Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The screw was only allowed to be effective where nothing could possibly be effected by its application . |
| 2 | If I could get a home where my kids could grow up with daily fear and where I could also help my father , I could push this hell out of my mind and start afresh with my family . |
| 3 | Where I could also spend a great deal of time talking about our common enemies , our mutual friends and some of the similarity and our aims for world peace and again , I 'm gon na leave that for the statesmen and the politicians . |
| 4 | He expects a place in a Labour cabinet : Chief Whip for a short time , perhaps , then a portfolio of his own ‘ something where I could really help the North . ’ |
| 5 | Or I could just stuff them down that wrinkled old gullet . |
| 6 | ‘ Or I could simply beat you until the blood runs . |
| 7 | Flying from London to Los Angeles I could make New York a genuine intermediate target by taking a stop-over or I could simply score the halfway mark on the total journey . |
| 8 | Field barns were built to serve land lying some distance from the farmstead , or which could only be reached from it by way of steep hills . |
| 9 | The appointment , as Lovat advised , ‘ would give him the rank of Lieut. & you could easily afterwards get him out of our companys to a marching reg[imen]t either as lieut[enant] or captain ’ . |
| 10 | Briefly , as she followed Lucenzo across the marble floor , she caught a glimpse inside a dark , spacious room where she could just make out the shape of elegant furniture and banners hanging from a painted ceiling lit by the light from the hall . |
| 11 | Dorcas pointed to the shadows at the far end of the shed , where she could just make out something big and indistinct . |
| 12 | The male domovoi traditionally lived by the front step and the female in the cellar , where she could best supervise the family 's food supply . |
| 13 | There was the frightening sensation of being sucked into an invisible vortex , some dark cavern of the senses where she could no longer stand back and resist , where she could only feel … |
| 14 | Is there not a Stanley blade knocking about anywhere where you could just pare it down a wee bit ? |
| 15 | There were gleams and reflections where none could possibly be . |
| 16 | You could organise a large event at your local park or a sponsored ramble in the country ; or you could simply leave the car at home and get people to sponsor your walk to the station . |
| 17 | You either go along with me until this is over or you could soon find yourself out of a job , although I suppose you could always see if Lewis had an opening for you on his paper . ’ |
| 18 | Back in Hinterzarten there are festivals , spa concerts , guided walking tours , tennis classes , canoeing and mountain biking — or you could just sit in the company of delicious pastries at one of the peaceful cafés . |
| 19 | or you could just erm |
| 20 | So you 've put your marks every two squares , but you do n't need to write all the numbers in you could just write say erm two , four , six , eight or you could just write five , ten , fifteen , twenty , twenty five . |
| 21 | Or you could just stay here and rest . |
| 22 | Or you could just multiply them out if you liked . |
| 23 | Or you could just write about how you enjoyed the story or you did n't enjoy the story , or you think it 's a great story , or what actually happened in the story . |
| 24 | Then there 's Koblenz where a huge castle overlooks the meeting and mingling of the Rhine with the Moselle , or you could even pop over and take a look at this smaller and gentler river . |
| 25 | Say one about interrupting , one about topics , and one about perhaps interaction with children , one about er what Or you could even I mean if I did er I did a list of that you could even do the same one , you would n't have to do one each . |
| 26 | If you want to park in Nottingham city centre there 's space at the Arndale Centre car park that 's at the bottom of Maid Marion Way or you could even made your way to the Stoney Street car park you 'll find that in the Leys Market . |
| 27 | Or you could always take it off the hook , which has a similar effect . |
| 28 | Or you could always eat them straight away ! |
| 29 | Well we we often had people coming and asking to use our telephone , because either the telephones were erm all out of order , or you could only dial for emergencies . |
| 30 | Lack of labour was often tied up with one member of the family being restricted in what he or she could physically do around the farm . |