Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polybius could not have written his history as he did if he had not found in Rome an aristocracy which he could instinctively understand because he shared its attitude to life . |
| 2 | There , the terrified woman could only watch as her three friends were forced to strip in the glare of the Pathfinder 's headlights . |
| 3 | Positioned some 30 yards from goal , the former Liverpool star unleashed an incredible thunderbolt which the bemused Hitchcock could only watch as it speared into the top corner . |
| 4 | I could only watch as he changed . |
| 5 | ‘ Of all the stupid , careless — ’ Flinching beneath contemptuous anger that gave each word the force of a blow , Polly could only watch as he made a visible effort to control himself . |
| 6 | Dana darted after him but Roman did n't appear to notice her , or to hear her calling him , and she could only watch as he drove away . |
| 7 | Fascinated despite herself , Fran could only stare as he pulled the shirt free from his trousers and tossed it aside , then stretched up to open the upper casement , his torso backlighted by the lamp in the room . |
| 8 | The House of Lords held that the minister could only intervene if there were reasonable grounds , namely that the education authority was acting in a way no other education authority would act . |
| 9 | A battery action could only succeed where her consent was not real . |
| 10 | There 's a lot of emphasis these days about individuals growing as individuals , but are you really saying that because women are obviously individuals they ought to be given the opportunity of growing in a way that they could only do if they had jobs ? |
| 11 | She then sought a fair rent , which she could only do if she were a tenant , but Mr Street of course argued that she was only a licensee . |
| 12 | Too few filmmakers have recognized that the argument for a British cinema could only begin when they showed a readiness to listen to people 's dreams and nightmares , and play them back to audiences in exciting narratives that would enable those watching to know themselves a little better , and to feel a widening sense of possibility in the way they shaped their lives . |
| 13 | They regarded the occupation of land as the essential base of family and community life , but at the same time , they knew they could only survive if they had wage-earning employment as well . |
| 14 | When he was asked his philosophy , this man said that freedom and release could only come when you saw a muddy ditch as being the same as the beautiful Ganges . |
| 15 | You could obviously play when you went to Joe , so what was it in particular that you wanted to learn from him ? |
| 16 | Students at that time could apparently choose when they wished to be examined ( after the continental custom ) as there was no fixed examination schedule as we know it . |
| 17 | As she had married him to get away from home , she could scarcely complain if he had . |
| 18 | Indeed , the concept of success could scarcely apply since it worked to no clear objectives . |
| 19 | I could just see if she wanted to adopt |
| 20 | I could just hear because I was at the front of the class . |
| 21 | Ariel soon began to pick up some English , especially from Jack Elsey , a nineteen-year-old from Southwark , who 'd been the cook on the outward journey , and was prompt to learn from her the flavours of the island vegetables and herbs , the edible flowers and fruits he 'd never imagined could possibly exist when he was growing up one of the twelve offspring of a Thames waterman . |
| 22 | Congress , before you vote on this motion , I think you should read it carefully and consider er the , what could possibly happen if it 's passed . |
| 23 | My legs went dead and , although I had a walkie-talkie , I could hardly speak because my right arm was wedged into my windpipe . |
| 24 | The helmets and the shields were the same : they had designs you could hardly forget if you wanted to . |
| 25 | Quite clearly , though , he could hardly wait until they got back to their hotel before he dumped her . |
| 26 | ‘ So do I. I liked the way she muttered so you could hardly hear when she was being funny . |
| 27 | So I really wanted to nail the bastard — preferably with the cooperation of my team-mates just to prove the point — but the fucking technology let me down and the gun jammed and he had me pinned , firing shot after shot at me , and finally I gave up trying to un-jam the gun and made to throw it at him though I could hardly see because there was yellow paint all over my visor , but he ducked and tripped and sat down on a trunk , holding his stomach , and the bastard was laughing his socks off because I looked like a giant dripping banana , only I 'd just realised the gun was n't jammed after all , the safety catch was on . |
| 28 | Government policy was , and is , to maintain urban densities to conserve farming land , and when the developers won an appeal on the second half at a density of twelve houses per acre , the developer asked the district council whether , in view of the Secretary of State 's decision , they would agree to waive the restriction ( which they could still enforce if they wished under the Section 52 agreement ) ; this the district council agreed to do . |
| 29 | I do n't think they 'll bring Simon to the rendezvous , so he could still die if there are any tricks . ’ |
| 30 | Wood could still play if there is any danger of a recurrence of Simon Brown 's problems with cramp , which troubled him over the weekend , while Simon Hughes is also due for a rest . |