Example sentences of "could [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could nothing be done to restore the traditional balance of advantage to the defender ? |
| 2 | Could nothing have been done ? |
| 3 | That was like er er what you call a linseed oil , they call is text that 's some animal 's erm oil I think out of the house and cos they used to , used to rub that in and you could them down lovely . |
| 4 | On Norfolk he remarked that there was not " any hand unemployed , if they would work ; and that the very children after four or five years of age , could everyone earn their own bread " . |
| 5 | Thinking of all this , how could someone so alien to ideas and thought , who communicated privately in scraps and remote silences , be capable of fooling Washington politicians ? |
| 6 | How , she wondered , could someone be so unhappy , so tortured by grief , and still not be mad , and still be alive . |
| 7 | Each task must be judged in terms of the basic question : Do I need to do this or could someone else do it for me ? |
| 8 | Now , could someone give me one good reason why I should bow to a woman who , not long ago , was a junior publishing executive with a past spent as a member of a racy set of upper-class party-lovers ? |
| 9 | ‘ Could someone have done it on purpose ? ’ he asked . |
| 10 | Could someone please put my mind at rest and tell me whatever happened to it ? |
| 11 | Could someone please help clarify this confusion ? |
| 12 | Could someone possibly find just one of the four new keys that were cut only last Monday … |
| 13 | In an effore to pick a premium FFL squad , could someone send me the current ( or a few weeks old league table that was published recently ) as I seem to have got rid of it , and todays paper does n't have one in |
| 14 | Ok , could someone please work out Blackburns results/form minus Shearers goals . |
| 15 | Could someone inform me … thanks . |
| 16 | could someone post the complete line-up ( with subs ! ) for the game against Sunderland ? |
| 17 | If there 's any mentioning of him in The Yorkshire Post or something could someone post some excerpts ? ? |
| 18 | People keep mentioning this Peter Barnes guy , could someone please let me in on the joke . |
| 19 | On another subject could someone who is going to the game pick me up a match programme . |
| 20 | Could someone confirm that they have received this message . |
| 21 | Could someone please post a short match report from Saturday ( the only one I saw was very very short ) . |
| 22 | Also could someone post the team list . |
| 23 | Could someone confirm our worst fears ? we had a very hurried pint and then ‘ made our excuses and left ’ . |
| 24 | I heard no more from the Head ( could someone have come worse than me ? ) and also I found myself in a new dorm filled with chaps who were in the top classes at school . |
| 25 | Could someone tell my next-door neighbour , Mrs Timms ? |
| 26 | How could someone as good-looking as Miguel do something so lowdown and mean ? |
| 27 | How could someone do something like that . |
| 28 | She said Paula asked her ‘ how could someone hang themself ? ’ |
| 29 | She said Paula asked her ‘ how could someone hang themself ? ’ |
| 30 | How could someone do such a thing ? |