Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] could [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With one blow I could wipe that expression and the flesh that paints it right from their skulls . |
| 2 | With electrification I could achieve this goal . |
| 3 | When I got used to the light I could see two men sitting grinning at me . |
| 4 | Were we not concerned with a historical religion we could settle such matters as to who might be the ministers in the religion ( if indeed there were to be any ) on a priori ethical grounds . |
| 5 | From our research we could do six shows . |
| 6 | This delineation of labourism is ideal-typical ; in practice it could exhibit contradictory tendencies . |
| 7 | When I drew near the village I could see two girls sitting on the parapet of the little bridge . |
| 8 | As I gazed out of the window I could see several groups of red deer in the distance , and in the foreground the brown ferns with clumps of heather here and there ; it was a wonderful sight . |
| 9 | But it 's still at your , if it was going to another sector I could understand that attitude , but when it is being , it 's still within Intercity , I just can not understand that that is the attitude we take . |
| 10 | When he passed Stella in the corridor she could smell scented soap . |
| 11 | Without ACET 's practical support at home they could spend long periods of time in hospital unnecessarily . |
| 12 | Sam thought for a second he could smell damp straw — ’ … and carried many miles to a place they have never seen before and from which they can never return . |
| 13 | The barn was not full , but in some of the stalls on either side of a broad central aisle he could see heaped mountains of grain as his eyes became accustomed to the dark . |
| 14 | In this case you could organise recording sessions on one day , with playback sessions the next , both done as rotating group tasks . |
| 15 | Now what do you reckon is the most difficult … the most dangerous job in sport … boxer … jump jockey … racing driver you could argue all night could n't you … what about a chap who has to protect himself from head to foot … gets fired at … and skates on ice … in other words the netminder in ice hockey … see for yourself in our Friday Feature |
| 16 | When I was a lad I could have seventy for them , I sat on there and I licked it up , er , a good afternoon , I was just having a break by sands , I said when I was a lad I could have seventy ice creams |
| 17 | As soon as I entered the room I could hear little pockets of chatter coming from various parts of the audience . |
| 18 | That evening she could hear raised voices emanating from her parents ' room . |
| 19 | Okay so we could do that in the first place we could say one pizza there well we 've got two pizzas but we 'll let's just concentrate on one , share it between six people . |
| 20 | A bell rang , and for a moment they could hear two voices arguing . |
| 21 | As he moved into the darkened hallway he could see those conifers bowing deferentially to the strong breeze . |
| 22 | After supporting them all day I could use some support myself . ’ |
| 23 | In the distance I could see two flagstaffs , one with the Union Jack fluttering , the other with the blue flag and stars of New Zealand . |
| 24 | In the light from the ball she could see two shapes inside the bodies of Rodomonte and Molassi . |
| 25 | On the surface everything was going quite smoothly , with her asking the questions and Luke answering politely , but underneath the polite façade she could sense other emotions bubbling furiously . |
| 26 | We then followed the River Orwell to the bridge before going home in the distance we could see other aircraft . |
| 27 | And we could , if we 've got ta collect evidence we could use those work sheets as evidence . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't suppose there 's any chance we could have another bite of that cheese , is there , Benny ? |
| 29 | Often the only opening they could offer British producers would arise because a blind-booked film had n't turned up . |
| 30 | If by submitting to the one guilt he could evade all suspicion upon the worse count … he is quite shrewd enough , I fancy , to make the choice and quite durable enough to abide it . |