Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both she and Dr Leitch spent as much time as they could spare talking to the young parents who would come to collect these patients on discharge . |
| 2 | He carried no weapon save his own sharp needles and scissors , but it occurred to him that he could make do with the slivers of glass from the broken sarcophagus . |
| 3 | Neither philanthropists nor speculators could solve the problem of the very poor ; there were too few philanthropists , and no speculator could make housing for the poorest pay . |
| 4 | I , I and you could 've done with a queen . |
| 5 | but erm I think she could 've done with a bit of company . |
| 6 | I could 've done without the naughty words in the scrolly , but this is a minor niggle ( prude ! — Ed ) — Dutch Breeze 1 & 2 are mighty fine demos . |
| 7 | Er Harry Truman could 've run for the presidency in nineteen fifty two but chose not to . |
| 8 | You mean they could 've , they could 've gone for the Soviet style collectivization ? |
| 9 | and could 've gone round the corner for |
| 10 | Apart from that they could 've sat on a wall and done exactly the same thing , she was in the street . |
| 11 | He could 've come in the shop and bought them , yeah . |
| 12 | After years of living with Lewis she still knew but did not know that ‘ a man ’ could regard reading as the main business of the day and everything else as an interruption . |
| 13 | In theory , one action the authorities could consider adopting during a smog is to modify the adverse meteorological conditions or try to remove the pollutants from the air . |
| 14 | It was also noted that interventionist action could include leafleting in the area , talks to local groups and the preparation of kits and materials as well as the organisation of pressure groups and similar activities . |
| 15 | If the pilots , flight attendants and management can not agree a new buyout , Coniston said it would force a restructuring of UAL which could include selling off the company 's planes and its air routes . |
| 16 | To maintain continuity , the paper suggests that firms should establish transitional arrangements for the handover : these could include arranging for the new partner to work on the audit team beforehand , and ensuring that other senior staff do not change in the same year . |
| 17 | Unless the circular speed of the Galaxy 's potential declines markedly towards the centre , only clouds dense enough to be strong CS emitters could survive shredding by the tidal field . |
| 18 | They ran about in a panic , those that could climb taking to the rigging , those that could swim going over the side . |
| 19 | The resolution included a guarantee of rights and liberties to all residents of Latvia in accordance with international norms of human rights , and stated that after independence residents could choose to remain in the republic either as USSR or Latvian citizens . |
| 20 | Diana could choose to stay within the Royal Family and be allowed a greater measure of freedom . |
| 21 | Firms could choose to operate under the new statute or retain their existing national corporate existence . |
| 22 | The continued marketing of products of dubious provenance , dubious efficacy , and dubious quality could bring discredit to a new approach to stopping smoking that seems to be of great potential benefit . |
| 23 | If you started from the insect , and jumped like a demented flea half a trillion times , you could expect to arrive at the fox once . |
| 24 | Knowing how rauch he could expect to earn on a regular basis from each market , he tailored his budgets accordingly . |
| 25 | Churchill , while being ‘ too much a man ’ to kick the PM on the ground , had agreed to send a letter to Downing Street demanding to know by midday on Sunday the exact position he could expect to hold in the government . |
| 26 | Will he confirm , in line with undertakings given at the time of privatisation , that he expects British Steel to consider offers for the sale of Ravenscraig on a commercial basis at opportunity cost — at a price which British Steel could expect to get for the plant on world markets ? |
| 27 | Further , it identified three main ways in which coordinators could expect to contribute to the school 's teaching programme : |
| 28 | In fact , as the press release says , ‘ almost every rock climbing feature you could expect to find in the mountain environment . ’ |
| 29 | And of all fighters Hotspur could remember holding at the end of his own sword , this was the bonniest . |
| 30 | He could remember lying on the floor of his office on a carpet bright with the shards of his shattered windows , and how he had howled in his frustration . |