realise that such objections could go on for ever , so he said , ‘ Yes . |
| 19 | If only the pantomime could go on for ever . |
| 20 | so be aware that you do n't want to ramble on too long or this appointment could go on for ever and a day . |
| 21 | I am not writing to discuss the subject of inflation although give a soap-box to stand on I could go on for ever . |
| 22 | Presumably there 's so many songs in your repertoire that you you 've no need really to get a new one er you as artists might want to get a new one but you 've got so many er evergreens I mean you could go on for ever with just the evergreens could n't you ? |
| 23 | If no one took up the rights issue , Corporate could end up with nearly 29 per cent of the shares , but a 20 per cent stake is more likely . |
| 24 | BAe could end up with only 25 p.c. in the operation , which is being hived off into a new company , Corporate Jets . |
| 25 | The main argument from the Corsican was that they could hold out for ever . |
| 26 | ‘ Nobody could come in from outside , ’ he said . |
| 27 | A 2.25 cu m ( 500 gallon ) cesspool could fill up in as little as a week with a family of four living in the house ; a 18 cu m cesspool would last for at least a month and is the minimum size recommended . |
| 28 | That would be a little bit of a problem for Frank Clarke if er Cooper has got a problem with his shoulder you know if it 's if it 's serious because looking at his people on his bench you know Neil Webb and Crosby and looking at the make-up of his team he has n't really got anybody he could slot back in there unless he put er Rozario in there . |
| 29 | The raid had been a triumphant vindication of Stirling 's theory that his unit could operate regardless of the phase of the moon and could get on to heavily defended targets . |
| 30 | Thus Aintree 's recall man for the past seven years became the sacrificial offering so that the Jockey Club bigwigs could get on with more important business like tarting themselves up for Ascot and tea with the Royals . |