Example sentences of "could [verb] quite a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They say , ’ Eloise went on , ‘ that the value of the Russian works of art could make quite a difference to the total outcome , after taxes . |
| 2 | In fact you could bring quite a bit of it in and put it in the fridge . |
| 3 | I mean you 've got quite a lot of movement in there and , and you could do quite a bit for him . |
| 4 | She felt certain then that he must be thinking that if she was any sort of a journalist that she could do quite a write-up out of the considerable time she had just spent walking in his sole company . |
| 5 | Properly targeted , together with training incentives , the Chancellor could do quite a lot at not a huge cost . |
| 6 | Well I do n't think it would give a burnt taste but I think , I think it probably could do quite a lot of good for it . |
| 7 | They were glazed with ribbed glass , you could see quite a lot of them on Chipping Field , still , er and nearly everyone who 's bought their houses have altered the doors , but a lot of people have put these wooden doors in you know |
| 8 | Erm , I think it 's probably inevitable but most of the Republics will become independent , but I think the idea of them becoming independent in their present borders is very worrying indeed cos that , most of the borders are grossly irrational and becoming independent with those borders ethnic conflicts built into it , erm , and I think unless there 's some sort of er negotiations about what border these countries will have before they become inde independent , we could see quite a lot of bloodshed . |
| 9 | We have had quite a few trainees , youth trainees in garden centres , and golf courses , which surprised me , but golf courses apparently could use quite a lot of people . |
| 10 | We all became experts and could perform quite a number of tricky manoeuvres . |
| 11 | you see if it was a fine stand crop you could cut quite a bit but if it was all raffled it took a while . |
| 12 | We could be in for some dramatic sea level changes because of climatic change ; volcanic action could have quite a bearing on that . |
| 13 | ‘ With four players you could have quite a battle in the middle of the board . ’ |
| 14 | Michael Banks had been a man who inspired love , but even so Charles could produce quite a list of people who might have had a grudge against him . |
| 15 | He used to say he could drink quite a bit because he had very low blood pressure . |
| 16 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said in a televised interview with CNBC-TV that he knows of no effort by the US Federal Trade Commission to force a restructuring of Microsoft , despite its ongoing probe : ‘ I certainly have n't heard any suggestion that they 're even considering something that would change the structure of our company , ’ Gates said ; he also warned on the Business Insiders programme that Microsoft Corp will not be as profitable in the long-term as it has in recent years — ‘ The kind of profit margin we 've had in the past will be very unlikely for us to achieve in the future ; we 've said after tax margins probably wo n't stay over 20% in the mid to long-term , and they could go quite a bit lower than that in the short-term , ’ the company 's chief executive declared . |
| 17 | ‘ It could tell quite a story , that pool , ’ said Robins . |
| 18 | In a small organisation , the diversion of just two active members to such tasks could put quite a strain on its ability to maintain a twenty-four hour readiness system . |
| 19 | You could get quite a lot from this book , either by reading it as a whole book , or by dipping into it either as you need to know something , or simply keeping it handy and reading the occasional topic when you get bored . |