Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] could [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sister Dannii would often join in and little could parents Carol and Ron have realised just where this extrovert show of singing and dancing would lead to . |
| 2 | The impression that several Northampton players were suffering from the effects of last Tuesday 's victory at Leicester was endorsed afterwards , and rarely could Olver , Bayfield and Shelford have had such ineffective games . |
| 3 | You could have been killed by your own foolhardiness and so could others in an attempt to find you . ’ |
| 4 | And how could Dr Neil , who was such a man of sense , tolerate such a … nodcock ? |
| 5 | ( And how could Gyggle have been stupid enough to imagine that he was dead ? ) |
| 6 | And how could Conchis have such people standing by ? |
| 7 | How could the eggs be prevented from drying out and how could tadpoles develop out of water ? |
| 8 | And how could people who lived in places like this , farm or city , manage to support a God-King in limitless luxury ? |
| 9 | And how could Emily have been the culprit ? |
| 10 | And how could stones be El-ahrairah ? |
| 11 | And where could Moses ’ Ark possibly be ? ’ |
| 12 | Mr. Farrer , a white haired man in his fifties was stone deaf but fortunately could lip read , whilst his wife was a really excellent cook . |
| 13 | I could n't say it 's new , but then could blue be said to be royal ? |
| 14 | On this particular day such differences were resolved through later discussion , but how could conflict have been avoided altogether ? |
| 15 | Yeah , but how could Jim do that ? |
| 16 | But how could life have changed so much that this was happening ? |
| 17 | He meant well but how could Hari ever get over the shock of her mother 's sudden death ? |
| 18 | IT 'S a feat that his circus act father would have made a million bucks from , but how could Mr Major-Ball have foreseen that everything little John touched would turn into 100% pure horse-dung ? |
| 19 | ‘ But when could Mr Pipkin have given the poison to Sir Thomas ? ’ asked Auguste reasonably . |
| 20 | The thought of Joe came at once into her mind , but where could Joe be ? |