Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think they could do better this time ? ’ |
| 2 | So you could see out any time you wanted . |
| 3 | I only wish and I mean this very sincerely I only wish we could spend as much time and as often as is spent discussing fox hunting on the county 's homeless , on abused children , on the handicapped , on the increasing crime and on unemployment and I only wish that the media and the public and even members of this council would take as much notice of that as they do about this debate on fox hunting . |
| 4 | Perhaps she could go down next time there was a one-day match and drive him to Taunton herself , interview some of the club 's officers , work something up . |
| 5 | In fact they spend so much time flying head first into burns , one would have thought they could save even more time by simply opening their mouths and taking on water without the inconvenience of having to reach for the day-glo bottle . |
| 6 | In time Lawless may be confronted by an obvious dilemma , the possibility that his two heavyweights , Mason and Frank Bruno , will be tempted into profitable confrontation , the suggestion being that they could come together some time next summer . |
| 7 | He would not have liked it if she seemed to be saying that they could get away any time they wanted to . |
| 8 | ‘ But I 'd really like it if we could get together some time , ’ she bumbles , ‘ and talk about … mmm … |
| 9 | But it is sobering to reflect that Bowes could devote so much time and energy to assembling his huge collections , a task that preoccupied him for many years , without apparently caring that a main source of his wealth , coal , was blighting lives and blighting the countryside . |
| 10 | And I was told , if I did n't like it , I could pull out any time . |
| 11 | You could listen almost any time , anywhere — especially with your Walkman headset that filtered nothing but a mildly irritating hiss to passengers in your bus , say , or your train compartment . |