Example sentences of "could [verb] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On occasion , however , Alexandra would sometimes get her way and drag the Prince to services at the church she favoured , St. Saviour 's Church for the Deaf in Oxford Street , where she could enjoy being in the company of other deaf people , and be able to follow the services , as she was a fluent fingerspeller . |
| 2 | Last night as I 'm going to sleep all I could smell was like ashtray , you know ! |
| 3 | Fishermen would never go out in a boat if anyone who could swim was on board , since the Fates might decide to give the man a chance to do so . |
| 4 | So all I could do was to prance about waving flashcards and realia like a second-rate conjuror at a children 's party , and try not to glance at my watch more than once a minute . |
| 5 | There was an immediate loss of power and all I could do was to crash-land the aircraft . |
| 6 | The only linkage he could see was with Colonel Smith . |
| 7 | The only light he could see was in the lobby , and the only person in the lobby was an anxious girl with a clipboard who was waiting to greet him personally , and who seemed personally grateful for his skill in getting himself found and driven there by the company 's chauffeur . |
| 8 | Part of it as far as I could see was in India that i India India 's actually got it 's quite a success story for development in a lot of ways . |
| 9 | But in The Emperor no detail is adduced that might bring out what differences there could have been between the courtiers and petitioners of Ethiopia and their counterparts elsewhere in the world . |
| 10 | But I think it could have been over him . |
| 11 | Professor A. Thom found that the stones could have been along the perimeter of an accurately drawn ellipse using the " Megolithic yard " ( 2.72 ft . ) . |
| 12 | On the other hand Thomas Hirn 's work , 360 ft. wrought , could have been along the outcrop of the North Vein at the nearby Tilberthwaite Mine . |
| 13 | He knew the youthfulness of the clientele — hardly any could have been above thirty — and the loud music would make her uncomfortable . |
| 14 | On occasion , strong political interest could push a young man forward much more rapidly than could have been for the good of the service . |
| 15 | Nick Day , blinking blood , received a push that could have been for anybody , and went onto his knees . |
| 16 | If only he could have been with Dinah at this hour , playing while she sang ! |
| 17 | I only wish I could have been with Mr Grant when he researched the feature . |
| 18 | Wallace came on shortly before time and showed what could have been with some fast ground-oriented attacking . |
| 19 | She could have been at home , warm and snug . |
| 20 | She could have been at Lisa 's house , laughing . |
| 21 | For a while , she thought she could have been at any moderately boring Christmas party . |
| 22 | Or like the time when you say , right out loud , that 's it , I could have been at home sleeping . |
| 23 | The clouds could have been at any height from fifty feet to six miles . |
| 24 | As a result , I spent a lot of time in training — sometimes a whole afternoon — when I could have been at school . |
| 25 | He could have been at home to meet her . |
| 26 | The idea , however , that the rebels aimed to kill the King is unlikely — not only did the rebels show a positive loyalty to him at Mile End and Smithfield , and adopt as a watchword ‘ King Richard and the True Commons ’ , but they made no attempt to take vengeance on him for the death of Wat Tyler , when he could have been at their mercy . |
| 27 | At precisely the point where we could have been at our most radical we are at our least radical , this is the least radical document that we 've come across . |
| 28 | The new manager could have been at Burnden Park watching United last night … several men chasing the job were in the stands … hopefully genning themselves up for an interview … they 'll have plenty to talk about lots of food for thought as United lost their third game in a row … |
| 29 | The new manager could have been at Burnden Park watching United last night … several men chasing the job were in the stands … hopefully genning themselves up for an interview … they 'll have plenty to talk about lots of food for thought as United lost their third game in a row … |
| 30 | Families eating candyfloss under strings of coloured lights , crowds of bikers guzzling frogburgers , country music wailing from loudspeakers ; we could have been on Hampstead Heath on Bank Holiday night . |