Example sentences of "[noun] could [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A single horse could easily pull a boat loaded with 60 tons . |
| 2 | Having driven past in the usual manner , the driver then had to go through a second time in reverse so that the mourners on the other side could also take a look . |
| 3 | To this it might be retorted that no-one linguistically advanced enough to look up a word in a dictionary could possibly require a definition of the word home . |
| 4 | Hari could just see a shape outlined against the uncovered glass , she had forgotten to put dad 's apron over the window . |
| 5 | First-team football could also benefit a player who has not won a first-team spot at Filbert Street this season . |
| 6 | As Edward could hardly understand a word the man said either , that did not surprise him . |
| 7 | He knew that although Ulthuan could probably win a war in the bleak northern lands , the cost would be so high that the Elf realms would never recover . |
| 8 | If the string of letters were totally random and did not form words then the subjects could accurately report a maximum of three or four individual letters . |
| 9 | Ask yourself what in its particular essence could possibly cause a murder to happen , or what sort of murder might arise out of this particular place or community or life-style . |
| 10 | If the FA do act , then Wright could also face a fine , while if left to Arsenal the matter is likely to cost Wright two weeks wages — around £5,000 . |
| 11 | Bradford slowly got into the game and nearly took the lead when Mark Prudhoe could only parry a piledriver from Mike Duxbury , then punched the ball away from the onrushing Sean McCarthy . |
| 12 | Bradford slowly got into the game and nearly took the lead when Mark Prudhoe could only parry a piledriver from Mike Duxbury , then punched the ball away from the onrushing Sean McCarthy . |
| 13 | A 10-year-old could never control a dog if a fight started . |
| 14 | Indeed an inversion episode could also produce a redistribution of previously reservoired products as a result of structural readjustment . |
| 15 | This kind of concentration could still produce a narrowness of horizon , or a confident self-satisfaction . |
| 16 | Youngsters could also enter a map drawing competition and have the chance to win a Young Rambler 's Adventure Kit of boots , rucksack and waterproofs . |
| 17 | Canoeists and boaters who use the last freely navigable river in England could soon need a licence before getting on the water . |
| 18 | At first Jane could hardly understand a word Mervyn said , but he was too good-humoured to be offended . |
| 19 | Changing our conception of international law could therefore have a bearing on our capacity tor achieving peace . |
| 20 | That last minute instruction from London said that planners could only form a view . |
| 21 | A resident at the C.I.C. hut could easily do a spot of rock-climbing , nip into Fort William to indulge in some leisurely shopping for tartan gonks and still be back in time for a sing-song round the primus stove . |
| 22 | Carole had said that the style of warden could really make a difference , and I was relieved to see that Aj was far too easy-going to be a slave-driver ; a non-conformist , his regulation chocolate-brown corduroy trousers were bleached white , a phenomenon which he put down to the use of Ariel automatic . |
| 23 | In Gillick v. West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [ 1986 ] A.C. 112 the central issue was not whether a child patient under the age of 16 could refuse medical treatment if the parents or the court consented , but whether the parents could effectively impose a veto on treatment by failing or refusing to consent to treatment to which the child might consent . |
| 24 | In a week 's time it would be the longest day of the year when , in these latitudes , a gunner could accurately sight a twelve-pounder at half-past nine of an evening . |
| 25 | Knowledge is power and withholding it meant that Wheeler could then play a blame game with Ian for his not knowing something which he ought to have known . |
| 26 | The parent could then suggest a compromise , such as ‘ I will undertake not to go into your room , then I wo n't feel upset and ca n't nag you . |
| 27 | To say of John Smith " His name is certainly not George Washington " is capable of being defamatory of Smith : the ordinary reader knows that George Washington could never tell a lie , and is likely to infer that Smith is therefore untruthful . |
| 28 | The same technique could also enable a loudspeaker to pump sound into a very tightly defined area . |
| 29 | ‘ We wanted to find out where this money could really make a difference and were excited by what we saw . ’ |
| 30 | But never mind , though their blue-veined old hands might be trembling their fingers could still pull a trigger . |