Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pers pn] [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if he thought he could get away with it he could think again ! |
| 2 | In spite of herself she watched his departing back , hating him for that supple arrogance in his walk , the way that simply by walking away from her he could fill her with an inexplicable , infuriating urge to run after him … |
| 3 | In fact now she was away from him she could think of a hundred and one things she should have said — done — and what the hell was the matter with this damned car ? |
| 4 | If they 'd come straight to me we could have quietly got it done . |
| 5 | When you find out about it you could have Dr. Zimmerman lodge a complaint if you want . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ When I left it was open ended so that if things did not work out for me I could go back to playing Charlene . |
| 7 | That caveat notwithstanding , those close to Mr Bush insist that there was an effort to get a non-military solution , and that if Saddam Hussein had reached out for it he could have walked away from Kuwait with something gained from his adventure . |
| 8 | Out of it he could see Barry , his bike propped up against his house , mending his chain . |
| 9 | From where I was standing , far below me I could see a separate miniature fort linked to the mother fortress by an umbilical causeway . |
| 10 | Even if cosy was n't the word she would have applied to the conservatory opening out before her she could see it was a little more intimate than the vast medieval refectory in which they 'd previously dined . |
| 11 | talking about I mean us six er pe peasants we 've got a landlord , you know , oh shall we go and kill him , he , he 's got all the authority , he 's got armed militia , the works , now to me he could have |
| 12 | Straight ahead of him he could see the dome of the Texas State Capitol , second-largest in the nation after the Capitol in Washington , gleaming in the late-morning sun . |
| 13 | Already ahead of him he could see that he would marry , and it might be disastrously , he had that in him , but at the moment what he had was Rose Hilaire and Gabriel and it was 1966 . |
| 14 | Ahead of us we could see our ridge , standing clear of the cloud , brushed purple in the strange early light . |
| 15 | Ahead of us I could hear the noise of the waterfall — there had been plenty of rain and when we arrived at the foss , the beck that eventually joins the Ure to travel down Wensleydale was hammering over the lip of the force . |