Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] it could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this party looked as if it could go on for hours yet ! |
| 2 | Sure , there are no working clocks in the entire flat , just one lively broken green thing that ticks happily as if it could tell the time , though the second hand only pulses and stays in one place . |
| 3 | He was regarding her questioningly , searching her face as if it could tell him something . |
| 4 | The fish made little leaps and flips , as if it could feel the sea along its flank , its mouth wide open in a frantic dumb-show of breathing ; all the time , its eyes were growing dull and yellowed as old tinfoil . |
| 5 | My stomach feels as if it could explode . |
| 6 | ‘ It looks as if it could take a week — or more , ’ he read her question . |
| 7 | It winds up the hillside , and looks as if it could become a raging torrent in wet weather . |
| 8 | What was at best a speculative investment six months ago by five of the six major accountancy bodies , the BBC and accountancy trainers BPP , looks now as if it could turn into a roaring success . |
| 9 | It 's important to get the feeling of weight , et the balance of it right , not make it too light , as if it could rise up and float away like a feather . |
| 10 | It 's important to get the feeling of weight , et the balance of it right , not make it too light , as if it could rise up and float away like a feather . |
| 11 | Maybe what I did was an act of complicity , or looked as if it could have been . |
| 12 | In this case you have no time to check which rod you are striking with and it could lose you fish if you strike too hard with the stiffer rod and break off , or too gently with the softer rod and fail to sink the hook . |
| 13 | For example , if , the expected payoff for type converges to but it could improve its payoff to by masquerading as a z = 0 player . |
| 14 | With a top capacity of some 75 litres it 's large enough for a week 's backpacking , or even extended expedition use , although I do have some doubts as to whether it could stand up to the rigours of expedition life . |
| 15 | Many were sceptical as to whether it could succeed , but with the financial backing of Norwegian magnate Fred Olsen , Dr Parker was committed to seeing the process through . |
| 16 | There was no danger : the crowd would have blown his car across if it could have . |