Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] [noun prp] " 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 | I could buy anyway Shel ! |
| 4 | Before either the Rector or his wife could speak again Louisa hurried from the room . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Richard opened slowly and then the cock was in and he could see only Martin 's glistening blond hair between his legs . |
| 7 | It must also be said that Herbert Casson 's admiration for youth could outbid even Baden-Powell 's undying romanticism : For page upon page , across three issue of Teacher 's World , Herbert Casson went on like this , at the same unrelenting pace . |
| 8 | Derby , with six successive wins , could have both Blades and Goddard back after injury . |
| 9 | Marie could hear again Gazzer 's facetious voice . |
| 10 | Gillroy could hear both Darwin and Koepang , but they could not hear him . |
| 11 | It could mean both Wright and Merson being involved in some stage of the match at Anfield , as there must be doubts over both strikers lasting the full 90 minutes . |
| 12 | But before he could get there Mister Johnny gave a high , piercing cry , quite unlike any sound Carrie had ever heard him make before , and flung himself on Frederick , arms flailing . |
| 13 | BRITISH AEROSPACE WORKERS FEAR / A PROPOSED DEAL WITH INDONESIA / COULD THREATEN MORE PRESTWICK JOBS |
| 14 | It was in any event difficult to see what compromise could satisfy both Buenos Aires and London . |
| 15 | This is three elements out of about nine or ten , now if they could be persuaded that if people phoned us up and said blah blah blah I want to learn this we could say well Telford will let you do this one unit of the course , they learn the one unit of the course , they say right I 'd now like to learn about let's say photography and we find out that Queen Margaret 's College in their course have an element on photography so we point the student in that direction and then they do this hold on a second |
| 16 | Before he could say more Delaney 's head jerked as the transceiver speaker behind his ear roared with static — and a scream . |