Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] could [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her father David , of nearby Lytham , said : ‘ You do not think someone could die from a disease in just 10 hours . ’ |
| 2 | Oh cos Sal and at speech day she goes God she goes I could do with a good screw . |
| 3 | Until 1970 the foresters here say they could rely on a good sale of fir trimmings — used in Christmas decorations — to pay for the routine management of the rest of the forest . |
| 4 | They say it could lead to a melt-down more serious than that at Three Mile Island in 1979 . |
| 5 | There 's a move to slow them down , but the hauliers say it could lead to a very dangerous situation . |
| 6 | I 've said I could do with a fag |
| 7 | She hoped that he would n't suggest coming up for a coffee ; she did n't think she could rise to a social occasion at this particular moment , so she was thankful to accept her car keys , bid him a hurried , ‘ Safe journey , ’ and close the door again . |
| 8 | Do you think you could benefit from a phone in the car ? |
| 9 | I mean you could think of a brilliant illustration , and then you work the message out from it , which is the wrong way round . |
| 10 | The trust said the prices would generally amount to about two-thirds of their market value and those who could not afford to buy them could rent through a housing association . |
| 11 | Some say if it rained you could fish in a footprint , |
| 12 | The rest of him , though , ran true to form : an old school blazer , jeans so faded they could appear in a Levi ad any day now , and what appeared to be a genuine official Born To Run tour T-shirt . |
| 13 | Who would have thought he could turn into a hero — leading his partisans against the Germans . |
| 14 | He had thought he could look at a picture of Wyvis Hall , a photograph he had taken himself with a cheap camera Zosie had stolen , with equanimity and even a rueful amusement , but it appeared he could not . |
| 15 | I rather suspect it could lead to a lot of foul-hooked fish , which is another thing I deplore when done deliberately . |
| 16 | Neither of us , it would seem , is much of a leg man , but I suppose I could do with a bit more than I get . |
| 17 | Mm , I suppose we could do with a tea towel size one , oh , I have n't got a tea towel in |
| 18 | I reckon we could do with a left-winger . |
| 19 | A field of stalagmites lies there , looking strangely translucent , and I suppose they could look like a little army of gnomes if the shadows were right . |
| 20 | It did however reflect a sense of Britain 's central role in a world-wide economy and permitted individuals to believe they could contribute to a good cause without relying upon government or becoming enmeshed in politics . |
| 21 | Helen 's frustration with people who do n't appreciate her could result in a marked reduction in her tolerance level . |
| 22 | It decided it could squeeze in a fifth , but there is no room for a sixth channel and by the time you add up the extra transmission channels needed for relaying the signal onwards , there will not be enough spectrum to allow the fifth channel to cover the whole country . |
| 23 | Michael Latham , an executive member of the 1922 Committee of Tory MPs and a former director of the Housebuilders ' Federation , condemned the rise as unnecessary and warned it could lead to a recession . |
| 24 | I suppose it could sound like a conscious courtesy — an agreeable gesture , but hardly one denoting that love has roots below the gum of consciousness . |
| 25 | Mebbe they could dae wi' a night-woatchman or somethin' where you work . ’ |
| 26 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 27 | A few years ago they were making some of the best pop singles you could play on a jukebox : ‘ Something About You ’ , ‘ Leaving Me Now ’ , ‘ Lessons In Love ’ , all the kind of thing that you felt you were going to be sick of hearing before long but which still sounded good after the thousandth time . |
| 28 | I bet you could do with a cup of tea ? |
| 29 | ‘ I always knew we could score from a set piece , but what I did not expect was to concede two from set-pieces , ’ reflected manager Nigel Best . |
| 30 | After about nine months ' stay they could graduate to a single room but by then many preferred to be in with their friends . |