Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] could [vb infin] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had to be lifted off the track each night to prevent possible vandalism which could have seen it trundling down to Staveley on the falling grade ! |
| 2 | ‘ Because , ’ I replied , ‘ there was always a danger that Hopkins , who confided in so few people , may have said something to his sister which could have threatened her . |
| 3 | She said she gave it to her daughter because she believed it was the only drug which could help alleviate her condition . |
| 4 | It is too late at the appeal stage to think about getting evidence which could have helped you at the beginning . |
| 5 | Detailed files were kept on every student which could help determine what sort of assignment they received upon graduation . |
| 6 | He said that Dodman had been suffering from a mental illness which could have affected his behaviour . |
| 7 | He said that Dodman had been suffering from a mental illness which could have affected his behaviour and asked that Dodman be sent for psychiatric help . |
| 8 | In the middle of many clashes and difficulties were the men whom I had met , and to whom , if I had been a true friend , I might have given something of the faith and spirit which could have helped them find a better way for their people . |
| 9 | Myra told me that , until the previous year , she would have thought that nothing whatsoever had occurred in her childhood which could have caused her revulsion to physical contact . |
| 10 | In mid-1974 he developed phlebitis — inflammation of the veins — and within months it was revealed that he had a thrombosis which could have killed him in seconds . |
| 11 | ‘ There are 1,001 possibilities as to why this accident happened and it would be pure speculation to say at this stage what could have caused it . |