Example sentences of "could [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The peaks of these helmets , however , were sharpened up with the aid of a file and ‘ nutting ’ someone whilst wearing such a weapon , he claimed , could literally chop their head off . |
| 2 | No wonder , Blanche realised , Swod could only pinion his face into the imitation of a smile . |
| 3 | Aisha 's insistent words in the grain store , as she shook her gold earrings and the bangles on her wrist , urging me to stay at home , but I could only gaze at her shoes and marvel at how exactly they matched her handbag . |
| 4 | ‘ Why — is he going away quite soon ? ’ asked Felicity in dismay , and Breeze could only gaze at her in astonishment . |
| 5 | Since it was Dane 's name on the hoardings which had sold out the theatre on opening night and for several weeks to come , Josh 's kindness brought a painful lump to her throat , and she could only gaze at him in mute gratitude . |
| 6 | Startled , Theda could only gaze at him . |
| 7 | She could not look away , could only gaze back at him , wondering what he sought . |
| 8 | For a second she could only gaze at him , completely at a loss . |
| 9 | Stephen Pears made a fine save but could only palm the ball into the path of Steve Butler . |
| 10 | But on forty one minutes it was Milton who took the lead as new signee from A E R Harwell , Robbie Munn , was on hand to slide the ball home from close range as Matt Utteridge in the Bishops ' goal could only palm away Nigel Mott 's probing cross to send Milton in at the interval leading by a goal to nil . |
| 11 | His price could soon rocket if Blackburn challenge Leeds and Arsenal for his signature . |
| 12 | Consequently , the Franco regime could not institute a programme of land reform without arousing the hostility of the landowners . |
| 13 | A slightly more critical eye might have felt that the very fact that they were publicly proclaiming the existence of such a rumour could not advantage Profumo in any way and might easily damage him . |
| 14 | But Hide could not floor the tough 30-year-old . |
| 15 | But even though Lewis used him for target practice with heavy right crosses and upper-cuts , he could not floor the durable American , who took a standing eight count early in the fourth round . |
| 16 | Certain staff could not telework and teachers and social workers are obvious examples . |
| 17 | The outsiders either would not or could not resort to those tactics which were thought to have assisted the establishment of the three large criminal practices characterised by an ‘ outside ’ solicitor as ‘ The Barons ’ ( Thomas and Mungham 1976 ; Smith and Thomas 1978 ) . |
| 18 | What this adds up to , then , is the claim that if there existed an organism which either could not act or whose actions made no difference to its perceptions then not only would that organism not be cognisant , it could never become cognisant . |
| 19 | ‘ Could not Joan de Warenne , my half-sister , go to the Tower in my stead ? ’ she asked . |
| 20 | They could not foot the increased deficit . |
| 21 | His mother the dowager Queen Isabella survived until 1358 and if she could transmit title to Edward III , why could not Jeanne of Navarre , Louis X 's daughter , or any of the daughters of Philip V do likewise ? |
| 22 | The acussed alledged that he could not forsee the harm he would do , and proceeded to argue that since he acted inavertently , he did not committ the offence . |
| 23 | One could not forsee . |
| 24 | The Germans could not man every half-mile — never mind every yard — and campaign in Russia . |
| 25 | the water stood so clear I could not gauge |
| 26 | It seemed to me that you could not edge in a word ! ’ retorted Theda . |
| 27 | Could not imperialism go hand-in-hand with prosperity for the working man ? |
| 28 | That 's the man he is , ’ said Adam abruptly , and strode before them at a furious pace towards the guest-house , pursued by the pain he could not outdistance . |
| 29 | But she could not distance herself from her friend 's tragedy . |
| 30 | He knew now he could not farm here . |