Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] it could [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I buy a cup of tea so thin it could have been made by Rachel 's landlady , and I stare out through a steamed-up café window across the cold empty promenade . |
2 | We disembark , walking down the rusting ramp over white cockleshell sand and water so clear it could have come from a tap . |
3 | Or it might be your neighbours have become victims of crime and you suddenly see it could happen to you . |
4 | I rather suspect it could lead to a lot of foul-hooked fish , which is another thing I deplore when done deliberately . |
5 | They also fear it could lead to parking problems and more traffic . |
6 | The damage will run into thousands of pounds but the couple who live here say it could have been a lot worse . |
7 | Cantona was bad , I remember thinking , never mind it could have been Batty . |
8 | ‘ … and it was so exciting , like something you read about , you know , but you never dream it could happen to you . |