Example sentences of "could [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George was a quick thinker so always did the introducing and all of the talking , but George did not talk about himself — he told of how Lennie was as strong as a bull and how he could buck barley all day . |
| 2 | Part of this somewhat free accounting was undoubtedly due to much better control : no longer could staff pass off a ‘ do-it-yourself sandwich and pocket the proceeds ; but much of the increase was real and deserved . |
| 3 | for instance , could staff and equipment have been used more effectively ? |
| 4 | Could people be made to change their durable possessions as if by the whims of fashion ? |
| 5 | Somehow irreverent … and yet , what else could people do but follow the prescribed pattern , listen to the lectures , try to hide their fear and act normally . |
| 6 | How could people pack and prepare a lifetime 's possessions , even with six days ' notice ? |
| 7 | How could people buy this stuff ? |
| 8 | What could people say ? |
| 9 | And how could people who lived in places like this , farm or city , manage to support a God-King in limitless luxury ? |
| 10 | Of course , that left me with a large question — how could people ignore what happened to the Jews ? |
| 11 | How could people turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to the horrors that they suffered ? |
| 12 | How could people do that to one another ? |
| 13 | How could people admire my form and grace , my naked splendour with that weed clinging and climbing all over me . |
| 14 | Could it , could people please stop conferring a minute , er , that is actually the government , saying that they no longer gon na give grants , their going to give us the right to borrow , and are actually encouraging us to do it . |
| 15 | Could media content continue to be exciting and enjoyable now that it was concerned with the mundane problems of national development in place of the heady business of attacking colonialism ? |
| 16 | The plane flew so low that Freya Stark aloft on her first flight in 1922 , could sec a fox running below . |
| 17 | There was no system of licensing and anyone could embalm. asked how NVQ 's would effect membership of the Institute and stated that in his opinion the number of members of the Institute would decline . |
| 18 | Powerless to stop the violation , the peacekeepers then watched Croatian Serbs break into UN-guarded storage areas to remove their heavy weapons so they could retaliate. — Reuter |
| 19 | He did give a little shove to a defender who was shielding Wallace from the ball as it was running thru to Coton , but Coton could nt hold it anyway so IMO it did nt affect the ‘ goal ’ . |