Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] could [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all three , some suggestions are made which could provide the basis for tests of effectiveness . |
| 2 | Last week dentists were celebrating being awarded a pay rise , but this week they 've been told they could face a £6,000 pay cut instead . |
| 3 | Last week dentists were celebrating being awarded a pay rise , but this week they 've been told they could face a £6,000 pay cut instead . |
| 4 | Two Spanish climbers above us were working on the overhanging 6b pitches and although we 'd been told you could aid the whole section it was obvious from the stance that the bolts were too far apart . |
| 5 | Half way through he had a break , and noted the record that he had been told he could consult a solicitor if he wished . |
| 6 | He added that during the repair process Mr Hall had been told he could exchange the Rolls for another vehicle but had refused . |
| 7 | I made my way to a cottage near the church , where I had been told I could expect a night 's lodging . |
| 8 | We are told he could outpace a pack of hounds and catch a fleeing fox with ease , and run from Porth to Llantrisant in the time it took his mother to boil a kettle . |
| 9 | He appeared to ignore her , saying his folly had been to believe one could sell a newspaper with as little responsibility as a man selling apples off a stall . |
| 10 | In the existing conditions of financial crisis , it was essential for a government to be formed which could ensure a parliamentary majority in support of the economy measures so that they could pass the Commons . |
| 11 | Or we could if we could be bothered we could write the word divide . |
| 12 | Oh yes they did for , for the increase in traffic I mean that er that er went on over the years gradually creep , creep , creep on until the whole atmosphere of the place was er I do n't know improved should you say or not I do n't know whether it 's er well it certainly has n't improved but erm it changed , it was such a lovely little place really , and of course you could run across the road whenever you liked I mean we used to play in Street of picking out in a sweet shop window er a name be Cadbury 's or chocolate or something you 'd be standing across the road and you 'd be running backwards and forwards backwards and forwards , there was no sign of anyone getting run over cos there was nothing about , and when I was a kid going to the Bluecoat School I 'd run across that bridge every morning without looking right or left , because if anything had hit me , well nothing used to be coming you could see a tram coming but oh there was nothing else at that time in the morning oh no it was , would n't like to run across today . |
| 13 | A strike ballot will now be held which could spread the dispute , grounding all services throughout Britain and Europe . |
| 14 | New plans have been announced which could expand a stretch of the M-twenty-five between the M-four and M-three to seven lanes in each direction . |
| 15 | During 1979 various County and Metropolitan areas submitted Bills to the House of Commons for new powers and the designer is advised to check if any Act has been passed which could affect the proposed location of the high-bay warehouse . |
| 16 | Evidence is being gathered which could mean a further 169 prosecutions , involving all 10 companies in England and Wales . |
| 17 | Because the fact is , if any member of your immediate family were disabled it could put a severe strain on your finances . |
| 18 | Because the fact is , if any member of your immediate family were disabled it could put a severe strain on your finances . |
| 19 | He remembered where the saints had lain , and where the altars had stood ; he remembered the old confusion of secular and ecclesiastical affairs , and the use of the south porch as the place where pleas were settled which could get no solution in hundred or shire or royal court . |
| 20 | A new meals on wheels scheme is being tested which could cut the cost of providing hot school dinners . |
| 21 | A new test for TB has been devised which could save the lives of badgers . |
| 22 | On a nearby site there are several masts which have increased in number over the years and if this application is granted it could create a precedent and make other future applications difficult to refuse . |
| 23 | She says the way the world 's going we could use a bit less individualism and a bit more collective responsibility . ’ |
| 24 | Before everything else , it was essential for both the Emperor and the nation that an Empress be found who could provide an heir . |
| 25 | The way the year is running we could have a drought at midwinter and snowdrops at harvest time . |
| 26 | it follows that it is important to recognise when the limitation period expires and ensure that no action is taken which could mislead a plaintiff . |
| 27 | Our agitations were of course not so much for ourselves , for we were all comfortably enough off — that is to say we could afford a bottle of wine every now and then and very few of us rose with the dawn and laboured until nightfall — but sprang from a burning sense of general injustice or a generalized sense of burning injustice , whichever quote 's the best or whichever your readers prefer . |
| 28 | From the moment they all tumbled out of the minibus on the edge of the woods , the prime objective was to see who could collect the most conkers . |
| 29 | Sooty was famous for his jokes and it was said he could make a cat laugh just by looking at it . |
| 30 | and it was said he could sniff a copper out a mile away . |