Example sentences of "and [adj] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because this study was designed to facilitate the interpretation of recognition results a fundamental distinction was made between information which would be shared by all exemplars of a particular junction ( fixed information ) and that which could potentially differ between exemplars ( variable information ) , the assumption was that the fixed information would be relatively unimportant to recognition performance . |
| 2 | This might be interpreted as an indication that it is not his purpose or intention to present a systematic , coherent and consistent Advaitin account of the concept of Truth or God after the fashion of Śankara , the principal exponent of non-dualism , and that what could be said concerning the metaphysical basis of his thought is that although it purports to be Advaitin it does not preclude the possibility of Dvaita , or Dualist , and Viśi ādvaita , or qualified non-Dualist interpretations of the nature of reality . |
| 3 | Although during the years I worked there I had the opportunity to meet many people , mainly the farmers who were our principal customers , I can honestly say that my job was the most boring and monotonous I could possibly have had . |
| 4 | The Anchor brewery had been built in 1757 by a couple of brewers from Bethnal Green called Wastfield and Moss , at a time when the district was so quiet and un-built-up you could still see ships passing on the Thames from the brewery windows . |
| 5 | They saw her sometimes , watching them from the hillside as they carried peats or hay , wood or baskets of fish that they 'd not sell her ; and each one could feel the chill as she silently vowed vengeance on them all . |
| 6 | Every colour moon you could imagine ( and some you could n't ) . |
| 7 | This would compel West Indians to produce more economically , and this they could only do by moving towards free labour and engaging the labourers ' personal material interests in their work . |
| 8 | Professor Mathias correctly sees the high demand of the war years for cereals as keeping agricultural wages up with prices , but they started from such a low level that in years of scarcity like 1795 and 1801 they could hardly have sustained life . |
| 9 | as I say because of my health and one thing and another you could n't just and he , and he was really good he was and explained everything to me I say that |
| 10 | Thereafter she marvelled continually at how animated and funny he could be . |
| 11 | I , well that was where it came from I mean cos we were all sitting there and I said well why do n't we call it it was , it was that or Bailey 's Irish Cream and absolute we could get away with . |
| 12 | And these I could n't get up this morning thought about . |
| 13 | If you have a kitchen/dining room and want to make it look particularly warm and comfortable you could make a visual division between working and eating areas by stapling the dining walls with a cheap cotton treated with a protective spray . |
| 14 | The weather was foul and despite all attempts by the owner to make the property look nice and homely she could n't quite hide the rainwater dripping through ceilings , black mould on walls with associated smells , or its generally poor condition . |
| 15 | Almost immediately the safety glass shattered and all they could see were white chips . |
| 16 | They ended up laughing about that , but it was the uneasy laughter of desperation and displacement , and all they could do after that was finish the whisky and have the joint Rory had been working on , and it was almost a relief when Fergus was sick as a dog out of the window , hanging out barfing onto the slates and into the guttering while Rory tried to clean the plaster off the top bunk and stowed the guns out of harm 's way . |
| 17 | So there was no entrance there and all they could do was clear by the main lodge . |
| 18 | One of their colleagues had vanished in mysterious circumstances and all they could do was make up imaginary England cricket teams . |
| 19 | But all good things must come to an end ; back on the old routine mixing it with the Luftwaffe and all they could muster — and their reaction was tremendous . |
| 20 | By the time they arrived the party was in full swing and all they could do was watch . |
| 21 | And all she could do , ’ Harriet , she says silently , what a betrayer you make me , immediately , ‘ all she could do was ask about the Royals , was Diana as beautiful as in Newsweek . ’ |
| 22 | She wanted to be as mature and sensible as Rachel was , she wanted to be reassuring and maternal and all she could do was cling to Maggie and sob and sob . |
| 23 | The old mistake made in a bathroom in Oxford twenty years before had fixed her course and all she could do was to walk it . |
| 24 | She wished she could see Bella 's face properly , but the shadows were thick and all she could make out was the outline of a head . |
| 25 | She reported a general response as good as on the Arsenicum , went on holiday and had to come home from it because her period was again heavy and all she could do was lie down ! |
| 26 | And all she could repeat was what she had said to the ambulance men . |
| 27 | The air was cold on stage , the little orchestra seemed to be down a mine and all she could see was a very small bald head and a very long baton . |
| 28 | As he prodded around all the dreamy romantic feelings she experienced when he kissed her disappeared and all she could think of was when would he stop , and could n't he please just hold her again , very close , with the firm bulge of his body against her , far more erotic through several layers of clothes than his scratching , poking finger . |
| 29 | He ate dinner and all she could remember was living with him in London ; when they rented a flat , he would n't let her cook . |
| 30 | I told her we were going to get married , and all she could talk about was frogs , ’ said Masklin . |