Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [prep] [pron] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’ |
| 2 | Yet women , of my generation were the first to have the chance to refuse burdens that just could n't be borne , to understand that it was possible to refuse them without censure , to realise that if you still could n't have everything , you could at least make some choices about what you could have . |
| 3 | However , although there was less to be done , there were also fewer hours in which it could be accomplished . |
| 4 | The council had done its best , formulating a writ to all sheriffs to issue proclamations forbidding the spreading of lying rumours that Richard was alive , and committing to prison all culprits on whom they could lay hands . |
| 5 | There are many ways in which we could meet these specifications in a computer model . |
| 6 | In a study by Mayes into various measures of testing the readability of guides , he found that guides were jargon-filled , unappealing etc and suggested many ways in which they could be made more readable . |
| 7 | There were so many ways in which she could help , and by doing so she might mitigate the fears which crowded upon her when dusk fell . |
| 8 | If you were ever interested in sociology , psychology or community studies , there are many jobs in which you could use your reasoning abilities . |
| 9 | Most of the students were able to answer most of the questions but , as you would expect , many of the viewers had one or more questions to which they could not remember the answer . |
| 10 | Kelly had no more rides on whom she could expunge the memory of that first race . |
| 11 | This led to a debate within the company as to whether the role of ‘ Laura Ashley ’ was to demonstrate the sort of rooms ‘ Mr and Mrs Average ’ might own , decorated only to those standards to which they could aspire , or should it display exotically luxurious settings , thus attaining an often impossibly high level in taste and quality . |
| 12 | She had introduced herself on the doorstep , often been invited in and asked the tenants to let her know if they had any problems with which she could help . |