Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] it [conj] [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Marshal could recall no hard and fast rule about it but he could n't think that he had ever seen the pipers during Lent . |
| 2 | He threw a rock down it but you could not hear it strike the bottom … . |
| 3 | It was decided by the authorities that the building of the dam across the valley was a ‘ regrettable necessity ’ — but they determined to make as satisfactory a job of it as they could . |
| 4 | Oh er telly 's got a buzz on it and I could n't get it off , I think I made it worse . |
| 5 | Not people that could that can defend themselves that can what 's the name of it if they could Well they 've broken old people 's doors in and took their money and and hit them and whatsername . |
| 6 | Erm also the accountant you could 've tried to of got round because you were , you were digging the hole there erm you know where he 's , okay he wants to see the accountant , will this be a good idea I mean you could 've said yeah you know you appreciate that and all the rest of it and you could 've gone more into the tax side of where you , you know , you could 've perhaps er the company could 've benefited by putting some into the pension scheme as opposed erm paying all the taxes maybe you could 've gone in that way . |
| 7 | But anyway , they allowed this that they did n't have any further use for it that I could have it . |
| 8 | I had to have a cast on it and I could n't play guitar at all in any fashion . |
| 9 | It does n't kill you , but it means you spend an hour on it when you could be doing the rest of your exam . |
| 10 | You were condemned of people then you could n't care a damn about it cos you could n't do anything about it because your methods of running a country was a waste of time . |
| 11 | So strange , she sometimes thought , to have all this engineering knowledge in three languages and still be so unable to apply a single word of it that she could scarcely change a plug without helpful diagrams . |
| 12 | They would be in favour of it if it could be worked out in a practical form : but it did not mean they were going to give up the freedom of the seas . |
| 13 | However , if there was an insurance against it and they could claim against it I 'm sure they would . |
| 14 | Sarah 's house was at the other end of it and I could see a couple of cars parked outside what I was sure was their home . |
| 15 | He 'd seen a film about it and he could remember it very well . |