Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] could " in BNC.

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1 The screw was only allowed to be effective where nothing could possibly be effected by its application .
2 He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel .
3 The Chairman placed a large digital clock on the conference table where everyone could see it .
4 I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep .
5 It was a matter of discovering which day centres offered what services — where I could go , for example , to have a shower or clean my clothes , or maybe have a cheap meal .
6 ‘ Any idea where I could lay my hands on an idiot 's guide to disputes ? ’ he asked .
7 If I could get a home where my kids could grow up with daily fear and where I could also help my father , I could push this hell out of my mind and start afresh with my family .
8 Feeling deliciously convalescent , I pottered about in pyjamas , weak yet fortified by the knowledge that I was in a sympathetic house where I could be waited on , and had no appointments of any kind .
9 He braked in the slow corners , where I could not overtake , then on the straight , he accelerated and drove away , ’ he said .
10 ‘ But this time I want to land , not at Inverkeithing but , ’ he stared across the water , ‘ at some secret place far from public view where I could stable a horse without arousing suspicion or interest . ’
11 It was n't like working here , where I could slip into Spanish when things got ropey , and afterwards we 'd all go to the bar and tone up the group dynamics over a few drinks .
12 If you could find me a garret somewhere near you , where I could live for the next three months , I could finish it , and perhaps get it Published .
13 Although it 's interesting to hear the difference between these amps with a signal source as stable as the A2 , there was n't one where I could n't produce the desired sound simply by tweaking the combo 's own EQ .
14 I have often wondered if Levin made a 12-string guitar and if so , where I could lay my hands on one .
15 Anyway the second school favoured scarlet cross-overs , the lady in charge directing me to a local wool shop where I could buy the yarn and a ( hand knitting ) pattern .
16 The navigator had survived with head injuries but the third crew member was O.K. I signalled to Athens asking them to designate the nearest airfield where I could pick up Brown and White in a Maryland .
17 ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY .
18 The next year , 1965 , he had his choice of three F1 teams competing for his services and chose BRM : as he has said , he wanted to be in a team ‘ where they would n't rush me , a team where I would n't be battling for my place every time I took the grid , a team where I could learn from a man like Graham Hill ’ .
19 Going to the first GLF meeting brought together these two aspects of myself as I saw for the first time the emotional need to have a context where I could be open and proud of my gayness , as well as the political context where my sexuality would seem relevant to all the other things that were going on around me at work and in the country at large .
20 And in another light-year or two I was through the word-barrier , and the book had suddenly reached the stage — the wonderful moment to get to — where I could walk right into my imaginary country and see things that I had not consciously created , and listen to people talking and watch them moving , all apparently independent of me .
21 So it was easy , I was bathing in a calm sea where I could swim freely ; you ca n't swim freely when you get tangled up in roots .
22 I tried to find myself work ( such as washing dishes or mending clothes ) , where I could observe without being too noticeable .
23 At that time I believed that the United Kingdom would be facing severe economic problems in the future , and I decided that I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community , and make a contribution to the resolution of those problems .
24 ‘ I took her to Anglesey , ’ says Christine , ‘ where we have a house , and where I could concentrate on her completely .
25 We had another seventy miles till London and at least another fifteen until the next junction where I could get out .
26 I think you need to look again at the bit I 've marked above where I could n't understand it , and try to clear up the problem .
27 I had gone , as the doctor had ordered , where I could feast my senses .
28 Here , where I could 've done better , if only I 'd understood , if only he 'd helped me ; if only this , if only that .
29 Leon always opened his door after that and , standing in the same spot where I could see him , he would play .
30 I was told by the FO in London that I would be met at Johannesburg airport — since British aircraft could not land in Rhodesia while UDI existed — and would be conveyed to the British Consulate there where I could have a rest .
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