Example sentences of "could [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Might be about When we start work we could stay up a little bit later . |
| 2 | In the South Midlands and a few other areas where farm labourers could earn only a pittance crafts that employed mothers and daughters provided welcome extra income . |
| 3 | A centre could devise eg. a ‘ student centred ’ assessment system where each learner is responsible for collecting evidence of his/her achievement and judging his/her own performance against the criteria . |
| 4 | As the band were good enough live , we could build up a ground swell of interest at a local level which then translated into national success . |
| 5 | Like animals , they are great levellers — not remotely impressed by a string of titles — and he always found he could build up a good rapport with them . |
| 6 | He could build up a knowledge of who he was , piece by piece . |
| 7 | So , for a few pounds a month now , you could build up a very welcome nest-egg for yourself and provide financial protection for your family at the same time . |
| 8 | Perhaps over the generations the interaction between a particular cultural context and the energy pattern at a place could build up a strong image or archetype . |
| 9 | One veteran observer of the New York museum scene summarised the insular society 's predicament : ‘ During the 60s , 70s and 80s when all other institutions realised that there was no way that they could build up an endowment without catering to the masses and without appealing to the federal government , museums went with cap in hand ; they saw this was now the game . |
| 10 | She could make up a story , say she suffered temporary amnesia , or that she was knocked unconscious by thieves and all her money was gone , but she doubted she could make it sound believable . |
| 11 | You could make up a whole story . |
| 12 | Ever wish you could make up a degree course to suit your own needs ? |
| 13 | Perhaps we could make up a party . |
| 14 | If you could make up a sentence with those . |
| 15 | She could make just a small detour … |
| 16 | I could make out a couple of dozen large buildings . |
| 17 | But as his eyes grew accustomed to it he could make out a hand protruding from the open lounge doorway . |
| 18 | The Doctor followed the narrow road down through a small valley , before climbing back up towards a bare hilltop where he could make out a number of tiny wooden crosses , like a forest of lifeless bonsai trees . |
| 19 | I could make out a younger Conchis in the centre , wearing a straw hat and shorts , and there was one woman , a peasant-woman , though not Maria , because she was Maria 's age in the photo and it was plainly twenty or thirty years old . |
| 20 | I could make out a sort of close-fitting purple cap on the back of her head . |
| 21 | And now it was out of its glass frame he could make out a faded signature at the bottom : |
| 22 | The cloth inside muffled the noise , but when he got close to the window he could make out a human voice . |
| 23 | Both sides could make out a case that they deserved to win and should have been awarded penalties . |
| 24 | ‘ They say , ’ Eloise went on , ‘ that the value of the Russian works of art could make quite a difference to the total outcome , after taxes . |
| 25 | So you know that , that as you know Richard said you know good idea , could make quite a few people , so I think Marcus , if , if Marcus chose that moment he , he really |
| 26 | With his money and our soul we could think up a scheme to please everybody . |
| 27 | She could knock up an outfit in two hours . ’ |
| 28 | He still feels he could eke out a result without him . |
| 29 | Game and Games — you might get the impression that this is a shop where you could buy either a brace of grouse or a set of Monopoly . |
| 30 | If death could steal away a daughter , why not a son as well ? |