Example sentences of "[pron] could [adv] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not write anything here yesterday because I was too desolate at the thought that I could hot come and talk to you . |
| 2 | ‘ The court is endlessly being adjourned and I could easily come and collect you once we 've been let out . ’ |
| 3 | I if I could just come in there you mentioned this er if you changed your mind on goods , and you seemed to be defining the legal position . |
| 4 | Now if I could just come back to one other thing , cos Tim Pat was raising it . |
| 5 | ‘ If I could just come in a minute — ’ |
| 6 | If I could just come in here , there are many opportunities for them to express their individual talents . |
| 7 | I could never come to the situation where I would say we 're all equal . |
| 8 | I could never come to terms with the Big Idea . |
| 9 | It is a work that I could still come back to , perhaps . |
| 10 | ‘ I could always come and look after you — keep you company , ’ Alice said in a casual tone . |
| 11 | UR continue to expand their operation with new labels , but maintain a staunchly underground bunker mystique which could never come out and turn to breakbeat commercialism . |
| 12 | Sadler had articulated the political sentiment in his Manchester inquiry when he remarked on how education was but one aspect of ‘ a many sided problem ’ , and as such it necessitated both the development of individuality and personal conviction and ‘ a sense of national duty and obligation towards the State ’ , which could only come through ‘ better and more systematic training for the duties of citizenship and for home-making and family claims ’ . |
| 13 | The fusion of the Asian and European conflicts was a gamble which could only come off if a successful blitzkrieg were to lead to negotiation . |
| 14 | It was foolishness of course , nothing could ever come of her infatuation for a man from another world , a world of comfort and security . |
| 15 | To actually meet a man she did n't find boring , a man who could make her feel , and to know that nothing could ever come of it ? |
| 16 | Nothing could ever come of it . |
| 17 | Jessie 's pretty in a dolly sort of way , but she could never come up to Agnes . |
| 18 | Long afterwards Ruth realised that this was the moment when she had learned that she could never come first with him . |
| 19 | Well , when you 've got all the big names , and the Dennis Taylors , the Jimmy Whites , both who 've won it before , Jimmy has n't been playing too well recently , but you 've got a whole clutch of players who could well come through and surprise everybody . |
| 20 | It would have been better if we could have come at the weekend & seen something of the family , but Richard had long-standing plans involving friends of his who could only come ( from Macclesfield ) on Saturday . |
| 21 | He caused more suffering among his allow drivers than any other man I ever saw race and the only man who could possibly come closer to him as a road-hog , even when his own position was hopeless , was Riccardo Patrese , a far more refined driver than Clay in every other respect . |
| 22 | ‘ Er — I was wondering if you could just come and help me for a moment ? ’ |
| 23 | Look , if you do n't mind a bit of running you could just come as far as the Tube with me and we could continue this conversation on the way . |
| 24 | In other words , I C I , Ingaselectric , A E I , all the big firms , all the er coal mines , all the British Rail , well British Rail in those days , and these large firms trained large numbers of apprentices and then after the five years they tipped you out , I 'm sorry I 'm going back a long while , into what they call an improver status and then you could either come back to the firm or you could go , stay where you were . |
| 25 | So you could either come in half eight , half nine or |
| 26 | Well that one was the most restrictive because that you had to go , you could go any time between was it eight and eleven in the morning , but you could only come back either something like quarter to five , quarter to , no quarter to six was it ? |
| 27 | and you could actually come up with an equitable total in terms of |
| 28 | So you could actually come back with some fair old bumps and bruises on you could you ? |
| 29 | You know , you could still come up . |
| 30 | Still you could always come back to Malia for a little peace and quiet in the local monastery ! |