Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so angry with them all that I could not stay there a moment longer , and rushed out into the darkness . |
| 2 | The kings shook their heads sadly saying that they could not wait even a moment longer . |
| 3 | The World Bank estimated in 1970 that in cities such as Bogota in Columbia , Mexico City , Madras and Ahmadabad in India , and Nairobi in Kenya , between a half and two-thirds of the households could not afford even a house of £300–£1500 — the cheapest that can be built with modern materials such as cement and fired bricks . |
| 4 | Er I think that , that my recollection of the last meeting was that if we could just knock together a Northumberland newsletter a unison newsletter that 's quite clearly coming from the three organizations that represent the membership in Northumberland it would be better than th this national stuff has one union on it , as I see it at the moment . |
| 5 | And I 'd like art teacher 's in all the school 's all around , not just Harlow but Hoddesdon Hertford all around Epping to be asked I 'd like artists to be asked from all around erm Essex has a directory of artists Eastern Arts has a directory of artists , I think you could probably find quite a lot of people . |
| 6 | Er I think er it 's easy to talk about taking off two and a half percent here and there , I could probably put forward a number of reasons why it could add on two and a half percent , five percent to the figures and indeed I 'd be very disappointed if at the end of the day , we did n't achieve er greater reductions because once you get out long distance through traffic , er whose prime purpose is to move from A to B as quickly as possible , once you do that it gives you the opportunity then of bringing in the sorts of measures to improve pedestrian safety , er to slow traffic down , introduce traffic calming , which you ca n't do on primary routes . |
| 7 | Our role is to propose a prudent council tax and that is what we 've done and at the end of the day I agree , the figures are juggled one way or another but it does show a net saving of one point three million and however you look at it Mr Mayor I 'm sure the leader of the council , if he adopted these proposals , could then find somewhere a sum for a stress control officer . |