Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why — because , though at any other time I could perhaps let my feelings have their head , this time , for a reason I simply was n't seeing then , I just knew that it could not be like that with you . ’ |
| 2 | The name commemorates Don Juan Fernandez De Velasco , the Spanish governor of the city who , in 1598 , allowed the widening of a local road so that the citizens could better celebrate their carnivals . |
| 3 | Paralysed from the neck down , Bundini could only move his eyes . |
| 4 | Anguished husband Ron , 60 , could only grip her fingertips to show her he was there . |
| 5 | Despite the rout at Dupplin Moor David II still enjoyed much support in Scotland and Balliol realized he could only hold his gains with English assistance . |
| 6 | The retreat led by theorists was of a dwindling army that felt itself to be beaten , and at best it could only remember its victories . |
| 7 | They had to take their places on a enormous swing ; once seated it was lowered from the flies until the audience could only see their legs as they went through their act . |
| 8 | The man had stopped pacing now ; he was talking , at first quietly , so that she could only see his lips moving through a screen of ferns , then he began arguing , gesticulating , running through the phrases again and again like an actor in rehearsal , pleading with someone who was n't there . |
| 9 | ‘ He 'd tied a black scarf , or a stocking , or something over his face , and I could only see his eyes between that and his hat brim . |
| 10 | I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire . |
| 11 | I no longer drank black coffee nor smoked , so I could only chew my almonds and sip my herb tea . |
| 12 | I could only attribute my captors ' sudden change of attitude to the fact that they were pleased to be getting rid of me . |
| 13 | And she had backed away in such a fashion that Lily could only let her arms drop . |
| 14 | He was a Marxist and might be called a ‘ Christian Communist ’ , but he could not answer the question ‘ was he a communist ? ’ directly , he could only state his beliefs . |
| 15 | But that idea killed the vision and she could only put her arms round him again and hide her face against his chest . |
| 16 | In 1953 he unveiled her at the Cannes film festival where she stole the limelight to such an extent that established stars could only get their pictures taken by posing with her . |
| 17 | Scotland led 2–1 after the foursomes but the target of three points from the singles was beyond them when their top two players , Catriona Lambert and the very talented 18-year-old Mhairi McKay , could only halve their matches . |
| 18 | An insensitive allocation policy could only frustrate their efforts . |
| 19 | One could scarcely blame her parents for disliking the connection . ’ |
| 20 | Poor Gillie could scarcely vocalise her responses . |
| 21 | — Laura could scarcely believe her ears . |
| 22 | She could scarcely believe her eyes . |
| 23 | Orrell , having led 9–0 at half-time , could scarcely believe their eyes . |
| 24 | Clad in a coat which was so stiff with gold wire and seed pearls that he could scarcely bend his arms he rode with his escort beneath a line of arches which were suspended on ropes between houses on opposite sides of one of the main streets . |
| 25 | Well , he could just take his insults and his offers of assistance and — |
| 26 | God , if I could just get my hands on the bastards who did that to your house ! |
| 27 | If I could just add my thanks to the officers substantial piece of work , which is , I hope going to be used by many members to come for the next year . |
| 28 | By moving her head about and squinting through gaps in the foliage she could just follow his actions . |
| 29 | I feel the time is now right to respond to local bargaining initiatives , C C T and L M S , with a review of how the research department could best provide their services to the people at the sharp end . |
| 30 | Shearson Lehman analyst David Readerman , who raised his Microsoft rating to a ‘ strong buy ’ following the court ruling , said the company could easily adapt its Windows programme if the judge ruled against it on the remaining issues . |