Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were not forewarned of the final paragraph , added by a Vatican envoy : ‘ There is no way the Bishops could want to be disrespectful to His Excellency the Life President of the Republic , whom they hold in high esteem . ’ |
| 2 | Edward was still kissing her , his tongue circling inside her mouth , but all she could think about was this new sensation between her legs , a little like the way she felt when they danced , but even better . |
| 3 | All I could think of was that joke — ‘ What has four legs and an arm ? |
| 4 | She tried to remember the little he had said about Suvarov , but all she could think of was that without him neither she nor Anthony would have met David . |
| 5 | for the hour because all she could think of was this |
| 6 | All she could think of was pine-scented engine oil and the need to get it out of her system . |
| 7 | Writing to Ellen , never her most sympathetic correspondent , was dreary work since all she could think of were frantic pleas to tell her of Oreste and she grew tired of begging long before she reached the end of the first sheet . |
| 8 | The females had dropped their young and reared them to the point where they could survive to be next year 's prey . |
| 9 | It 's easy to look at these young hooligans on the street , as they are perceived by so many , without understanding why they are like it , and I think it would help everyone to understand , and maybe we could have some action to work towards supplying the need for these youngsters , because I belief if something could be done for them when they 're sixteen and just starting out on this erm sort of sub-culture life that they get into so quickly , if people could give them maximum help at this stage then they could grow into being responsible erm satisfied adults . |
| 10 | the resources which he could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and |
| 11 | In relation to clauses which impose a monetary limit on damages recoverable in the event of breach of contract , the court is also to take into account : ( a ) the resources which [ the party seeking to rely on the clause ] could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and ( b ) how far it was open to him to cover himself by insurance . |
| 12 | She could do with being able to sew for her own sake . |
| 13 | And though many knew him , few could claim to be close to the peaceful , white-haired old man . |
| 14 | Ethernet was n't the first LAN standard , but it was the first that could claim to be non-proprietary ( many vendors sell Ethernet-compatible adaptors ) , cheap ( thanks to its use of readily available , low-cost cabling — telephone-wire twisted pair or TV-aerial co-ax ) , and flexible ( Ethernet is equally at home with small starter systems and huge network layouts ) . |
| 15 | On its recovery from the Plague the city could claim to be one of the most progressive in Europe , with trade in leather and metal goods , knives and weapons , as well as silk . |
| 16 | It is not perhaps surprising that Sir Walter Scott , with his antiquarian interest , should have had a sharp eye for architectural difference , or even for interior detail , provided it could claim to be antique . |
| 17 | All she could hope for was that Spiderglass would never find out who she really was . |
| 18 | WALES flanker Emyr Lewis , out of action since aggravating a shoulder injury last month , could struggle to be fit for the Five Nations match against England in Cardiff on February 6 . |
| 19 | And , quite apart from demonstrating maturity by dismissing the incident and behaving normally , if she could manage to be polite to this man there was just a chance she might discover some clues to his plans for her family 's business . |
| 20 | ‘ This could prove to be one of the key issues as Europe attempts to move into stages two and three of EMU ’ , he said . |
| 21 | In fact , one of the major drawbacks with signature models is that the buyer unwittingly inherits all of the idiosyncrasies of the original player 's design and , in a few instances , these could prove to be incompatible with his or her own style of playing . |
| 22 | Jeff Wright of the National Research Council 's Institute for Marine Biosciences ( IMB ) in Halifax , Nova Scotia , believes that the discovery of this toxin could prove to be another useful tool for molecular biologists studying cell regulation mechanisms . |
| 23 | Attalli says the bank has enough money for the basic task of investment in private industry and in infrastructure projects ( ’ in fact , there is more money than projects , ’ he complains ) , as well as for training and education , but there are areas that could prove to be capital-hungry and ultimately create as many problems as they are intended to solve . |
| 24 | The bad winter weather with no guaranteed snow cover could prove to be this expansion 's downfall . |
| 25 | Corinth could afford to be indifferent to the vengeance Athens took against Samos ; Megara was what mattered to Corinth , and Megara was now back in the Peloponnesian camp . |
| 26 | Dora , naturally , was in good spirits and with Fortune on her side she could afford to be magnanimous . |
| 27 | She showed no inclination to argue further , but lay back in her chair , smiling at Robert , and I saw that it was not , as I had believed , understanding and acceptance that her smile revealed , not that their marriage was so secure it could sustain itself in the face of any disagreement , but that Lili could afford to be pleasant because she had no scruples . |
| 28 | He could afford to be casual about the odd Force Nine . |
| 29 | The doctor was paying her the ten shillings , she could afford to be friendly . |
| 30 | Brian could afford to be affectionate , from over a hundred miles away . |