Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faced with the prospect of growing structural unemployment and reflecting an analysis that structural unemployment would be a growing feature of industrial society , the work-force at Lucas Aerospace proposed 150 socially useful products which they could design and manufacture as an alternative to facing degradation and suffering in the dole queue . |
| 2 | Yes , you could think and dance at the same time . |
| 3 | ‘ I was only asking why you waste so much time stealing stuff you ca n't eat and then waste more time stealing dogs when you could steal and eat at the same time , as it were . ’ |
| 4 | After a court ruling that this was unlawful , Haringey rang round other councils to see if they could borrow and lend on the money to tide it over . |
| 5 | After Belfast , he knew what women could do and smile at the same time . |
| 6 | It had , of course , gone the way of all their parties he could remember and turned into an excuse for grown-up drinking , talk , dancing and all that cuddling and kissing stuff he inescapably associated with his mother . |
| 7 | Sir : I agree with Jonathan Glancey when he says , in your welcome new Architecture page , that ‘ the British public needs … to be shown what a city street such as Hammersmith Road could become if built by the best architects and developers ’ . |
| 8 | Second , the British public needs to see exactly what good modern architecture is , to be shown what a city street such as Hammersmith Road could become if served by the best architects and developers . |
| 9 | The barns , stables and servants ' quarters had been made into more or less monastic cells in which visiting artists or writers could work or sleep off the night 's excesses , alone or together . |
| 10 | So if you could precis or select from the text that you 've already prepared for the annual report , something that will go in there that says why your functions are |
| 11 | In this way every general practitioner could shape and contribute to the future research and development of primary care . |
| 12 | His fate would depend entirely upon her mood , which he knew from experience could shift and change in the winking of an eye . |
| 13 | Now , with the Art Dealers Association you have a professional group that could call and say to the dealer , ‘ Listen , that picture is wrong . |
| 14 | ‘ 'T IS all very well putting on your old gown and pretending to be a serving-girl so we could pass that dolt at the solar door . |
| 15 | It 's an extension of what you do on stage and it became a full=time thing really , until after it stopped and he could change and get into the Diamond Dogs period and the other albums that he made . ’ |
| 16 | The hotel manager is at a very important meeting and the receptionist is asked if she could cope and deal with the difficult task of breaking the news to Mrs Jones . |
| 17 | Perhaps we three could go and eat at the Cross Keys in Chelsea . ’ |
| 18 | It meant he could go and talk to the governor of the Bank of England and the chairmen of any of the clearing banks whenever he felt the need . |
| 19 | and you could go and look at the local one and talk to the people there and see what they 're doing and |
| 20 | I could go and live in the country . |
| 21 | It 's so laid back you feel the church spire could yawn and settle in the grass for a snooze , and when a local bids you good-morning , a feels truly sincere . |
| 22 | Essentially , the cold war preserved American power structures and so prevented the emergence of a new set of political institutions which could regulate the post-Fordist global economy , and which could manage and respond to the dramatic changes in the balance of the world economy as a result of the introduction of new methods of production , especially in Japan and Western Europe , based on the intensive use of information technologies . |
| 23 | Sylvia was able to take from the cupboard only those items she could reach while standing in the hall itself . |
| 24 | Surrounded as he was by the glamour of the acting world , he could pick and choose from the world 's most beautiful women — women like Marianne , with her lush body and provocative , slanting green eyes . |
| 25 | They set up sessions where people could come and talk about the families , and make statements about the sort of people they were . |
| 26 | This back-dating of the appointment was not of significance at the time but it is an early example of how masters in Stockport could come and go without the immediate supervision of the Company . |
| 27 | You could come and go in the world . |
| 28 | Undefended flowers can not be farmed in this manner , because another bird could come and drink from the flower during the interval before it has restored its nectar to the higher level . |
| 29 | When Rachel was finally writing up her reports at the end of the morning , Nina suddenly called her and asked if she could come and look at a young man who had come in with a skin rash . |
| 30 | So ask your building society what you could lose or gain from a remortgage . |