Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [num] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the election of 1918 they could not bear it and both voted for the Labour Party . |
| 2 | This was due to the fact that Wilkinson had invented a boring mill in 1774 which could bore out cannons to very fine limits . |
| 3 | Caro Hunt says that at the age of five he could beat her and it was then she realised he had a lot of promise . |
| 4 | The US administration claimed that the recent dramatic increase in the numbers of refugees far exceeded the total of 12,500 who could be accommodated at Guantánamo . |
| 5 | By the autumn of 1989 I could see that the work I was planning more breeding and lecturing , was going to get very costly . |
| 6 | Okay so we could make one lot of twelve we could make two lots of six . |
| 7 | yet our finishes at school at quarter-past-three she could go and pick him up but no they want me to do it . |
| 8 | Stockton finished third from bottom in the A Division last season but with the signing of left arm spinner Masood Anwaar as their professional for 1992 they could well be vying for a place in the top five in September . |
| 9 | A MOTHER of four who could afford only one present for each of her children and nothing for herself has won £660,000 . |
| 10 | Jaffa are sending a party of 50 who could all play a part in the bid to retain the title . |