Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the choice was hers — she could stay on in the cottage for the weekend as planned , or she could cut her losses and head for home . |
| 2 | Dexter pressed his nose against the grid of cold metal but all he could make out in the shadowy interior was a counter and the shimmer of clothes hung up in plastic bags . |
| 3 | The figure in the seat was human , as far as he could make out in the murky light , but there was something about the awkward way it was sprawled in the chair that made him glad he could n't see it any clearer . |
| 4 | In 1970 — if you were eighteen and could lay your hands on a little ready money — it was almost de rigueur to travel overland to Greece where , in an idyllic island setting , you could hang out in the coolest way imaginable with amiable drug-dealers and liberated chicks . |
| 5 | The 1896 discovery by Eduard Buchner ( 1860–1917 ) that fermentation could carry on in the absence of living cells seemed like the final nail in the coffin . |
| 6 | It was a worry when we did n't get a pension and when it did come , it alleviated things , but we know it could run out in the New Year . |
| 7 | Artistic Reef , successful at Lingfield last time , could follow up in the Prestwold Conditions Stakes . |
| 8 | But the settlement is believed to have given Kuwait assurances that its production could go up in the summer if the market is strong enough . |
| 9 | Leith snapped angrily — and realised she could go on in the same vein until she was blue in the face and it still would n't dent him . |
| 10 | some members of a band could go out in the evening and pop into a whole bunch of places to ask if they will give them a gig . |
| 11 | I really think , although I would not be prepared to put it to the test , that you could go out in the streets of London in your nightdress and nobody would notice . |
| 12 | BE good to your secretary or you could end up in the worst seats on business flights and be booked into lousy hotels . |
| 13 | He was at Ibrox in 1971 when 66 fans died in a crush on the steps of the stadium ; in September 1980 , he had to watch the pathetically outmatched Welsh bantam-weight Johnny Owen die at the hands of Lupe Pintor , after writing beforehand ‘ this fight could end up in the intensive care unit ’ ; and he saw the heart-bursting tension of a World Cup qualifying match kill the man with whom he had an almost filial relationship , the Celtic and Scottish national football manager , Jock Stein . |
| 14 | In case you had n't noticed , Ulster 's John Reid is having a barnstorming season and he could end up in the top four in the championship with over 100 winners . |
| 15 | In case you had n't noticed , Ulster 's John Reid is having a barnstorming season and he could end up in the top four in the championship with over 100 winners . |
| 16 | ‘ We could end up in the lunatic situation of the TDC having to pull it down to make way for a new development . ’ |
| 17 | It had not occurred to him that he could stand up in the pub , leave the beer half-drunk , the sandwich half-eaten , walk out into the London early evening . |
| 18 | Well I could come along in the evening perhaps . |
| 19 | Miss Monroe could come down in the morning and see her then . |
| 20 | You could come out in the morning |
| 21 | Last night , bets on what the premium would be ranged from 20p to 35p , which means the shares could kick off in the region of £2 compared to the 165p offer price . |
| 22 | Forty minutes of temptation was as long as I could last out in the cold , biting wind but an invigorating walk in such conditions has to be good for you . |
| 23 | Organ help : If you play the organ and could help out in the parish church when the regular organist is ill or away please contact the Rev Robert Cooper on . |