Example sentences of "[noun prp] could [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expect I 'll walk over this way every day anyway , and if he does come on Saturday could Archie be here , please , to take him down with his bags to the cottage ? ’ |
| 2 | Skipper Chris Dickson feathered the mainsail up the first weather leg so that navigator Erle could jury rig a new mainsheet arrangement before the load came back on the boom as the boat bore away around the first mark . |
| 3 | And then … as always , Hope could lull himself sooner or later into a mood of self-satisfaction at the prospect of a future rich , secure , free , and attainable … |
| 4 | Not even for young Harry could Llewelyn be asked to throw away Wales , which was David 's birthright . |
| 5 | Neither Alan Bennett nor Anita Brookner could thing of a single name . |
| 6 | He did give a little shove to a defender who was shielding Wallace from the ball as it was running thru to Coton , but Coton could nt hold it anyway so IMO it did nt affect the ‘ goal ’ . |
| 7 | Only in Britain could employers already rely on a ready-made , indeed on a largely self-made , supply of skilled men with industrial experience . |
| 8 | Neville Chamberlain has gone down in history , either as the politician who was duped by Hitler , or as a shrewd statesman who was playing for time , so Britain could re-arm . |
| 9 | But all Iran could foment was unrest , not revolt — and it was further discouraged , after Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait , by the loyalty that most Islamic fundamentalist parties showed to Saddam Hussein . |
| 10 | Only in the bosom of the PCF could Nizan breathe freely , could he begin to function effectively . |
| 11 | Signatories of GATT could institute tariff changes which might discriminate against third parties only if done over a long period of time , so giving those third parties the opportunities of adjusting to the change without suffering severe economic disruption . |
| 12 | At the limit , it is difficult to see how an emphasis on measured results is consistent with multilateralism ; it is not possible to imagine that the GATT could police hundreds of agreements , each with its own predetermined measure of success . |
| 13 | Manager Howard Wilkinson had hoped Hodge could soldier on until the end of the season but there has been no improvement . |
| 14 | Smith could yak all day in this random mode , but to the task in hand : interviewing his most favoured fellow travellers and Fall acolytes — I , Ludicrous — for the NME . |