English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Could" in Example Sentences
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2895685	All things considered, I think we could say that the meeting was successful and met its objectives.	patgfisher
942833	That knife wasn't sharp and I couldn't cut the meat with it, so I resorted to using my pocket knife.	CK
953702	I was just wondering if I could borrow three hundred dollars from you. I can pay you back next Monday.	CK
954352	The iPad would be a perfect solution for me if it could properly display web pages with Flash content.	CK
3315549	Tom was glad that he'd bought a bottle of wine with a screw cap, since he couldn't find his corkscrew.	CK
34017	Chris could not conceal his sadness when he heard that Beth had been unable to find his valuable watch.	CM
1868731	"If you're not happy with your purchase, you can return it at any time." "Could I get that in writing?"	darinmex
954607	When I got out of prison, I couldn't find a job anywhere near my home since no one would hire an ex-con.	CK
1557017	I'd like to hold a staff meeting first thing tomorrow afternoon, so could you reserve the conference room?	brymck
2974584	When Tom lost his job, he couldn't keep up his mortgage repayments and he was threatened with foreclosure.	patgfisher
1164683	Why did I buy flowers? Is that what you just said? It's really noisy here so I couldn't hear you very well.	Chrikaru
953932	If I could only speak English half as well as you can, I wouldn't be worried about traveling around the world.	CK
667977	Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.	CK
1475453	The reason both brothers gave for remaining bachelors was that they couldn't support both airplanes and a wife.	CK
271574	I sometimes wish I could live a quiet retired sort of life but I doubt I could stand it for more than a few days.	CK
1475451	Both brothers said that they couldn't support both a wife and an airplane, so they spent their lives as bachelors.	CK
2964178	Tom couldn't get his car insured because he had had six accidents in three years, all of which had been his fault.	patgfisher
3009026	Tom had a mental block and couldn't remember his PIN number and, as a result, had to leave the groceries at the checkout.	patgfisher
1443531	I could hear the voices of several other guests who had arrived and were already eating together in the main dinning room.	cafe
1847788	If you don't eat breakfast, you'll probably be hungry during the morning and won't be as efficient at work as you could be.	CK
2782268	One advantage of being old is that you no longer desire all the things that you couldn't afford to buy when you were young.	CK
3009023	When he got up to make his speech, Tom's mind went completely blank and all he could do was stand there with his mouth open.	patgfisher
3107051	In the same amount of time it would take me to correct all the mistakes in your report, I could write a better report myself.	CK
2302045	Honey, I know the budget is tight, but do you think we could splurge a bit and have a night out at a fancy restaurant this weekend?	orionthehunter
46734	The hand of the magician was quicker than our eyes. Before we could say Jack Robinson, the cards he was holding between his fingers disappeared.	CM
30000	A good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation.	CM
2033447	When we were in school, my best friend and I made our own secret code so we could write messages to each other without other people being able to read them.	Chrikaru