Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [verb] any [det] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I do n't think they could have done any more than they did . |
2 | ‘ I was very active and do n't think I could have done any more . ’ |
3 | and that it was er er obviously going to be a cost-effective exercise to do it there and then , and er you both er canvassed as many councillors as you could at the time , all the committee Chairmen were , were involved , I do n't see that you could have done any more in the circumstances . |
4 | ‘ I do n't think I could have stood any more of that this morning . ’ |
5 | We do not believe that most ordinary families in this country could afford to pay any more tax . |