Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | It merely appeared to him a paradox worth someone 's attention : how a man such as Thorkel described could inspire what Thorkel undoubtedly felt for him . |
| 2 | The argument about whether the monster existed could not be settled without preliminary discussion about what in general a monster was . |
| 3 | He did see himself very much as a responsible figure as far as other people 's well being was concerned when it came to this , and this was probably based on the fact that his step-brother , Terry , by his mother 's previous marriage , was classified as schizophrenic , a problem which David felt could be hereditary . ’ |
| 4 | Donna said could n't Steve and Angelica both have been killed by a mallet ? |
| 5 | Conductivities are similar to those in the Basin and Range province of North America ( 0.1Sm -1 ) , which Bott considered could be due to a melt fraction in highly conducting rock . |
| 6 | Any odd QDMs received could be caused by your passing overhead the DF facility . |
| 7 | The problem , in terms of the present discussion , is to explain how the evolution of the id and the ego up to the point at which hunting began could have resulted in its success and could have brought about the adaptive advance represented by self-reproducing hunting bands . |
| 8 | A political interest , however , as Colonel Haldane demonstrated could overcome the opposition of powerful politicians , and the chief casualties were often the little people , like the unfortunate John Main , caught in the battle of interests . |
| 9 | Harvey , though , was suffering from a pulled muscle in his right leg , which Worrell knew could be a handicap against spinners . |
| 10 | As far as national activities are concerned we have the greatest difficulty in getting a delegate to attend the tri-annual meeting in Birmingham this year and many members thought the money spent could have been put to better use . |
| 11 | For example , domestic waste ( which could include broken pottery ) was often spread on fields during manuring — the farm from which the pottery came could be some distance away . |
| 12 | Even the quest for fire , an element of nature taken for granted in the twentieth century , Whitaker felt could be held up as an artifact of wonder through the medium of Doctor Who . |
| 13 | We saw how it was with the plants and the seeds , and the birds and their eggs but the animals God made could not make nests and lay eggs , because they were so much larger . |
| 14 | A year later , the local press was singing his praises : ‘ He has done what some people thought could never be done — make the buses pay . |
| 15 | Hours later , an employee at the funeral home found faint signs that she was still breathing and had her rushed to the hospital in what the funeral home owner said could be nothing but ‘ a miracle ’ . |
| 16 | The man who the media said could do no right , because he would n't give straight answers and most of all enjoyed mocking the stupidity of the press , suddenly became the man who could do no wrong . |
| 17 | Other areas which Mr Chambers believed could drain funds from the UK included the former Soviet republics , Iran and Venezuela . |
| 18 | To North Korea Japan posed a powerful latent threat : the United States and Japan combined could install themselves in South Korea , boost its economy and armed forces , and encourage subversion against North Korea . |
| 19 | Investigators say a fire in which a man died could have been started deliberately . |
| 20 | Investigators say a fire in which a man died could have been started deliberately . |
| 21 | Erm Amy said could you find out as soon as possible about your church person , erm , because she 's got to get somebody else if they 're no good and er Elsie 's going to find out . |
| 22 | But surely the Richard Jobson listed could not be the Richard Jobson , singer , model , TV presenter poet etc etc ? |
| 23 | I knew there was no hope at all of my finding lodgings for Aunt Louise , and put the letter aside ; only when bedtime came could I no longer hide from myself its implications . |
| 24 | Nothing Edouard said could overcome this opposition . |
| 25 | Tests revealed it contained formic acid , which a doctor from Newcastle University said could be lethal to a child if only teaspoonful was swallowed . |
| 26 | It may be said that the Financial Secretary 's reference to the taxpayers being liable to tax as under the pre-existing law ( i.e. , under the Finance Act 1948 , section 39 as re-enacted by the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 ) shows that he was saying that the position was unchanged : nothing the Minister said could effect the proper construction of legislation already on the statute book . |
| 27 | That 's been dropped too , because the GaAs semiconductor house CDC used could only get a yield of 2% good parts . |
| 28 | So Anglam had been effectively entirely in American hands : they sent the trainees probably nominated the lecturers and when the time came could quietly pull out pleading changes in the American scene which the British directors could n't challenge . |
| 29 | They established and operated a revenue system which , if far from pure , was less venial and more efficient than that of any other European state : " The ability of government administrators to establish the routine by which revenues were collected , money raised and supply requisitioned could make the difference between victory and humiliation . " |
| 30 | Everything Golitsin claimed could be proved or disproved according to which set of arguments one wishes to accept . |