Example sentences of "could [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could modify either LA or SEGLAB to reduce this problem . |
| 2 | Rachel looked up quickly but before her father could explain further Jennifer intervened , manoeuvring her chair closer to the table . |
| 3 | At the agreed rate of 10¢ per column inch it meant that if I could provide two 25-inch columns per day , which was relatively easy for me , I could earn about $30 per week which was $6 more than I was getting when I gave up the staff job . |
| 4 | On a good day a driver could make over $2.75 ; if he has a month of good days he earns more than a civil servant . |
| 5 | ‘ I could make tomorrow evening for dinner , though . |
| 6 | In 1984 , the Education ( Grants and Awards ) Act was passed to enable the DES to allocate directly a small proportion ( up to 1% ) of the Block Grant to support specific educational projects which the Secretary of State judged to be particularly important ; a grant could cover either 50% or 70% of the costs of a project ( 60% from 1990–91 ) . |
| 7 | He confirmed that the Scottish Office money could cover only cash flow difficulties from the oil funds — not the producers . |
| 8 | I could buy anyway Shel ! |
| 9 | Later still he got an oil engine ; and people at that time could buy both coal and oil from the miller . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You could buy there skiers in glass bottles … clockwork marmots , goat horns … sunglasses , imitation butter-churns , my books . ’ |
| 11 | Tolstikov , last year 's winner and joint favourite with South African Mark Plaatjes for Sunday 's race , could win about £32,000 to add to his appearance fee if he repeats his success . |
| 12 | The workers , placed in a situation where they could trust neither management nor union , entered into an uneasy alliance with the group , engaging in a series of discussions and meetings over the summer of 1980 . |
| 13 | But it has been long established ( Habakkuk 1953 , McKeown and Brown 1955 ) that medical knowledge of the time could not cure any important cause of death , could prevent only smallpox , and with a few exceptions remained impotent until the present century . |
| 14 | Before either the Rector or his wife could speak again Louisa hurried from the room . |
| 15 | If you , if you like , I could speak now Chair ? |
| 16 | I 'd just approached a woman ( who , it emerged , could speak only Mandarin ) , to ask her about the joys of cycling . |
| 17 | Lucien could smell only incense . |
| 18 | You could borrow there stock , is that what you 're thinking and then take back what we did n't sell . |
| 19 | Intuitive reckons sales of the Workbench could generate around £500,000 this year . |
| 20 | He did not have the military power to offer protection to Englishmen overseas ; if the Spanish from the south were to attack English colonies , they would have to defend themselves or rely on English diplomacy , because Charles could send neither ships nor troops across the Atlantic for help . |
| 21 | An agency costing £6 million a year to run could bring hundred-fold benefits . |
| 22 | The karkadann was strong and vicious , and could slay even elephants . |
| 23 | Heated in the Montgolfier-style , air would lift about 15lbs for every 1,000 cubic feet of volume , while the same volume of hydrogen could lift about 70lbs of payload . |
| 24 | The Premier League , rather than seek one major sponsor , have been looking towards the World Cup/European Championship idea of group backers who could contribute around £25m a year . |
| 25 | This change came about not because we were getting too big for our binding , rather we felt we could do better justice to the rich pageant of life at Sainsbury 's with more elbow room . |
| 26 | A slim attractive girl in jeans hovered near , her pose suggesting I could approach her ; but before I could do so Señora Sanchez accosted me . |
| 27 | What sort of creature was she after all who could feel only loathing for a woman who had suffered so ? |
| 28 | Perhaps we could ring tomorrow afternoon when the children are up ? |
| 29 | ‘ But they will never take you , Don — I will hide you here — no , I will hide you up at the old shieling hut — or we could run away west into Rannoch — ‘ There are forts everywhere . |
| 30 | We could see neither station nor buildings . |