Example sentences of "could [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Might be about When we start work we could stay up a little bit later . |
| 2 | But one day she asked if she could stay out the whole day , and away she went on her little pony , with her two dogs running behind . |
| 3 | AIDS patients are being given a new vaccine which could slow down the effects of the disease . |
| 4 | A new drug which could slow down the onset of Aids in people infected with the HIV virus is undergoing trials in America . |
| 5 | As the band were good enough live , we could build up a ground swell of interest at a local level which then translated into national success . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He could build up a knowledge of who he was , piece by piece . |
| 8 | So , for a few pounds a month now , you could build up a very welcome nest-egg for yourself and provide financial protection for your family at the same time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | One veteran observer of the New York museum scene summarised the insular society 's predicament : ‘ During the 60s , 70s and 80s when all other institutions realised that there was no way that they could build up an endowment without catering to the masses and without appealing to the federal government , museums went with cap in hand ; they saw this was now the game . |
| 11 | ‘ I believe we could build up the parliamentary group to more than 100 members . ’ |
| 12 | He could overrule , as it were , by sending " public " preachers , for example to preach a crusade and , most important , he could build up the power of the monasteries by granting or confirming exemption from the diocesan . |
| 13 | They paid the headman of the village five hundred rupees and all of us had to streak through the forest making as much noise as we possibly could to round up the game . |
| 14 | She could make up a story , say she suffered temporary amnesia , or that she was knocked unconscious by thieves and all her money was gone , but she doubted she could make it sound believable . |
| 15 | You could make up a whole story . |
| 16 | Ever wish you could make up a degree course to suit your own needs ? |
| 17 | Perhaps we could make up a party . |
| 18 | If you could make up a sentence with those . |
| 19 | I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive ! |
| 20 | They could make up the England rugby pack . ’ |
| 21 | After much negotiation , the Welsh Wool Marketing Board agreed to a special arrangement whereby the Cambrian Mill could make up the Ashley 's own wool into cloth as long as this was not sold , but used only for demonstration models and pattern samples . |
| 22 | I could make out a couple of dozen large buildings . |
| 23 | But as his eyes grew accustomed to it he could make out a hand protruding from the open lounge doorway . |
| 24 | The Doctor followed the narrow road down through a small valley , before climbing back up towards a bare hilltop where he could make out a number of tiny wooden crosses , like a forest of lifeless bonsai trees . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I could make out a sort of close-fitting purple cap on the back of her head . |
| 27 | And now it was out of its glass frame he could make out a faded signature at the bottom : |
| 28 | The cloth inside muffled the noise , but when he got close to the window he could make out a human voice . |
| 29 | Both sides could make out a case that they deserved to win and should have been awarded penalties . |
| 30 | He was emerging in stately fashion from Wavebreaker 's companionway and , though I could see he was tall and lanky and had a ponytail of hair , I could make out no details of his face . |