Example sentences of "[verb] we could [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Look we could make some chocolate ones it only makes twelve . |
| 3 | That 's all I want to say on the principle erm of the criteria , as far as the detailed content erm er is concerned I suspect we could talk all day about whether social should replace affordable in one of the criteria , or whether the full stop is in the right place er in another one . |
| 4 | I did not think we could invade this year . |
| 5 | ‘ I should think we could put that right for you . |
| 6 | He smiled at Agnes ; ‘ Do you think we could have some toffee ? ’ |
| 7 | I suppose we could put that door back on again inside . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose we could have another go at being friendly holiday acquaintances ? ’ she suggested , slightly unsteadily . |
| 9 | You 'll probably laugh , but , well , we thought we could help each other to be good — in a spiritual way I mean . |
| 10 | I think we could play this game all day . |
| 11 | So , because we were in the A A he said you could have a ba , and we had to go to court , we had a summons for court , for careless driving , your dad and your dad said oh so A A said you could have barrister , or our insurers said we could have a barrister our insurers , not the one with we 're with now Norman , he was to do all the , said we could have this barrister and it was at Liverpool Crown Court and , it was n't till a , and I was alright we we just got a bit of a shock , you know , we could drive the home it was the wing and what not . |