Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [Wh pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of his betrayal of the Decembrists in 1825 and his long identification with the regime of Nicholas I , he had few friends on the left of the political spectrum who could advise him on the way in which emancipation should proceed . |
| 2 | Legend says it was here that Edward I showed his baby son to the Welsh as ‘ the native-born prince who could speak no English ’ . |
| 3 | Bradley is not the world 's fastest passer , but he is a durable warrior , a highly intelligent and brave footballer who could be just the man for the All Blacks . |
| 4 | Can it really be the case that there is no Conservative woman Back Bencher who could do a better job than some of the present Cabinet Ministers ? |
| 5 | Thus , just at the moment when the Battle of Verdun was about to enter its grimmest phase , the one man on the German side who could have put an end to the butchery was impotent to do so . |
| 6 | He wants to , but his attempts are thwarted by an old enemy who could harm his wife 's business . |
| 7 | " You should just see her , you ca n't imagine , you would have to see her to know why she chose it , " and all the time , as she spoke , some more assured , sophisticated account underran her words , silently , in her own mind , an account by some other girl , some girl who could wear such garments , and laugh at them , and explain them , and not suffer — some girl so far above such things that nothing could pull her down . |
| 8 | Gown despised me for selling my soul to a shrill shallow shrew , town for being an old fart who could n't satisfy his frisky young mate . |
| 9 | But this girl who could n't be more than twenty-two or twenty-three was going to do it , not he . |
| 10 | Was this Sir Ronald 's own change , or is he the victim of some editor who could not resist what H G Wells called the greatest passion ? |
| 11 | There 's nobody in this room who could n't win a sprint race against a sumo wrestler now , without any practice , even in stockinged feet you could do it . |
| 12 | And yet I do n't think there 's anybody in this room who could last a minute in a ring with a sumo wrestler because obviously being fit for sumo wrestling is quite different from being fit for sprint running , you need a completely different physique . |
| 13 | But what they were thinking of doing is taking on another person who could file plans away in the plan room once the , once sort of the midmorning rush of visitors had been cleared in , in Hudson House reception . |
| 14 | Then I was in the corridor , having an intimate talk with an old friend who could no longer stand . |
| 15 | Conversely , we would be impressed by another yogi who could alter these processes in his intestines on a word of command but made no claims to know what was going on down there from moment to moment . |
| 16 | ‘ Have n't you got some old aunt who could be suddenly ill and need you ? ’ |
| 17 | He felt a sudden unwilling awe for this creature who could with such ease summon and bend to his will the terrible Stroicim Inchinn . |
| 18 | To my surprise this man who could not swim a stroke had covered a quarter of a mile towards Malta , judging by the fluorescine trail . ’ |
| 19 | In fact a Mr Boothby said he knew of 10 prospective members whilst Mr Caldecott said he knew another man who could introduce 25 members ! |
| 20 | The suit had been tailored for him in London , at a cost of some one hundred and fifty guineas — not by Edouard de Chavigny 's own tailors , Gieves of Savile Row , but by another man who could do a cheaper , and passable , imitation . |
| 21 | A solid reliable reporter who could be safely ignored . |
| 22 | I 'll never forget when he came home one night a few months ago and said he 'd met this old man who could tell fortunes by reading the dregs in the bottom of a beer glass . |
| 23 | It was somewhat similar with me ; the war was on , albeit far away , and I was missing it ; patriotism and duty did enter into the picture but I was chafing at the bit like Old Dobbin who could not bear to stay away from a fire ! |
| 24 | But after his retirement , in interviews with Robert Mackenzie , and on many private occasions , he revealed a quite different side — avuncular , anecdotal , witty , an old trouper who could , when he was in the mood , move you to tears or laughter . |
| 25 | Another working-class London mother took pity on an old couple who could not work and had no pension , and lodged them rent-free . |
| 26 | You realize that there are probably only half a dozen big firms in this country who could actually laugh at a money panic now . |
| 27 | Military leaders in the sixteenth century who could not find wars to fight elsewhere might turn on their own sovereigns and fight at home ; there had been some decades of civil war in England after the English had been driven out of France in the middle of the fifteenth century . |
| 28 | Kingsley adjusted his dogcollar meaningfully and replied that he was an expert on the English language who could speak authoritatively not only on the matter of ‘ bollocks ’ but also on ‘ shit ’ or ‘ fuck ’ if required . |
| 29 | Irwin had a marvellous year last time and will be keen to win the Regal as will Derek Young , another rider who could look back on 1992 with a great deal of satisfaction . |
| 30 | Sunderland 's housing committee is to be asked to take over the property with a view to renting it to a would-be tenant who could buy it outright in future under the right-to-buy scheme . |