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Example sentences for "there could"

  • An atheist, I have said, may be a politician; but if there were no God, there could be no politics.

  • If logically carried out, there could be no such crime as treason, there could be no state, and no public authority.

  • It had no advantage of situation; but had been very much smartened up by the present proprietor; and, such as it was, there could be no possibility of the two friends passing it without a slackened pace and observing eyes.

  • There could be no doubt of his great pleasure in seeing her.

  • Where the wound had been given, there must the cure be found if anywhere; and Emma felt that, till she saw her in the way of cure, there could be no true peace for herself.

  • I wonder if there could be a draught across them!

  • Davie, as if there could not be two minds about that.

  • If there could be such a thing as the Mammon of Righteousness Christina would have assuredly made friends with it.

  • As for temptations, there could be few or none in such a place as that.

  • It was near Tavistock that Lord Dacre lived, and at every house and toll-gate along the road we heard the news of the flying post-chaise in front of us, so there could be no doubt whither they were bound.

  • There could be no doubt that the whole Prussian army, which we thought we had destroyed at Ligny, was about to throw itself upon our right wing while Marshal Grouchy had been coaxed away upon some fool's errand.

  • There could, apart from my promise, be no indiscretion in admitting that which was already obvious.

  • He merely meant to persuade her to give up the engagement; and as there could be nothing to overcome but the affection of both, he naturally expected that one or two interviews would settle the matter.

  • I was simple enough to think, that because my FAITH was plighted to another, there could be no danger in my being with you; and that the consciousness of my engagement was to keep my heart as safe and sacred as my honour.

  • There could be no reason, she thought, why M'ganwazam should have deceived her.

  • There could be but one explanation--he it was who had fled ahead of the Russian with the woman and the child--and the woman had been Jane Clayton.

  • Both Briscoe and Chamberlayne treated with the greatest contempt the notion that there could be an overissue of paper as long as there was, for every ten pound note, a piece of land in the country worth ten pounds.

  • There could, therefore, be little doubt on which of the two parties it would be safer for him to rely.

  • In that part of Ireland, meanwhile, which still acknowledged James as King, there could hardly be said to be any law, any property, or any government.

  • They went away because for Russians there could be no question as to whether things would go well or ill under French rule in Moscow.

  • To Princess Mary it was strange that now, at a moment when such sorrow was filling her soul, there could be rich people and poor, and the rich could refrain from helping the poor.

  • There could be no doubt not only of his approval but also of his admiration for his wife.

  • There could not be a more magnificent night in which to ride towards that geographical mystery of our boyhood, the Gut of Canso.

  • I doubted if there could be any Fourth of July if my stent was not done.

  • There could be no doubt of the intentions of the young nobleman.

  • There could be but one end to such a burst of enthusiasm, and both laughed and felt a relief in a merriment that was, after all, sympathetic.

  • There could not be a stronger appeal to his manhood and his fidelity.

  • It was a goblin voice--there could be no doubt about that--and this time he could make out the words.

  • When she laid her ear against the third door, there could be no doubt where it came from: it must be from something in that room.

  • As the course of history was held to be determined from hour to hour by the arbitrary will of an extra-cosmic person, there could be no self-contained causal development, only a dispensation imposed from without.

  • There could be no better illustration, as Prof.

  • There could be no mistake: my uncle enjoyed the situation as he had enjoyed few things in the last quarter of a century.

  • There could be no doubt, from Mr. Ronald's attitude, that he worshipped the very chair she sat on.

  • It was a diamond; there could not be a doubt of it.

  • There could be no two words about The Worm's acting.

  • There could be no doubt about it; the noise was louder.

  • There could be no doubt that its original owner had been an expert too.

  • There could be no doubt that they were the jewels of the urim and thummim.

  • There could be no doubt, in the mind of anyone who had the slightest knowledge of the science of graphology, that the Professor had written an anonymous letter, warning his successor against thieves.

  • Yes, it was a woman's voice; there could not be a doubt of it.

  • The singer was Theresa; there could be no more doubt.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "there could" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    after them; ancient religion; because they were not; century after; conceal their; heart began; human skull; more moderate; there ain; there and; there any; there came; there could; there had; there isn; there lived; there may; there must; there never; there she; there should; there the; there will; there would have been; therefore the; turning toward