Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [indef pn] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three hours later , two thousand feet above the Mediterranean , Miranda , alert and exultant , sat next to her instructor at the controls of a trainer plane , an ugly little single-engine Rallye which her instructor described as efficient and forgiving : you could do something wrong m a Rallye without getting immediately punished for it . |
| 2 | It could do nobody any good . |
| 3 | The DHSS estimates that it could save something around £30 million . |
| 4 | But before she could say anything further Ross — who had remained silent so far — took a quick step forward and gathered her into his arms . |
| 5 | It appears that he did search for 3-dimensional examples but could find none without divisors of zero . |