Example sentences of "and [vb past] it could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many women realized that our trade union did n't have the support of the management and believed it could n't resolve any of our problems . |
| 2 | Once she turned a pattern on its side and discovered it could be viewed as a swastika ; it was therefore rejected . |
| 3 | Michael Latham , an executive member of the 1922 Committee of Tory MPs and a former director of the Housebuilders ' Federation , condemned the rise as unnecessary and warned it could lead to a recession . |
| 4 | The FAO organised a series of meetings between eminent experts , commissioned a mountain of reports , and decided it could help . |
| 5 | And the revenue got mean and decided it could n't afford the time of serving officers and it left pre-retirement council and other bodies with a gap to fill er the only other people who are er professional if you like , who could fill it , would be accountants and they were n't available . |
| 6 | She liked the reflected glory of her daughter 's being with such a famous star , and thought it could do nothing but good for the girl 's future in the theatre . |
| 7 | Lithuania 's president , Mr Vytautas Landsbergis , promptly called the decree illegal , and said it could be implemented only by ‘ brutal armed force ’ . |
| 8 | When she pointed out this might mean she would be on her own yet again throughout another summer he shrugged and said it could not be helped and he had no choice . |
| 9 | Mr McFall held up a penknife with a three-inch blade and said it could exact terrible injuries and that post-mortem examinations last year at the department of forensic medicine and science at Glasgow University showed that in 18 out of 31 stabbings , the wound was three inches or less . |
| 10 | Environment minister David Maclean praised the conference of EC enforcement agencies and said it could well have benefits for industry across the region . |
| 11 | The Saudis said such a protest was un-Islamic and denied it could have happened . |
| 12 | However , he had persevered with the task and accepted it could be a while before he would find the kind of job he wanted . |