Example sentences of "[adv] could a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well — if a little squirt of a bower-bird could do it — so could a cassowary ! |
| 2 | Thus could a parent make a fairly reasonable answer which would acknowledge that the child is not silly , and has a perfect right to be treated in an adult way when he asks a serious question . |
| 3 | Held , that in the opinion of the court , ( 1 ) a stay for delay or any other reason was to be imposed only in exceptional circumstances ; that , even where delay could be said to be unjustifiable , the imposition of a permanent stay was to be the exception rather than the rule ; and that even more rarely could a stay properly be imposed in the absence of fault on the part of the complainant or the prosecution , and never where the delay was due merely to the complexity of the case or contributed to by the defendant 's actions ( post , pp. 18H — 19A ) . |
| 4 | But think of it , emotional charity from a couple of eight-year-olds — how low could a person possibly get ? |
| 5 | How far could a minister of the people be educated beyond their level ? |
| 6 | Now could a man have a cup of tea in this place does anyone think ? ’ |
| 7 | Nowhere else could a sign be displayed saying : ‘ No loitering in this yard except on business . ’ |
| 8 | What else could a man and a woman need , I repeated to myself , except each other ? |
| 9 | How else could a crowd of deadbeats like that have kept control all these years ? ’ |