Example sentences of "[noun pl] could possibly [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of these large animals could possibly have passed over the arms of the sea which now separates these countries , and their presence plainly indicates that a land communication must have existed since the origin of the species … ’ |
| 2 | With its simple , discreet lines it will scarcely dominate the room visually ; but the anonymity ends there , for it will certainly bring the concert hall closer to home than many listeners could possibly have imagined . |
| 3 | Surely neither of the Meadowses could possibly have missed the deep sardonic note in his voice ? |
| 4 | Drug companies will have to start regarding themselves as suppliers of health rather than just medicines , and ‘ In the extreme case , companies could possibly start to provide general health counselling ’ to accompany the use of their products . |
| 5 | They got fed up when there was one and only a party that has been out of power and living in blinkers for the past 12 years could possibly propose returning to a naked property tax . |
| 6 | Herodotus can not bring himself to believe in a story which gives as the cause of centuries of rivalry ‘ nothing worse than woman-stealing on both sides ’ ( 42 ) , for he does not think the Greeks could possibly have gone to war over anything so trivial , and indeed he appears to concur with the Persian view that ‘ no young woman allows herself to be abducted if she does not wish to be ’ ( 42 ) . |
| 7 | None of his friends could possibly have pointed out that there was no question of his ever passing the physical . |
| 8 | But none of these incidents could possibly have matched that witnessed at a masquerade organized by Lord Tylney at Wanstead House , Essex , in 1768 , as recorded by an Italian noblewoman staying with the Tylneys at the time . |