Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that , I thought my support could perhaps be less , that I had done the work . |
| 2 | My parents could only afford to give me some small change on Sundays , but it was enough for a cinema ticket and an ice cream . |
| 3 | The joy of the Christian life is that God recognizes and accepts my uniqueness , much more than my parents could ever have done . |
| 4 | The recriminations and angst of an unhappy marriage that reverberated through my head could well have had a self-destructive influence in that lonely , haunting valley and finished me off for good , no doubt . |
| 5 | My figures could easily have been much better . |
| 6 | But when I looked at the date , my father could only have been about twelve year old you see , when these letters were written so it must have been my grandfather writing to Coventry and Birmingham for parts for the penny farthing bicycles which he worked on . |
| 7 | I think my characters could really come to life in a film ’ . |
| 8 | I think my characters could really come to life in a film ’ . |
| 9 | When the indicator board clacked out the information BAGGAGE IN HALL against their flight , a circle of bell-ringers in my stomach all heaved on their ropes at the same time , and the terrible clangour they set off in my skull could only be stilled by a couple of stiff ones at the bar . |
| 10 | School and university still had n't changed me as much as they had ; maybe even the rest of my life could never compensate for their formative effect . |
| 11 | ‘ My happiness could well depend on it . |
| 12 | My men could hardly take their eyes off them . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ My grandfather could probably have taken you unerringly to the chapter and verse which said exactly that , ’ she averred . |
| 14 | Oh oh and my project could so easily have been ruined . |
| 15 | My dad could just defeat 'em . |
| 16 | Since being away from home involved that hideous activity , spending money , my Dad could never see the point of going . |
| 17 | I felt that from such a pinnacle of success my reputation could only decline . |
| 18 | My client could never walk the streets of Manchester . |
| 19 | That is this , should I rely on the agape love of my partner or should I strive to be the type of person that my partner could easily love even if no agape love were available ? |
| 20 | They were very attached to each other and I hoped that my mother could now look forward to a happy old age . |
| 21 | Years later my mother could hardly wait for me to pass it on to her . |
| 22 | ‘ My mother could never have grandchildren through me and that is a great loss for a parent . |
| 23 | It is extraordinary to imagine that she and my mother could ever have been sisters , they were like beings from different species . |
| 24 | But never mind , though their blue-veined old hands might be trembling their fingers could still pull a trigger . |
| 25 | The other four supervisors , however , had one advantage over Mr. Carrick : they were all political friends of Lord Melville , and for that reason their removal could only be a temporary demotion . |
| 26 | Although the older sister lived away , she travelled to stay with her sister occasionally and during one visit , after she made her allegations in a family meeting which she had joined , the counsellor asked her to take over the caring role for the final week of her stay so that her sister could actually see how it should be done . |
| 27 | Its provision could no longer be ignored by government and left wholly to private charity , particularly as legislation had made public funds available for the education of hearing children from 1832 , and their education had been made compulsory by law in 1876 . |
| 28 | One of the reasons why people in his position were paid so much money was because their presence could often ensure the survival of a production and keep the rest of the company in employment . |
| 29 | The international aspect continued to be of importance and was one of the reasons why the Nationalist — a very costly venture — was kept going even when its existence could no longer be justified on any other grounds . |
| 30 | Indeed , her presence could well guarantee the safety of both princes . |