Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coalition group has agreed on nothing that could even loosely be termed an election platform , let alone a policy for governing the country . |
| 2 | There is nothing that could reasonably be called a head ; merely a small light-sensitive spot ; no heart , only a number of pulsating arteries ; no fins or limbs , only a slight dilation at the hind end like the flight feathers of an arrow . |
| 3 | The bed magnate took charge of the team himself and could often be seen running the touchline in his pith helmet , armed with an old shotgun to encourage the lads . |
| 4 | Even though I 'm not one to go out , some days you wish you did n't have someone dependent on you and could just go out and about . |
| 5 | This is all the more important because multimedia is not a discrete technology or a communications medium in itself and could potentially have an important role in many different industry sectors . |
| 6 | A spokesman for Home & Overseas — the company which organises the AA insurance Pat bought — stresses the importance of covering everything that could possibly go wrong on a ski holiday . |
| 7 | They needed to leave something noticeable , something that could easily be seen and not misunderstood . |
| 8 | Something that could never be undone , only destroyed outright . |
| 9 | In over four years of ‘ The Great War for Civilization ’ , something that could never be assessed had been crushed by the imbecile violence of the Great Powers . |
| 10 | Something alien had come between them , something that could never be removed . |
| 11 | Let me hasten to say that in many schools , particularly in the West Riding , fine education took place , but far from it helping to increase drama in schools , it had the reverse effect for two reasons : ( 1 ) it appeared once more to be something that could only be handled by a specialist — this time a P.E . |
| 12 | It was primarily a Display Laugh , something to indicate that she could rise above Henry , but ( this disturbed him somewhat ) at the back of her he caught a glimpse of something that could only be genuine amusement . |
| 13 | This was not merely to avoid high costs on difficult engineering problems , but to link as many villages as convenient with a system of transport , something that could only be done previously with wagons or packhorses . |
| 14 | Finally there was the ticket for the left-luggage office at Paddington station , something that could only cross the Atlantic by hand . |
| 15 | But suppose there was something that could only be depressed after the first piece had been pulled into the right position ? |
| 16 | The gender perspective is one that could fruitfully be pursued further in anthropological studies on values in connection with social behaviour . |
| 17 | It 's a very exciting project and one that could really prove what we are capable of when we try . ’ |
| 18 | David does n't want them in the first place and he wo n't argue , I 've discussed it with Robin he wo n't argue , erm Richard who 's the only one that could really be regarded as a loser dare n't argue 'cos it 's his report that recommends we they come back to us , and John wo n't understand the item so I think we 're alright there . |
| 19 | The guitar is still the one that could never be replaced by anything digital because you would never be able to get the same sound and feel on a computer . |
| 20 | Of all the films Ocean might 've obtained the licence to , they chose one that could only be described as mediocre . |
| 21 | But now he had ignited a fire within her that could never be put out . |
| 22 | She clung to him hard , she loved him and could never leave him . |
| 23 | He was fourteen years old , blind and hardly able to walk , but they had grown much attached to him and could hardly endure the thought of his death . |
| 24 | We met mainly at meals , which I enjoyed , not only because I liked her and could still indulge myself foolishly and talk with her about our special patient in Marcus , but also as Daisy , being so near the end of her training , had several friends amongst the staff nurses . |
| 25 | Through the mists of her muddled thinking came the name which had wounded her and could now save her . |
| 26 | Many girls fell in love with him but could only admire him from afar . |
| 27 | Lloyd George dominated him but could never prise him away from his party roots ; when Lancashire opinion moved away from coalitionism in 1922 Derby moved with it , and provided the opposition with added credibility . |
| 28 | I think I was expecting it all to be much worse , but I enjoyed it and could honestly say that it was one of the best days of my life . |
| 29 | The man could n't believe it and could only stare as Uncle Mick got up and marched triumphantly up towards Denis and the exit stair . |
| 30 | I always wanted to ask her about it but could never bring myself to say something as ridiculous as , ‘ How was your day ? ’ |