Example sentences of "[pron] could [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only area in which it loses out to the deeper-bodied F-model is on sheer projection , and I could well imagine some players foregoing that extra bit of welly just for the comfort and convenience of the LSE 's thin body . |
| 2 | I think I 've got myself again I go that last week , oh I could n't move last week ! |
| 3 | And there was a funny silence and Dylan said that he 'd bet I could n't do that scream like that with a cigarette in my mouth and I shook off the centuries , stopped staring , smiled a little , noted that he had indeed monumentally screamed with a cigarette in his mouth and went stunned back to my crossword . ’ |
| 4 | I got instructions off you to be able do you know I could n't do that timer for love nor money . |
| 5 | You see , cos they do n't say that , and anyone else who does n't , who does less than thirty five thousand pounds worth of , if Mrs down the street said , I could n't do forty pound , then they do n't have to pay that . |
| 6 | I could n't answer that question because my thoughts were aimed at you , not at the painful roots of my current practice but at you , the conjuring of feelings by the spell and ritual of words , the seducing of you with poetry , I a pedlar tumbling stories before your dais . |
| 7 | School started at about 8.30 till about 3.30 and I could n't miss any lessons . |
| 8 | ‘ Before my operation I could n't walk 30 yards and now I can work full-time and play 30 holes of golf , ’ he said . |
| 9 | And I was told that he was going to die shortly , and that if I wished , the measures that they were using with the respirator could be removed at my request , because he was in a terminal stage ; it was just a matter of time , and I really felt that I could n't make that decision myself . |
| 10 | And at that time he wrote in a letter , ‘ In these concerts I could n't make enough slowings and accelerations . ’ |
| 11 | I could n't make any sense out of it at all . |
| 12 | Looking at him , I could n't detect much change . |
| 13 | The guitar 's low profile , slight body and super-thin neck make for a very lightweight playing experience and I could n't detect any balance problems , either . |
| 14 | There are drawbacks to the house and sometimes we think about moving again , but I know that I could n't leave that garden . ’ |
| 15 | And I felt I could n't design rational experiments without having some type of criteria to judge the results against ; otherwise I would n't be able to see where I was going . |
| 16 | I could n't stand that hospital any longer , and I 'm much happier here at home . |
| 17 | I could n't generate any power when I wanted to . ’ |
| 18 | And I took you in my confidence — something , incidentally , I do n't do lightly — because I could n't face another relationship based on misunderstanding . |
| 19 | And she did n't like going out with me any more because of the way they all stared at me anyhow , I could n't go most places looking like this , could I ? |
| 20 | Dad I wish I was you , laughing at the bar beach come here , misguided crew I could n't handle those things because I come in say this is my ca n't stand my brother boy |
| 21 | ‘ There is no reason why I could n't unlock 45 flats for homeless people for nine or 10 months . |
| 22 | No something so no , sort of , start at lunchtime anyway so I could n't record any lunchtime . |
| 23 | I could n't sleep that night . |
| 24 | I was also excited at the prospect of earning some reward , and I could n't sleep that night for thinking about visiting her in the morning . |
| 25 | ‘ I could n't sleep that night . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , but I could n't sleep last night . |
| 27 | ‘ I could n't give two monkeys , ’ he said , making ballet leaps out of sight behind the Land Rover . |
| 28 | Very few athletes enter sport without the assistance and encouragement of a teacher who might innocently create serious tensions , as with Jackie Jackson , whose PE teacher strengthened her commitment to athletics , a commitment which proved destructive to her educational aims , as she pointed out : ‘ I was spending so much time in athletics that I could n't give enough time to my ‘ A ’ levels . ’ |
| 29 | Aye , I 'm gon na drink bloody brown ale , yeah oh aye , oh I could n't drink that bugger . |
| 30 | I could n't spare any time at all . |