Example sentences of "could [verb] to [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps if she could speak to Mahoney again , tell him what happened out by Mountpelier that morning , he would tell her more . |
| 2 | The United States could , and did , also claim that it actually required a greater surplus than this so that it could begin to chip away at the huge ‘ overhang ’ of dollar liabilities with a view to restoring convertibility of the dollar to the SDR ( special drawing rights ) once confidence had been restored . |
| 3 | The development of these large Cotswold settlements may be connected with the evident wealth of the area reflected by the large and richly appointed villas and the same could apply to Oxfordshire where there are at least two sizeable settlements and no apparent defences . |
| 4 | ‘ I think I could ride to Wales today , ’ she answered . |
| 5 | ‘ I wanted to create something a commuter could go to work on , while cutting down on pollution . ’ |
| 6 | If there was just one of them , we could go to court now , we 'd get a conviction . |
| 7 | British Rail asserts , and the hon. Member for Keighley said so again tonight , that in physical terms the planned exit of the lines from King 's Cross at the south-eastern corner of the new proposed station is such that lines could go to Stratford just as easily as they could have gone southwards . |
| 8 | I could go to bed early and it 's sort |
| 9 | ‘ We could go to Hastings tomorrow , ’ Doreen persisted . |
| 10 | The growing propensity to sample bodily fluids for contraband chemicals has engendered a bitter legal struggle over an employee 's right of privacy , a conflict which could spread to Europe along with fear of ‘ crack . ’ |
| 11 | Avalanche experts were predicting that the prolonged spell of sub-zero temperatures above 2,500ft after the snowfalls could lead to problems later in the winter as new snow falling on top of the frozen snow pack would not bond easily to the lower layers . |
| 12 | Present trends could lead to consumption more than doubling by 2020 , the council says , and although energy is abundant at present , governments should take early action to secure supplies . |
| 13 | ‘ To dress the Croatian thugs up as Franciscan monks so that they could escape to Italy out of the clutches of Tito 's partisans . |
| 14 | If I were to ask you if you could come to dinner tonight and you replied ‘ Yes ’ or ‘ No ’ , my wife and I could plan accordingly . |
| 15 | Well that 's a , that 's a thing of that particular day , at that time th th and life erm and then they get what they call , they bought a steam hopper , so the steam hopper would say , could get to sea quicker in half the time the dumb hoppers could and so we were rotating all the time , there used to be one dumb hopper go to sea , one steam hopper and we 'd be loading the other dumb hopper and then th course the steam hopper would be back in half the time we 'd that and that 's how we rotate , day to day . |
| 16 | " If only I could get to Hatfield then the journey from there to London is easy . |
| 17 | Now I could get to Hatfield very easily from Baldock , so now I need to get to Baldock … " all the way back to Edinburgh . |
| 18 | The level of EIB loans could extend to £700m over three years . |
| 19 | We could listen to music instead . |