Example sentences of "could [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If … one prescient soul at your level , say , early in 1982 , … really had thought ministers should be forced to meet on this issue and they kept postponing discussions on the Falklands , could you as Permanent Secretary of Defence have ensured that relevant Cabinet ministers did get together and look at the problem rationally and seriously , in so far as it 's possible , in time ? |
| 2 | ‘ Could you by any means guess who this man must be ? ’ asked the abbot , his voice level and gentle . |
| 3 | ‘ But , Dear Madam , could you in good |
| 4 | How important could you from this work of making known this father 's name and kingdom , he said to his disciples my food is for me to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work why did Jesus consider God 's work to be as important as school ? |
| 5 | How could she through that snout of teeth sealed with syn-skin , even if she wished to ? |
| 6 | Nor , as he fully intended to sin more , could he with any penitential fidelity see the consolation of confession or even of prayer . |