Example sentences of "[conj] in [noun] [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , depending upon whether a bank holder of a bill of lading sued in the United States or in England he could get $500 instead of £100 for loss of the same package or unit of freight . |
| 2 | I 'd been amazed that in London you could buy ready-made couscous in packets , and that the English used it in their cooking . |
| 3 | He never knocked his origins in American racing , but also he knew damned well that technologically America was behind and that in America you could do spectacular things but in grand prix racing you needed savvy , experience , strategy ; you had to have the smarts . |
| 4 | I told them that at one we 'd be going away on another job cos we 'd got another job booked in , but in fact I reorganized everything so that in fact we could do it for them . |
| 5 | I agree that in hindsight it could have been clearer |
| 6 | He thought that there was no barrier and that in time he could have done more for them . |
| 7 | He was a man who could be honest with himself , and in honesty he could say that he was both pleased and relieved to be back at his desk on a grey Monday morning in London . |
| 8 | That is to say , he could think through those ideas and feelings and in theory he could say them aloud but his shyness and his social position and the conventions about men expressing their feelings would have prevented him . |
| 9 | He answered earnestly and in words I could understand . |
| 10 | Very harmless gas and in fact you could do with and leave nitrogen where it is , and it wo n't do anything . |
| 11 | When they formed the Army Education Corp , during the war , they er , they wore uniform , most of them were warrant officers , and soldiers but in uniform you could come out I mean , they been ordinary soldiers , but they 'd been put put on a charge every time the saw them , you know . |
| 12 | But in theory you could do posters here at Mansfield and you could send out , we could print them in colour for you |
| 13 | erm Now , possibly I could go on as to whether in fact we could do anything about preserving the tropical forest in this country . |
| 14 | The RSPCA says that cases like these often bring just token fines from magistrates , when in fact they could impose fines of up to £2,000 and or 6 months imprisonment . |
| 15 | Patsy went , using his work for the insurance company as a pretext , for in truth he could take no more of the hypocrisy . |