Example sentences of "could [conj] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mysterious passenger had been slimmer , darker and younger , but beyond that the driver could or would not go . |
| 2 | Furthermore , if schools could or would not respond to society 's needs , it might be necessary to impose a national core curriculum . |
| 3 | She could not see why her mother wanted her , nor what she expected her to do in Northam , and whenever she mentioned the subject to others they exclaimed in horror , commiserating with her , telling her that she must be firm , never for half a moment assuming that she could or would really do it . |
| 4 | And perhaps , occasionally , he was frustrated by what he could or could not achieve . |
| 5 | With luck the senior Girl would tell them precisely what they could or could not do , and when they had to return to the Club . |
| 6 | And I mean I would like to go offshore again , just to prove to myself whether I could or could not do it . |
| 7 | He argued that the physical capabilities of the plant determined where it could or could not live , and studied the effects of various environmental factors , especially water , in determining the prevailing vegetation . |
| 8 | Laura acknowledged the need for hiring designers with their own ideas but rejected the need to be told by either accountants ( ‘ grey suits ’ as she termed them ) or shop managers what she could or could not sell . |
| 9 | No one was going to tell her what she could or could n't do , or where she had to go . |
| 10 | The idea of a God-given nature and destiny had the corollary that nothing so essentially predetermined could or should ever change . |
| 11 | The Parlement of Bordeaux , for example , gave forcible expression in a remonstrance of May 1757 to the idea that it was the guardian of the ‘ ancient and fundamental laws ’ of France and could and should not register any legislation which infringed these . |
| 12 | The Ecumenical Center for Development argues that short term seminars or consultation in academic centres would be much more fruitful for people with a deep commitment to development who could and should not spend a year away . |
| 13 | I set about the lump with the Woodcarver and soon discovered what it could and could not do . |
| 14 | Much has been said about what a Labour Government could and could not do , but I am certain that a Labour Government would set out with the best of intentions to improve the situation . |
| 15 | MGM 's Louis B Mayer even told his artists who they could and could not date . |
| 16 | So those less likely to buy the products knew what these could and could not achieve , whilst potential consumers remained misguided by the original advertisements . |
| 17 | These groups might enter into semi-permanent contracts with academics who had similar interests , and develop rules about who could and could not take part in a ‘ course ’ in a particular ‘ subject ’ and how that ‘ course ’ should be conducted . |
| 18 | In one of these early lessons he was very lucky in his teacher ; Miss Public House took him home on one of his first nights — she who usually never could be bothered — and in one exhausting night Miss P taught him everything he knew about how to make love without getting hurt or hurting anybody ( remember that in those days we were still getting used to the idea and still elaborating our repertoires of what you could and could n't do , which was very hard for us , for me anyway , since we had spent so long trying to forget the very word could n't ) . |
| 19 | I 've got a very stubborn streak and I discovered that I could n't bear people telling me what I could and could n't eat . |
| 20 | I had the same problem with the doctor and nurses in Styal over what I could and could n't have in the way of eye drops , etc . |
| 21 | On one occasion I had some winter clothes brought in and it did take up literally half the visit , sorting all that out , and arguing about what I could and could n't have . |