Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Might be about When we start work we could stay up a little bit later . |
| 2 | Perhaps over the generations the interaction between a particular cultural context and the energy pattern at a place could build up a strong image or archetype . |
| 3 | Like animals , they are great levellers — not remotely impressed by a string of titles — and he always found he could build up a good rapport with them . |
| 4 | You could make up a whole story . |
| 5 | She could make just a small detour … |
| 6 | And now it was out of its glass frame he could make out a faded signature at the bottom : |
| 7 | The cloth inside muffled the noise , but when he got close to the window he could make out a human voice . |
| 8 | I could make out a younger Conchis in the centre , wearing a straw hat and shorts , and there was one woman , a peasant-woman , though not Maria , because she was Maria 's age in the photo and it was plainly twenty or thirty years old . |
| 9 | So you know that , that as you know Richard said you know good idea , could make quite a few people , so I think Marcus , if , if Marcus chose that moment he , he really |
| 10 | We could hang up a few politicians too. , ‘ There 's that farmer who used a plough with horses . |
| 11 | A die could survive over a long period of time . |
| 12 | These olives — their trunks warped , gouged , carbuncled , abrasive to the touch — seem indestructible , as if they could survive even a nuclear winter . |
| 13 | Perhaps you could lighten up a little bit . ’ |
| 14 | The meeting , to be followed by talks between their heads of government tomorrow , could head off a Russian threat to cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine unless it pays for the gas it received in January . |
| 15 | And because one would share with neighbours , it was rather spaced out so that people could benefit over a longer period . |
| 16 | CAUTION — make sure you get the ball and not the player , or you could give away a free kick ! |
| 17 | Taken over an average hard disk this could give around a 15 per cent saving in space . |
| 18 | It 's hoped the building and ten acres of land could fetch over a million pounds so the creditors can be paid off . |
| 19 | It 's hoped the building and ten acres of land could fetch over a million pounds so the creditors can be paid off . |
| 20 | When begged to return , he relented only on condition he could carry out a remarkable experiment : the so-called oprichnina , Ivan designated something like one-third of the country , carved out of scattered towns and provinces , as his personal domain , and set up a new administration to subject it to his personal will . |
| 21 | Not a man with a strong nerve , and certainly on the surface not one who could carry out a cold-blooded murder . |
| 22 | And , initiative succeeding , brighter futures for 15 million people in the North of England could light up a new way to many more . |
| 23 | Storytellers described its eyes as flashing crystal , and its glistening feathers to be made of pure gold — a single one could light up a darkened room . |
| 24 | ‘ I could send in a fake mailing shot . |
| 25 | So you could send out a dozen business cards now |
| 26 | A bright , cornflakes-ad kind of day could bring out an airy item like ‘ Sometimes I Feel Like … ’ |
| 27 | It was remarkably clean and well-maintained , and all the lights worked but Clive felt as if he ought to be wearing a pith helmet , and carrying a hunting rifle that could bring down a charging rhino at fifty paces . |
| 28 | A single machine-gun , two at most , could bring down an entire battalion , as the men advanced , on Rawlinson 's orders , at a steady 90m/100yds a minute . |
| 29 | That could bring in a few more . |
| 30 | Wilson fears for education generally , that the market pressures could bring in an entrepreneurial ethos which could change the nature of institutions and leave the morality of the market-place unchallenged . |