Example sentences of "[noun prp] [Wh pn] could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did , it was true , have an agitated fit of booing and hissing , but this was , M. Grimaud explained , an expression of spontaneous disapproval of Picasso who could just be made out , small brown face under black beret at the other side of the arena . |
| 2 | At a party on Monday night thrown by George Ann Carter — wife of the late Amon Carter , whose father built the Amon Carter Museum — I spied a group of blonde teenagers in Valentino who could easily , in different outfits , have been cheerleaders ; they had the regular features of the all-American girl from the heart of the USA . |
| 3 | Marching on FOOTBALL : Juventus clinched a thrilling 2–1 victory over Atalanta yesterday to claw back a point from Italian first division leaders AC Milan who could only manage a goalless draw at lowly Fiorentina . |
| 4 | Most Christians had a strong reserve towards that polytheism that pervaded society , which is not to say that there were not quiet compromisers , like the Christians of southern Spain early in the fourth century who held official cultic positions in the worship of Jupiter , or the bishop of Troy who could painlessly apostatize under Julian because he had never ceased to pray to the sun-god . |
| 5 | And , in true dramatic irony , the most apt piece of rhetoric comes from Rita who could well be summing up the everlasting appeal of the Russell classic as she tries to tempt Frank out to an evening at the local theatre : |
| 6 | She turned a furious damp face on Rossendale who could only shrug mute agreement . |
| 7 | The most genuinely modest personality it is my pleasure to know , George had to be bullied by a number of us to sit for his sculpture by Archie Forrest who could well be considered as adept with clay as he is with paint . |
| 8 | When Kawasaki began operations in their US plant at Nebraska they found it preferable to import components from their subcontractors back in Japan who could even at that distance , guarantee weekly deliveries . |
| 9 | But AEs who could hard sell were still valued the most in the firm . |
| 10 | Ignoring Havvie Blaine , Stair , the astonished Mr Sands who could hardly believe what he had been hearing , and all the other spectators , he dragged her across the room and through a side-door by the small stage , into a long corridor . |