Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [noun] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The club that once prided itself on having so few injuries they could field the same team week in week out now has so many invalids they are lucky to have the same side two games running . |
| 2 | Though , to be sure , in my day we used so much powder one could n't always tell . ’ |
| 3 | the very , the ones who 've got so much money they could and they 're buying up things as a result of somebody 's misery at a way lower price than it should be bought for |
| 4 | Moore has so much money he could buy the entire hotel . ’ |
| 5 | She was exhausted yet filled with so much energy she could n't keep still . |
| 6 | Lorry driver Bill , 51 , of Merthyr Tydfil , South Wales , said yesterday : ‘ I was in so much pain I could n't dress myself after I had been examined and needed a wheelchair . ’ |
| 7 | There were so many reasons he could think of that stood in the way of his emulating Sebastian Smith of Greycoats that he could not start to list them . |
| 8 | When that was rejected he argued in favour of his old plan of travelling on foot by the secret paths ; there were so many footpaths they could not all be watched and there was a chance that if they came upon outlaws there would be no more than one or two . |
| 9 | There are so many tunes they could play . |
| 10 | But there were so many things we could do ! |
| 11 | Now , today , I 'm going to break away from the notes a little bit , cos I think , there 's so many things you could bring , we could bring in , and I think some of the points made in the notes will naturally come out in our discussion . |
| 12 | Jesus , there 'd be so many things I could do I do n't even know where to start thinking about them . |
| 13 | In fact , we have witnessed this very scenario on so many occasions we could not even begin to discuss them . |
| 14 | ‘ There are so many gates I could not figure out where the clubhouse was , ’ he said . |
| 15 | But at your age you know so many words you could n't really be expected to spell all of them and you 're you 're thinking Oh whatever I do I every word I write down is wrong . |
| 16 | There were so many mistakes I could n't do it over the telephone . |
| 17 | ‘ They detonated an explosive device next to one , and it disintegrated into so many pieces they could n't find them all . |
| 18 | The law also laid down " new principles for forming the power structure " of local authorities , specifying that only those functions which could not be performed by the lower tiers of government should be delegated to higher bodies . |
| 19 | Sylvia was able to take from the cupboard only those items she could reach while standing in the hall itself . |
| 20 | ‘ Just another thing which could be something or nothing . |
| 21 | She is certain that this interest in their marathon game helped to smooth away many problems which could have arisen . |
| 22 | When he got home that evening he could smell that Val was in a mood . |
| 23 | There are still more products which could not be displayed on the screen due to size limitations . |
| 24 | There is still more information which could not be displayed on the screen due to size limitations . |
| 25 | Keith Richardson says it the game showed a lot of encouragement for the cherry and whites … if anything Gloucester had the edge … and with a little more luck it could have gone their way … confidence is not quite there and Gloucester have to turn their pressure into points … |
| 26 | With a little more steadiness he could even have had another three . |
| 27 | I 'd have tuna fish , I 'd have ham , everything because you can eat as much meat you could sit down and eat cabbage , swedes , runner beans , cauliflower , peas every vegetable |
| 28 | Even many voters who could n't bring themselves to endorse him last November are prepared to believe in what he calls the politics of hope . |
| 29 | However , on the second , more rigorist , view , her action would turn out to be wrong , should it be true that with even more effort she could have relieved still more suffering , or caused just a little more happiness ( without countervailing harm ) . |
| 30 | Maybe that way she could have coaxed out a little information about his affair with Elise . |