Example sentences of "the [noun] [pron] could [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among those it failed to deter was a predatory heron which discovered that by activating the light it could purloin a splendid fish supper from among the transfixed koi carp in the garden pond below . |
| 2 | It 's true that there are plenty of YDO 's , but without the help of teachers in the schools they could fighting a losing battle to take advantage of the favourite publicity emanating from the World Cup . |
| 3 | The girl who could Dream was remote , a fantastical character . |
| 4 | the question what could lilies mean |
| 5 | She knew from her first meeting with him that he could n't always understand written languages the way he could speech , but if he visited Earth so often it was probably reasonable to assume that he would know languages other than English . |