Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] could [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm do you think I could throw these roses out ? |
| 2 | I do n't think I could stand another evening just yet at that nightclub she and Dunbar seem so crazy about . ’ |
| 3 | Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge . |
| 4 | I do n't think I could take another night without alcohol ! |
| 5 | he thinks that he can buy I could buy this standing space because I 'm a businessman and I 've got lots of money . |
| 6 | He kept their backsides so warm you could have fried eggs and bacon on them ! |
| 7 | We found we could detect 12.5 fg M tuberculosis DNA with the IS 6110 primers , but only 36 fg with the 65 kilodalton based primers . |
| 8 | They had also created for themselves a moral environment to which few Englishmen found they could take serious exception . |
| 9 | Nationalist sympathisers such as Robin Angus of stockbroker County NatWest WoodMac , say it could bring new opportunities through the creation of a more flexible tax structure . |
| 10 | ‘ They say it could come any time — calling up . ’ |
| 11 | The emergency services say it could cut vital minutes from the time it takes to respond to a call . |
| 12 | Greatrakes , however , found he could cure advanced scrofula , and soon extended his treatment to dropsy , ague , rheumatism and many other ailments . |
| 13 | A conservative coalition of Democrat and Republican congressmen developed which could delay further reforms , and sometimes block them altogether . |
| 14 | I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead . |
| 15 | I really believed you could take that way out . |
| 16 | Shelley did n't feel she could face this kind of conversation . |
| 17 | ‘ The most glaring one was last night when you tried to appeal to my pragmatic nature by admitting that ‘ it would only be lust ’ — no doubt you imagined we could establish some sort of ‘ adult ’ agreement on the basis of that . ’ |
| 18 | Merging companies believed they could achieve significant gains in productivity and profits , and government policy assumed that these would offset any adverse effects from an increase in monopoly power . |
| 19 | Colours also may get distorted as the eye lens gets yellower with age ; in some pictures of Mulready he believed he could demonstrate this defect . |
| 20 | If the Soviet Union believed it could exploit possible NATO weakness at the intermediate nuclear level , the risks for it from aggression would be less . |
| 21 | The shame of believing he could initiate any intimacy with Resenence Jeopardy made him flush . |
| 22 | He says it could cost some pensioners as much as £25 a week and is urging the council to think again . |
| 23 | It will hold stock and spares and says it could get first machines as early as September from its US parent . |
| 24 | The Banking , Insurance and Finance Union has resolved to cooperate with a scheme for voluntary redundancies but says it could take industrial action if the job losses are made compulsory . |
| 25 | Perdita did n't think she could eat another thing , but the figs in syrup that followed were so delicious she was soon piling on great dollops of cream . |
| 26 | They were not due to leave Sintra until early afternoon tomorrow , but she did not think she could stand another day of his kisses and caresses . |
| 27 | She did not think she could stand another hour , another minute , another second . |
| 28 | Did you think you could keep those cards ? |
| 29 | I should think you could use some money just now . |
| 30 | Now if I were Alwyn I would not be too proud of winning a competition to see who could use more cliches than anyone else . |