Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I do n't expect they will , but er I mean if a number of them were interested enough , I mean people are away on holiday at that time , but , if we thought , if we got the response we could , what do you think ? |
| 2 | The pomeshchiks derived their livelihood in part from an irregular salary paid while on active service , but primarily from the income they could extract from the peasants settled on their farms . |
| 3 | Through the open end of the tent he could see that the campsite was deserted . |
| 4 | Despite his tuggings with the wrench he could n't get the screw to shift . |
| 5 | The stiff upper lip is a barrier against the trembling which could lead to tears . |
| 6 | Other pieces showing the variety which could now be accommodated under the title ‘ canzon ’ are a ‘ capricio ’ in a number of short , sharply differentiated sections by Giovanni Battista Grillo and a composition for sixteen trombones by Tiburtio Massaino . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , we can not blame the system altogether , as many people do n't think ahead and make the provision they could for a reasonable income in retirement . |
| 8 | After a few hours ' walking along the ridge we could clearly see Koitobos , one of the peaks surrounding the crater rim — a long , flat-topped buttress with a steep cone at one end , composed of large , dark brown , vertical columns . |
| 9 | Standing anywhere on the ridge one could catch sight of the sun delicately resting on the top of the distant hills which marked the far end of the grazing plains . |
| 10 | As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench . |
| 11 | ‘ It was hard to believe the change you could see by moving just a couple of kilometres out of West Germany , one of the richest countries in the world . ’ |
| 12 | In fact , Constantine 's attitude towards Christianity seems to have been primarily a matter of expediency , for Christians by then were numerous in the Empire and he needed all the support he could muster against Maxentius , his rival for the imperial throne . |
| 13 | A king who sought to defy his magnates and preserve his favourites , who was threatened from Scotland and France , who was distrusted and despised by his French wife , would surely need all the support he could get from his clergy and from the pope in order to survive ; and for this , one might expect him to pay dearly by concessions . |
| 14 | His elevation to the kingship may have been a manifestation of the support he could command in his own right among the northern Angles as the son of the victor of ‘ Heavenfield ’ . |
| 15 | Oswiu certainly needed all the support he could attract . |
| 16 | It is argued that the Lamont onslaught had all the hallmarks of an embittered man seeking revenge , particularly as he chose the day when he knew the Prime Minister would be on the defensive , and needing all the support he could summon . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , the authority of an ecumenical Council , more representative of the whole world than any previous Council , working responsibly and prayerfully across four years with all the support it could get from the ablest theologians , is clearly in human and ecclesial terms as considerable as can be . |
| 18 | Sir , — Nine years ago I volunteered my services as a school governor , believing that the expertise I could offer would be helpful to headteacher , staff and pupils . |
| 19 | This did n't stop the rock press from gnashing its teeth and a prize was certainly in the offing for the writer who could effectively belittle the Morrissey figure . |
| 20 | Tal talking about pensions Tom , the chap er cha with the office girls and that and , and checking our expense sheets , he , he er they put a notice on the board you could ante your what , in your pension , you could a put a bit more into it and I were looking at notice and he says ooh he says it 's no good for you , he says er w well I told you about it did n't I ? |
| 21 | The sea was flat , faintly streaked by a waning moon , and through the porthole of the saloon I could see the Southern Cross and the Milky Way , unblemished by cloud . |
| 22 | I only found you this morning , and reckoning by the tide you could n't have been there long . |
| 23 | With the raft being swept away by the tide she could n't climb back on board and was struggling when the lifeboat crew reached her . |
| 24 | Do n't vacuum the mattress which could dislodge the filling but instead brush it occasionally to remove dust and fluff |
| 25 | Oh yeah , by the Shrimp I could of got pregnant ! |
| 26 | Our first time , the afternoon we could n't keep our hands and our mouths away from each other . |
| 27 | This duality between solidity and beauty thus expressed a sharp division between the material and the ideal , the bodily and the spiritual , highly typical of the bourgeois world ; yet spirit and ideal in it depended on matter , and could be expressed only through matter , or at least through the money which could buy it . |
| 28 | The Japanese , on the other hand , would need all the money they could lay their hands on to rebuild . |
| 29 | ‘ There are stars I have simply not brought to Highbury because they have been more concerned with the money they could make rather than what they could achieve for Arsenal . ’ |
| 30 | He said that he much preferred the money they could afford for clothing to go onto the boys ' backs , and onto her . |