Example sentences of "could [verb] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could stay here all day , ’ Athelstan said , leaning back against the wall . |
| 2 | She sounded perversely proud of her increased value , and again I thought it best not to inform her that a bubblehead like Donna could earn twice that fee in a single night . |
| 3 | They could earn far more money in these positions than if they remained inside the universities , be assured of good meals daily and sometimes also have accommodation provided . |
| 4 | they could eat as many sweets as they wanted |
| 5 | So Left-wing Labour MPs were aware that devolution could make yet more obstacles to the achievement of their long-term aims . |
| 6 | Overall the Profitboss is openminded to the possibility he could make even more profit . |
| 7 | If he did n't get this across to her properly and she chose to be obstructive she could make so many complications that the very project could be damaged . |
| 8 | He could make as many journeys as he liked . |
| 9 | Only industry could absorb locally this surplus the land would not support , and in the early half of the nineteenth century there was none . |
| 10 | It was hard to believe that a monosyllable could convey so much terror . |
| 11 | They had few doubts that the Army could recruit as many regulars as it really needed , within reason , provided the country was prepared to pay enough for them . |
| 12 | This is so broad a definition that it could include almost any building , structure , or site of archaeological interest made or occupied by man at any time . |
| 13 | The filtering operation is crucial , because the total amount of environmental information could swamp virtually any receiver not adapted to selective perception . |
| 14 | In Masailand , cut off from all civilized amenities , and , if he conscientiously followed the herds instead of trying to rule the country from his office , beyond the reach even of the telegraph , a DO could enjoy as much autonomy as he liked . |
| 15 | It was strange that a man of considerable intellect could give so much attention and attribute such importance to a press which was wholly influenced at all times by political considerations . |
| 16 | It placed an economic dressing over the political goals in the hope that it could accommodate as many interests and groups as possible . |
| 17 | Do you think they could do better this time ? ’ |
| 18 | Consequently there was little they could do early that night when a mammoth sea caught them dangerously broached-to , but the buoyancy of Mae West life jackets wedged in the bow and stern kept the waterlogged canoe afloat till the storm eased around midnight — some 24 hours after it blew up . |
| 19 | ‘ But I do n't think he could do that much damage . ’ |
| 20 | The have had er a long grade of time since the complaint was put to the commission , to put a notification in if they wanted to protect their position , but still they could of done so on , on a precautionary basis , and without prejudice basis they have not done so , a longer standing commissioner had invited them to do so ten years ago , they could do so this week on without prejudice basis and that may erm lead to security in the future that they now seek |
| 21 | But within a few years the Americans were using new machines , a fraction of the size , that an unskilled woman could operate for a fraction of the pay , and upon which she could spin as many stockings an hour as the Black Beauty — and without seams . |
| 22 | I could feel so much warmth and concern coming from her . |
| 23 | He was giving words to her own struggle , but before she could feel too much empathy a light went on inside her . |
| 24 | For , as with the apple tree leaves , Johnny could see only those things from her world which he held within his hands . |
| 25 | You could use far more colour , make it bright and cheerful , make it yell at me , come on Mrs mark me , I dare you . |
| 26 | I only wish and I mean this very sincerely I only wish we could spend as much time and as often as is spent discussing fox hunting on the county 's homeless , on abused children , on the handicapped , on the increasing crime and on unemployment and I only wish that the media and the public and even members of this council would take as much notice of that as they do about this debate on fox hunting . |
| 27 | But all too often leaving no will could create yet another worry for your family at a time of bereavement and disruption at home . |
| 28 | Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed . |
| 29 | We felt we could Anchor there all day and drink and sing Britannia until the Turks went mad . |
| 30 | A MORNING bowl of muesli could contain as much fat as two fried eggs and four teaspoons of sugar , a report has warned . |