Example sentences of "could at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a large , high , long room , and so full of furniture and mirrors and pictures and books and chandeliers and hangings and refracted angles of light that the eye could at first glimpse in no way assess its dimensions ; it was like some infinitely more complicated and elaborate and intentional version of the hall which Clara had first entered . |
| 2 | But gradually the pattern changes until we see the growth of commercialism by which time the symbols in ornament had less meaning as such social networks were supplanted by more cohesive political groups ; production could at that time be taken over by entrepreneurs who continued the evolution of regional designs but who were distributing the goods in an entirely different manner . |
| 3 | ‘ If we drove as hard as we could at that car coming towards us — ’ she began . |
| 4 | I 've never seen anybody who could play like he could at that age . |
| 5 | But Mr E could at that moment not remember , and this lapse of memory made him rather thoughtful . |
| 6 | We could at that moment quite justifiably have concluded that the date of the bank was most probably in the early second century , like Verulamium , but we were saved from making this serious error by the presence in the trench of a small hearth immediately below the first load of rampart spoil . |
| 7 | There is also a yard where one could at one time sit and look at the adjacent buildings through the barbed wire . |
| 8 | He has got tremendous vision and in midfield he can express himself that bit more than he could at right back . |
| 9 | The proposals we have put to the Government could at minimal cost easily enable us to double our contribution ’ . |
| 10 | So I did n't join any of them I kept independent while I could at any rate and then . |
| 11 | The Old Pretender could at any time become a menace if taken up by England 's enemies . |
| 12 | The agreement provided that the piano would become the property of the customer on payment of all the instalments of rent but that he could at any time before then terminate the hiring by returning the piano to the dealer . |
| 13 | This means that , strictly speaking , banks could at any time increase their lending quite sharply provided they were happy to incur the risk in so doing . |
| 14 | Their agreement also stated that the landlord could at any time use the rooms or permit other persons to use the rooms together with the " licensee " . |
| 15 | He could at any time have obtained for himself the beneficial enjoyment of the whole income . |
| 16 | Or it may simply have been that he was hiding : that his confused sexuality could at any time have brought him down . |
| 17 | This meant that their authority was rather limited since it could at any moment be revoked by the shareholders . |
| 18 | A dull 0–0 defence-dominated , end-of-season clash could at any moment come alive with Stan on the field . |
| 19 | These grievances and demands remained and although they did not drive the students out onto the streets of the capital this time to demonstrate , it was clear that they certainly could at some time in the near future . |
| 20 | The rest of Europe could at this time show little lute music comparable with that of the Spanish and Italian lutenists . |
| 21 | Few could at this stage afford to be as choosy as Fox Milton & Co Ltd when they sacked a new dealer on the grounds that he was dealing with his old Chartwell clients , so enraging Chartwell Securities . " |
| 22 | From one post within the service a teacher could at different times within the week or year act in a range of teaching or advisory roles . |