Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statements could relate to past facts ( i. e. they could mean that those services were provided last season ) or they could relate only to the future ( i.e. that they will be provided next season ) . |
| 2 | This type of arable cropping could contribute greatly to the income of smaller units . |
| 3 | The allegation was foreign to Papert and his colleagues , but it is true that Servan-Schreiber would be politically safer and the centre financially more secure , if French industry could contribute substantially to the hardware required for pilot projects . |
| 4 | I was managing to put our disastrous marriage behind me , and I was even getting to the stage where I could look forward to the future . |
| 5 | Still , on Sunday mornings there were no such worries and the Rabbi could look forward to the family breakfast — and to bagels . |
| 6 | Now it could go straight to the byre . |
| 7 | The Chairman of the company told him he was most impressed with the contribution he 's made to the business , and that he could go right to the top if he keeps it up . |
| 8 | If she did not believe him they could go together to the man . |
| 9 | John Roper , of the Royal Institute of International Affairs , warned that economic failure combined with growing nationalistic fervour in some East European and Third World countries could lead instead to the emergence of extremely right-wing , authoritarian regimes . |
| 10 | Asik simply wished he could live closer to the village but he knew there was no way his grandparents would survive the move , so he trundled on and tried dearly not to think about it . |
| 11 | ‘ But at least I could come close to the song of electricity . |
| 12 | Ken tried to rid himself of the guests , so that he could get away to the theatre , by telling Pat to call him to an imaginary telephone call . |
| 13 | But there were only soft , cold leaves remaining , and they got sucked in beneath her plate , to rest there clammily until she could get away to the bathroom . |
| 14 | And with a short night 's sleep behind him and a miserable hour ahead of him before he could get away to the hospital , the day would be spoiled before it started . |