Example sentences of "could [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | Even here , one could wait a long time . |
2 | ‘ With most criminal kidnaps you could expect a long wait . |
3 | As we sat in the garden behind his surf shop and talked I could feel the long grass beneath my feet with a sensual awareness I 'd never experienced before . |
4 | Yet when one starts to look at the overall picture a little more deeply , will the obvious strengthening of what will be nine single Championship weeks , be anything more than a move which enables the rich to get richer and actually sets into motion what could become a long term contraction , rather than expansion of the sport , especially if the much-needed revival in the world economy takes longer to become bullish than some of the optimists have been forecasting . |
5 | In the candle-light I could see a long table , in the middle of which was a large yellow shape , with hundreds of insects feeding off it . |
6 | It was a very clear day and we could see a long way . |
7 | The house seemed to stand in a field near the top of a hill , and they could see a long way . |
8 | And erm you could see a long distance with it like that you know , especially if you could see a fox from er about a mile and a half , you could see right going along the rocks in the mountains . |
9 | He could see the long walkway below him , the small iron gates at each end with steps leading down to both sides of the house . |
10 | From where he stood , he could see the long procession outside the walls , motionless now , and the wagons unshackled behind it . |
11 | In the light from the streetlamp Kate could see the long dark lashes against her daughter 's cheek bones . |
12 | Through the glass I could see the long lines of blue moving away down the street and I could still hear the shouts of the corporal . |
13 | The countryside we drove through was beautiful , but behind it we could see the long , dark , frightening hills of the moor . |
14 | With the spring we could begin the long slow climb out of the recession . |
15 | But they could have a long wait . |
16 | Charles behaved rather like a landlord who could take a long view of the future and expect his possessions to provide him with an income in the fullness of time . |
17 | Andrew played back sections so that we could take a long , hard and critical look at our technique . |
18 | ‘ Just tell it the way it happened and try not to get sidetracked , ’ said Melissa , thinking that this could take a long time . |
19 | Courtesy of these NME shows , you too could join a long queue for a booth in which Cliff or Dusty or Adam Faith sold kisses for two bob a time . |
20 | Lukanov presented to the National Assembly on March 29 , 1990 , a package of crisis management measures and first steps towards a market economy , to last until a new government formed after the forthcoming multiparty elections could produce a long term economic strategy . |
21 | If applied on an institutional scale it could abolish the deficit of cadaveric transplants and could go a long way towards solving the moral problem that continues to exercise me and my colleagues . ’ |
22 | The feminine touch in the car showroom could go a long way towards clinching a deal , the Retail Motor Industry Federation said yesterday . |
23 | That could go a long way towards avoiding car payments . |
24 | We will have more success at slowing world population growth if we see it as problem of enabling women in poor countries to have control over their own reproduction , which some carefully targeted development aid could go a long way towards achieving . |
25 | Two per cent insanity could go a long , long way . |
26 | This election could go a long way to sorting that out . |
27 | The specialists had said that if she was careful , she could live a long time . |
28 | It was the only time I felt slightly frightened and that was mainly because I 'd heard that a posterior labour could last a long time — even 24 hours . |