Example sentences of "could [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I could stay hidden until Kezia and the rest of the foreigners had gone , I would be all right . |
| 2 | But a cat like that could stay hidden for months . |
| 3 | No decision has been made to do any follow up , ’ he said , but ‘ you could stay tuned . ’ |
| 4 | At Great Dunmow Inspector Martin Reed said often people did not take enough care when leaving their cars , which could remain unlocked , or with keys in the ignition . |
| 5 | Expansion of their wealth depended upon drawing serfs away from the land to labour in the towns ( thus serfs who could remain hidden within town walls for a year and a day gained freedom from the land ) and on undermining those aristocratic privileges , such as control over roads , which inhibited commercial activity . |
| 6 | Not only would the creature regenerate severed scraps of its body into new limbs , not only would gobbets of its substance give rise to more of it , but in some fashion — through the medium of the warp — its substance could remain connected together , could still function as a unit even when slashed apart . |
| 7 | He studied how seeds could be carried in the mud clinging to the feet of birds , and also experimented on how long seeds could remain immersed in salt water and still be fertile . |
| 8 | Er in order that the time could remain set at that without any departing to you know , er feelings of mistrust or anything else . |
| 9 | The degree of stability to which it could attain remained to be seen . |
| 10 | Maybe if you 'd spared a few minutes , you could 've become part of Gillian Wearing 's extensive collection of personalised banners . |
| 11 | You could 've heard a critic smile ! |
| 12 | Then she said , ‘ Well you could 've asked her . ’ |
| 13 | We could 've played outside , could n't we ? |
| 14 | ‘ He 's your picture , Jake , ’ she used to say over the laddie 's cot , laughing like a witch ; and I could 've killed her for it . ’ |
| 15 | I could 've killed someone else . |
| 16 | Well I think you know they could 've killed themselves taking all that now , I forget forget what they were called . |
| 17 | I did n't blame her , I told you I did n't , but when she told me I could 've killed her … |
| 18 | That 's so awful she could 've killed you . |
| 19 | She could 've killed you . |
| 20 | Mentioned the D S S and I think you could 've disturbed him more , do you really want to go down there and be means tested and , and er that 'd be a , a possibility er to disturb him a wee bit more . |
| 21 | I reckon Wilko could 've screwed gobber Ferguson for 2 million for Cantona . |
| 22 | If I could 've worn a red jersey that would 've been it . |
| 23 | I could 've throttled them after dinner . |
| 24 | I mean in , in , in retrospect they probably could 've achieved it because they , they got the military er they , they , they did get the military security and you probably could 've afforded actually to , to mobilize the peasants through land reform . |
| 25 | Because if you achieve a hundred percent of what 's in your plan , there 's always a danger that they could 've achieved a hundred and ten percent of what was in your plan and have n't been working hard . |
| 26 | In the old days he could 've swallowed a six-pack in half an hour and then gone out and walked a tightrope . |
| 27 | Another punch and I could 've lost the lot . ’ |
| 28 | If we had n't got you up here pretty quick you could 've lost it , you know . ’ |
| 29 | Rufus looks great , could 've done more with the aliens |
| 30 | They could 've done more with the ‘ ol wizard too : unable to use most of the flashy weapons from the armoury , he accumulates huge amounts of dosh as he has nothing to spend it on . |