Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girls who sign up for fashion 's survival course say they could n't imagine life on the other side of the camera . |
| 2 | The prosecution says it belonged to Westmore James , the defence say it could have been owned by Ian Barnes and Westmore James had been acting inself defence . |
| 3 | ‘ Anyway , this Satanist promised he could make things fly . |
| 4 | Mr Mellor has never been given proper credit for showing sufficient resolution during the passage of the Broadcasting Bill to persuade his colleagues that ITV deserved to have its future determined by something more subtle than a contest to see who could stuff the most pound notes into a brown envelope earmarked for the Treasury . |
| 5 | When Jonathan Malcolm and his girlfriend met they could have little idea of the trouble which lay in store . |
| 6 | Dot found she could read the letters and was surprised . |
| 7 | If Dad is a war movie buff you could treat him to the classic Bridge Over The River Kwai . |
| 8 | From that moment Tess found she could whistle tunes to the birds just as Mrs d'Urberville wanted . |
| 9 | GRAEME RALPH 's quick thinking prevented what could have been a devastating rail crash . |
| 10 | In lumpy wind-against-tide conditions off Yarmouth , Rulor 11 had to be steered through the confusion to avoid what could be described as that familiar IOR slam . |
| 11 | An enterprising hotelier reckons there could be hundreds of people … men and women … who 'll pay to fulfill their childhood dreams , and learn to drive a steam train . |
| 12 | ‘ I felt that by fracturing the well in conjunction with a gravel pack we could produce a ‘ highway ’ into the reservoir that would allow it to produce at peak efficiency , ’ says Hannah , a consulting production engineer . |
| 13 | I used what mind control I could muster to blot out the thought of what lay ahead — at least I 'd have food to eat — after the gauntlet was run . |
| 14 | Usually , what all the ghosts have in common is a tragedy suffered during their life on earth , and they will reappear to a family descendant in the attempt to resolve what could not be resolved in life . |
| 15 | Visible streams of what turned out to be high frequency radiation flowed from the output lead and burnt out all the de-capped car headlamps we could find ! |
| 16 | Maybe somebody in the pentagon figured they could find out how ill he was just by listening to it . |
| 17 | She took her foot off the accelerator and put it on the brake , and as the car slowed she could see now that it was a child , a toddler with a red woolly hat on . |
| 18 | If the court or the arbitrator should find against the validity of the expulsion , the injured partner should as a matter of common sense be given the opportunity of retiring from the firm on short notice : relations with those party to an attempt to expel him could scarcely be expected to remain harmonious . |
| 19 | The association felt it could not undertake this work but would seek the help of the local Scouts . |
| 20 | The association felt it could not undertake this work but would seek the help of the local Scouts . |
| 21 | And if he fell — if his son 's unhappiness resulted who could he blame but himself ? |
| 22 | While another woman would have had hysterics all over him because of the rain and his wound , Isabel had had enough presence of mind to realise they could not be followed in such inclement weather . |
| 23 | Once away from the car parks you could be the only person in the world . ’ |
| 24 | Dot knew she could n't be brave enough for that . |
| 25 | ‘ They said so , but from the blood marks the fuzz think he could be wounded . ’ |
| 26 | From his inertness and his light breathing she could tell that Dmitri was asleep . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ said David , ‘ but your throat condition means you could become seriously ill if you came into contact with the wrong sort of germs . |
| 28 | ( 3 ) That ( per Lord Mackay of Clashfern L.C. and Lord Griffiths ) on the true construction of section 63 of the Finance Act 1976 the taxpayers were assessable on the extra cost of providing the benefit , and from the point of view of expense incurred it could not be said that its provision involved significant extra cost to the school ; that ( Lord Mackay of Clashfern L.C. dissenting ) reference should be made to Hansard to resolve the ambiguity in section 63 , and that the Parliamentary history disclosed that the Act of 1976 was passed on the basis that the effect of sections 61 and 63 thereof was to assess in-house benefits , and particularly concerning education for teachers ' children , on the marginal costs to the employer and not on a proportion of the total costs incurred in providing the service both for the public and the employee ; and that section 63 should be construed accordingly ( post , pp. 1036C–E , F–G , 1039B , C , G , 1040B , 1042C–D , 1063A , H — 1064A , C , 1067A ) . |
| 29 | Today , the department said they could n't answer that until they review the case . |
| 30 | But the priest said she could not live till morning , so I could not leave her . ’ |