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 . |