Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To those who argued that the policy was deluded , its sponsors could answer that it had good aims in view ; indeed , the more glaring the disappointment , the more glowing the colours in which those aims were painted . |
| 2 | The CEGB would perhaps be more fully convincing in its argument on fuel diversity if it could show that it had more real commitment to the development and use over a long time scale of renewable-energy technologies . |
| 3 | ‘ You do realize what this could do if it gets out ? ’ he asked . |
| 4 | The Coke was cold and Harry drank it gratefully , even though he could feel that it brought him out in an instant sweat . |
| 5 | If you invited him to make one at a dinner-party , you expected him to talk intelligibly ; if he published a volume of poems you expected him to write the sort of thing that the average well-educated man could understand because it came within the orbit of his own experience . |
| 6 | But he desired the little glass key , because he was a craftsman , and could see that it had taken masterly skill to blow all these delicate wards and barrel , and because he did not have any idea about what it was or might do , and curiosity is a great power in men 's lives . |
| 7 | When I had finished I could see that it had made not the slightest impression . |
| 8 | It was a long speech and he could see that it had tired her . |
| 9 | I could see that it had been an upsetting experience . |
| 10 | As he neared , he could see that it belonged to a slight female form encased in dark garments , its hair entirely concealed by a white cap . |
| 11 | He waved the paper at her , and , even at a distance , she could see that it said very little . |
| 12 | Sometimes she dared to wonder at the causes for this way of life , for she could see that it did not represent a normal attitude towards society , though it was so deeply bred in her that all aberrations from it were for the rest of her life to seem to her perverse : but when , occasionally , she glimpsed some faint light of causation , she recoiled from it and shut her eyes in horror , preferring the darkness to such bitter illumination . |
| 13 | It is highly doubtful that any offshore centre could claim that it has never been tainted by drugs money . |
| 14 | With that as its dominant posture , particular schemes could fail and it would still retain and perhaps even enhance its support , if it could claim that it pursued a course which was known to be difficult but which was still the ideologically sound thing to do . |
| 15 | Gorbachev apparently told Landsbergis that negotiations with Lithuania could begin if it suspended its independence declaration , if only for the duration of those negotiations . |
| 16 | Lazarus 's business ambitions soon elevated him from storeman to lumber merchant , thence to a partnership in the coal industry which became his sole business — L. Cohen and Son — after a few years , and hence to a high-profile dredging company which could boast that it had kept every one of the lifelines of the young nation — the St. Lawrence tributaries between Lake Ontario and Quebec — open . |
| 17 | As to whether it has also increased proportionally is a matter that could only be determined empirically , although one could surmise that it has so increased . |
| 18 | Can you estimate how many turns it could take before it snaps ? ’ |
| 19 | Well last time I was in er Dublin I er went from the pub straight to the airport and someone stuck a bottle of whiskey in my pocket just as I was going through customs , I did n't believe it could happen but it happened in Ireland . |
| 20 | Even from the shore I could tell that it had half strangled itself in a length of fishing line ; it was also hooked up in several places and carrying some heavy land weights . |
| 21 | My first book was an experiment to see if I could write and it has just gone on from there . ’ |
| 22 | If he could prove that it had too much give in it he would at least have a line of defence if he was summoned to court . |
| 23 | The blood of the wounded trickled from the bank , spilling like one of the showers that freshened the earth each day , and flowed downstream towards the sea , which was not so far that its rich scarlet could diffuse before it met the waves . |
| 24 | It had let him down badly on some occasions , but , on balance , nobody could deny that it had served him extremely well . |
| 25 | No-one could deny that it brought real benefit to Scotland , which built up one of the most advanced and successful electronics sectors in Europe . |