Example sentences of "could [vb infin] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did she need Vitor 's goodwill now , but she could need it some time in the future ; so turning him into an outright no-holds-barred enemy was shortsighted … and potentially dangerous . |
| 2 | So perhaps you could give it some thought … ’ |
| 3 | and then could bring it another day , or |
| 4 | We could say , we could entitle it industrial relations in Northumberland ? |
| 5 | That 's right and put your paddle in that and you scull you had to come down every time and many a time people 'd learn that that paddle will come out , but once you got the knack of it you could do it one hand , cos you was cutting down all the time like that 's what it was . |
| 6 | Sometimes if you get an easy one , fine , you could do it that way . |
| 7 | Cos they could they could do it this year you know . |
| 8 | If two of the family are chatting about something special , perhaps they could do it another time or alternatively make absolutely sure that you know what it is all about . |
| 9 | Christ , you could do it any time . |
| 10 | In that sense it 's a glorified soap — and I 've heard it dismissed more than once as a yuppie Dallas , though I find it as difficult to understand how anyone could see it that way as those people would find it to understand how I can curl up , laugh and cry with the characters each week and carry their dilemmas around with me in the days in between . |
| 11 | I could stop it any day , thought Gina . |
| 12 | He gave the banner a second glance , fixing its curves and lines in his mind , storing the sight so that he could draw it some time . |
| 13 | Well she could have it any day now . |
| 14 | One could wish it eight times as long , a great compendium like Burton 's Anatomy of Melancholy . |
| 15 | " You could read it another way , " said Alexander , interested now , " you could read the pears as androgynous in themselves , as partly male . " |
| 16 | If you , if you have elections every year and it 's a quite tight one you could get a different party in power each year , you could change it each year could n't you ? |
| 17 | Funny way of writing it , but you ca you could write it that way . |
| 18 | ‘ You could put it that way . |
| 19 | ‘ You could put it that way , ’ the Doctor agreed . |
| 20 | And er a further er fly in the ointment , if one could put it that way , will be of course with the erm the local hospital whose site is just off this er the key plan provided , their decision from the first of next month to actually charge for spaces within their area , which of course will have a further effect of decanting even more cars into neighbouring streets and thus put pressure on some of the streets which hitherto have not benefited from ah residents ' parking so there will be further er obviously further requests from er from those residents of neighbouring streets . |
| 21 | It 's a question of just choosing and what you are saying is that you can increase you payback , if I could put it that way , by choosing numbers which are for whatever reason less popular with some people , simply because the payback is larger on those days . |
| 22 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
| 23 | You say they 've got some sort of guidance , perhaps through the Magistrates ' Association , or maybe through some local starting point tariff if I could put it that way . |
| 24 | But there is room for people , like myself for example , who have part interest in education , if I could put it that way , to spend some time working with you . |
| 25 | And that can detect erm tumours , body defects and so forth in a , in a non-destructive way if I could put it that way . |
| 26 | Is n't the situation really , erm taking it erm group violence , if I could put it that way , is n't it a question really checks and balances . |
| 27 | And not many years later than that you were involved with the Gardener Centre in one of its previous incarnations , if I could put it that way . |
| 28 | And I 'm going to suggest it 's in your interest to learn how the media operate , and it 's in your interest to cultivate the media , and it 's in your interest to actually persuade the media to do a lot of the work which you would normally do for yourselves if I could put it that way . |
| 29 | He could mend it next day . ’ |
| 30 | The conclusions are obvious enough : that there was a tendency among some Victorians to have fewer children where they could arrange it that way , and that improved medical care , hygiene , sanitation and living conditions generally were improving life-expectancy and helping to eradicate infant deaths . |