Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] could [vb infin] [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 | I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead . |
| 14 | I really believed you could take that way out . |
| 15 | Shelley did n't feel she could face this kind of conversation . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The shame of believing he could initiate any intimacy with Resenence Jeopardy made him flush . |
| 21 | He says it could cost some pensioners as much as £25 a week and is urging the council to think again . |
| 22 | It will hold stock and spares and says it could get first machines as early as September from its US parent . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She did not think she could stand another hour , another minute , another second . |
| 27 | Did you think you could keep those cards ? |
| 28 | I should think you could use some money just now . |
| 29 | I mean you could forget this list that I gave th b that gave you , unless there 's anything on it that is still relevant , but find the things yourself on that topic so that on Thursday Next Thursday you can each spend ten minutes talking about things which you 've read in your topic specifically . |
| 30 | I had thought I could have complete trust in you to get your charge safely home . |