Example sentences of "[adj] that could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a direct result of seeing the need for something different that could allow people to go out to sea no matter what the weather was like outside , that I went to see the lifeboat just over a year ago . ’ |
| 2 | sorry that could become a |
| 3 | The yen 's rise could help trim the trade surplus in the long run as it could make U.S. exporters more competitive , although in the short-term that could help lift the amount of exports in dollar terms from Japan . |
| 4 | For example , Pete Coleman had to carry a shooting-stick for Greg Norman to sit on in the 1982 Australian Open , and in Zambia a caddie I saw on my Safari Tour travels carried an extra that could have proved an even bigger life-saver than the carrots that are pulled out of the bag by Sam Torrance 's caddie Malcolm Mason ( the carrots are supposed to calm Sam down on the greens ) : the Zambian caddie was carrying President Kaunda 's bag in a pro-am , and surreptitiously tucked away was a gun , just in case somebody tried to assassinate the golfing president while he decided on a four- or a five-iron . |
| 5 | There was a brief flash of white that could have been Faith , then nothing . |
| 6 | And soon , so the official who interviewed me said , it would be a passport of the full community ; it would be a key that could unlock the gates of Paris , Rome , of London , even . |
| 7 | It has been suggested that the Templars were guardians of a secret that could have rocked both the French throne and the entire foundations of Christianity . |
| 8 | She knew now it was something she could n't face , to be possessed of magic — magic that could explode without warning and all but kill you … ’ |