Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sergeant Dixon ( stripes newly stitched ) was also enjoying himself , although initially he had serious doubts about whether he — or anyone else , for that matter — could successfully handle his assignment in the ridiculously short period of the three or four hours which Morse had asserted as ‘ ample ’ . |
| 2 | Taylor long ago argued that the advantages emerged over several years of contact and that in an emergency most experienced doctors could successfully manage their patient 's problem . |
| 3 | If he were feeling particularly arrogant he could justifiably demonstrate his point by playing the heavy metal ballad-like solo on Suede 's Where The Pigs Do n't Fly or even the absolutely stunning Keith Richards-style solo on Metal Mickey . |
| 4 | He began to shake , not because he was physically afraid of Nicholson , though the man was twice his size , but because he could suddenly see his world falling apart around him . |
| 5 | If you knew what the combination of circumstances were , then you could perhaps re-do your spreadsheet with a different way to avoid it . |
| 6 | ‘ If I could perhaps have your address for delivery please , Miss Milligan , ’ the chief assistant requested . |
| 7 | Each broadcasting organization could henceforth pursue its programme policies without fear of a direct challenge to its sources of revenue . |
| 8 | The inventor must resist any temptation he might have to publish details of his invention before the first filing date ( the priority date ) , otherwise he could inadvertently add his invention to the state of the art and anticipate his own invention . |
| 9 | Wilson could only nod her head and turn with him to go back . |
| 10 | Erm yes erm well at the ti at first I could only move my head , but when I went on that holiday , St Giles had been working on me with nerve machines and muscle machines |
| 11 | ‘ A great deal , ’ Hari spoke with more confidence than she felt , indeed , she was trembling inside and she could only hope her nervousness did n't show . |
| 12 | We could only lock our vision onto those distant penguins and attempt to get that far . |
| 13 | ‘ What 's happened ? ’ she said , but for a while Lucy could only shake her head . |
| 14 | She could only shake her head and look away . |
| 15 | She could only shake her head . |
| 16 | Shaken by the intensity of the way he was behaving , her lips almost numb with deprivation as he slid his hand into her hair , Sarella could only shake her head , no words possible . |
| 17 | I asked if he would like a coffee , or to be taken home , but he could only shake his head . |
| 18 | Venables could only shake his head , and you wonder now whether he will begin to exert even more influence on the playing side of things at Tottenham . |
| 19 | Still numbed , Vologsky could only shake his head dumbly . |
| 20 | Patrick could only shake his head . |
| 21 | Long ago , Miranda had realized that sexual involvement with Adam could only complicate her life , but she had been only half awake and off guard when he made his move . |
| 22 | The question kept her awake for several hours while she repeatedly reminded herself that it could only bring her heartache . |
| 23 | Prolonged contact with Rune could only make her parting from him more painful , the recovery period afterwards more protracted , the absolute cure less certain . |
| 24 | I could only make my exit . |
| 25 | But , as to clinching things , Stavrogin is not Tikhon , which evokes another of my dicta : Dostoevsky could only satisfy his urge towards crisis and clarity by surrendering it to the enemy . |
| 26 | Probably about ten per cent , if his memory of his own days still held ; perhaps less , considering the government 's attitude that the universities could only justify their existence by pre-packaging high-level robots for industry . |
| 27 | She wanted to turn tail and run and keep on running away from him , away from what she might discover , away from what could only break her heart , yet she knew that was impossible . |
| 28 | U S factory is booked , bulk order , pushing delivery out to twelve weeks , Deutschmark sixteen ki kilos unlikely , could only break our offer down to price per piece or packet . |
| 29 | They could only retain their job if they accepted a reduction of 2½d per hour . |
| 30 | He could only remember their mother telling them through her tears to be strong , and to have faith . |