Example sentences of "could [vb infin] live [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both came from peasant stock of considerable longevity , but the presence of Nicolae 's mother-in-law in her late nineties was evidence that Elena Ceauşescu could expect to live well into the twenty-first century — and she certainly had plans to be in charge then too . |
| 2 | she and Diana , and Mary could have lived quite happily |
| 3 | Strangely enough , though , when he left Oxford he wound up the business and joined the Navy , despite the fact that he could have lived handsomely off his investments . |
| 4 | She was so self-absorbed , he said , that ‘ she could have lived happily … in a vacuum ’ . |
| 5 | Now this yarn had long since passed into history of ancient Highland folklore , and the WAAFs and airmen could have lived happily ever after . |
| 6 | I like this area I really do actually if I could afford to live here I would . |
| 7 | After all , they point out , that could involve living together for fifty or sixty years , compared to the twenty or thirty of previous generations . |
| 8 | ‘ The terrible things you refer to were intended to ensure you could continue to live here — in the style you obviously do . ’ |
| 9 | Privately she wondered how much longer the old lady could continue to live alone , even in this flat . |