Example sentences of "[noun prp] could [vb infin] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie could hear again Gazzer 's facetious voice . |
| 2 | Only long cloaks blowing , up on top of the young dunes , a gaze of strange cold eyes , a flash of spear-points — then the rain drove across , and Ruth could see only night . |
| 3 | As Lord Hill replied to an outraged Lord Derby , whose TWW had ‘ stood on its record ’ and been brusquely dismissed , newcomers such as Harlech could offer only promises , ‘ but if promise is never to be preferred to performance , then every television company will go on for ever ’ ( Sendall , 1983 , p. 359 ) . |
| 4 | Equestrianism : Big Ben could strike again EQUESTRIANISM |
| 5 | The head of the voting commission for northern Bosnia , for example , said the Serbs could keep only 20% of Bosnia . |
| 6 | He did not have the military power to offer protection to Englishmen overseas ; if the Spanish from the south were to attack English colonies , they would have to defend themselves or rely on English diplomacy , because Charles could send neither ships nor troops across the Atlantic for help . |