Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] could [vb infin] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I like to think I could do a good job at a higher level , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed . |
| 3 | You could always , you , you always used to say we could tell the German planes coming over er they 'd got a certain sound because they were so heavily ladened . |
| 4 | ‘ I like him , ’ said Dorothy , determined to show she could like the unusual . |
| 5 | They set out to peak for this particular match , both to erase from their minds the upset in London two years ago and to prove they could manage a good performance after several indifferent ones . |