Example sentences of "and could [adv] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I licked my lips and could already taste the salt ; my hair was whipped into a cone . |
| 2 | But the speculators have tasted blood and could yet force a devaluation of the franc . |
| 3 | Its volume of 7443 million cubic metres is greater than any other British lake and could comfortably immerse every man , woman , and child on Earth three times over . |
| 4 | They make the rule book mentality into an art form and could easily get a PhD in bureaucracy . |
| 5 | A kestrel is even smaller than a barn owl — it may only weigh six to seven ounces , and could easily lose a quarter of an ounce overnight in cold weather because of the energy it uses up trying to maintain its body heat . |
| 6 | Darwin 's originality lay in the fact that , as a wealthy amateur , he could study in the field as well as in the dissecting room and could thus synthesize the information from biogeography and morphology . |
| 7 | Fundoplication may place a degree of stretch on the smooth muscle of the body of the oesophagus and could thus increase the amplitude of contractions . |
| 8 | The female when on heat was obviously erotically inclined herself , and could soon arouse the male , but , once aroused , the sexual drive of both animals seemed unable to direct them towards the exact behaviour demanded by the situation . |
| 9 | Certainly government influence had a powerful impact , and could normally secure the return of favoured candidates in constituencies where there were significant government installations ( such as the postal service at Harwich , or the dockyards at Plymouth , Portsmouth and the Cinque Ports ) . |
| 10 | The members of the commission could not gain entry to north Korea and could not observe the nature of elections there . |
| 11 | The Labour Party began its own Book Service at the end of 1939 in an attempt to provide the alternative , but its efforts were hindered by the war and could not attract a fraction of the readership achieved by the Left Book Club . |
| 12 | A southern Italian , he had taught up until now in a village near Naples and could not speak a word either of Slovene or of Triestino . |
| 13 | One other man , a Henry W. Harris , a railway official , went to his rescue , and succeeded in reaching the drowning swimmer , but got into difficulties himself and could not bring the other to the shore . |
| 14 | She longed to encounter some other human presence and could not bear the thought of it . |
| 15 | Alice , who had several times caught Tom looking admiringly at her while they were coming up there in the tube , and could not forget the way he had held out his hand to her while they sang the duet , wondered if having the room next to his was a good idea . |
| 16 | A second patient , who presented with anaemia , lived alone and in poor social circumstances and could not manage a gluten free diet . |
| 17 | I had fallen many times and could not control the wheelbarrow unless I was close enough for my legs to bang into it . |
| 18 | National unity came late and could not conquer the sense of belonging to pre-national societies . |
| 19 | If Mr Major lost his majority and could not do a deal with another party , would he be entitled as Prime Minister to request a dissolution and a second election ? |
| 20 | It was obvious he was out of control and could not stop the springs . |
| 21 | However , she was beginning to feel her age and could not face an argument until it was unavoidable . |
| 22 | The present writer has no experience in microbiology and could not tell the difference between bacilli and cocci if he saw them . |
| 23 | These three teachers were struggling to survive in an inner-city school and could not give the evaluation project the kind of commitment it really deserved . |
| 24 | Umpire David Archer , in his 28th Test , was following the flight of the ball and could not give the decision , obvious by instant TV replay to viewers as far away as Johannesburg and London and , more pertinently , to reserve umpire Lloyd Barker and match referee Raman Subba Row in the pavilion . |
| 25 | At one point , John decided that he wanted to learn about music , although in fact he newer acquired much technical knowledge of the subject , and could not read a score . |
| 26 | There was no point in talking about it to someone who did not know the personalities involved and could not appreciate the circumstances . |
| 27 | Mr Thornton 's position may be more sympathetically received today , when ‘ paternalism ’ has become a dirty word ; but if , as a later critic was to claim , such philanthropists as Dorothea wished only to fulfil their own personal sentiment of pity and justice , and could not escape the disability of their arbitrary self-appointment , they undoubtedly had a great deal to contribute in the absence of state measures to fill the gap . |
| 28 | He successfully repaired the engine and could not resist the chance of seeing Brooklands , the centre of British Aviation . |
| 29 | G.C. Allen , the doyen of British Japanologists , put it this way ‘ although government fostered growth in Japan = = it certainly did not and could not prescribe the policy to follow ’ ( 1981 p.192 , italics added ) . |
| 30 | Carol Park , communications director of Standard Life , said she would not preempt Monday 's meeting and could not discuss the company 's future support . |