Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [noun] [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizabeth , do you think on behalf of the forms committee you could do a tour around accounts and dig out the forms . |
| 2 | The new stripped-pine floor vibrated ; through the sash window I could see the black truck pulling up the drive towards the main road , the silver caravan coming behind like a drogue that was preventing the gypsies from submerging , escaping into the very centre of the earth . |
| 3 | Peering through the kitchen window she could see the remains of three breakfasts and her daughter 's new green coat hanging on the back of the kitchen door . |
| 4 | Even now as he stood there by the kitchen table he could see Caspar closing in on the weaker lamb , and he could hear that weird and terrible wailing of Lee 's . |
| 5 | I think the more people who are aware of the alternatives that are in the building industry we could improve on this . |
| 6 | From the sepoy lines they could see that the Residency had been abandoned , but a tattered Union Jack still flew over the banqueting hall . |
| 7 | Through the side window he could see his grey garments and underwear hanging on a small washing line outside . |
| 8 | Mum to make the eyes mum we could have sultanas . |
| 9 | A time was to be fixed for the expedition in the month of November , and by leaving in the evening on the ebb tide we could expect to reach the shores of Wight with the full morning flood . |
| 10 | The golfing doctors I could handle , the nurse was an unqualified plus . |
| 11 | We should do erm I could do the custard pudding I could do the dessert and you could do the savoury . |
| 12 | There 's a single bed in one of the upstairs flats I could sleep in . |
| 13 | And i if the man in the field had got a grudge against a bloke who was stacking i or taking off in the stack yard he could make life hell . |
| 14 | If you have the right skills , the knowledge , the personal qualities and the management potential it could take you from a purely scientific discipline into the most senior scientific managerial ranks within the Civil Service . |
| 15 | On the work surface she could see a bowl of salad , the wine bottle and a row of cutlery . |
| 16 | Up at the pub window I could see Mr McIvory , the owner . |
| 17 | It was alright at Euston Station on the way up because we had plenty of time for loading — but — on the return journey we could see the train approaching while still careering through the country lanes on our coach . |
| 18 | Over the next months , rival consortia considered how to finance the new investment while at the Transport Department we could do little more than wait . |
| 19 | ‘ The Smiths ’ was n't the pop masterpiece it could have been ; later , even the band recognised this fact . |
| 20 | Narrowing my eyes against the Atlantic glitter I could see the line of a path that climbed from the bay and on over the headland to the west . |
| 21 | Across the Bristol Channel we could see over to the cliffs of North Devon , while off to the west Carmarthen Bay and the Pembrokeshire coast stretched out into the distance . |
| 22 | Through the half-open door of the coding office she could see Lofty 's back ; beside him Lucinda sat unmoving , her left hand relaxed on a dial . |
| 23 | Alameda 's trump card is the job losses it could suffer and , beyond it , the cumulative loss of defence jobs in California . |
| 24 | From the signs on the station platform she could see now where they were . |
| 25 | Then when I came near the broken house and stood in the moon shadow I could hear and see nothing . |
| 26 | Mouthed all the swear words I could think of — and that was quite a lot . |
| 27 | When we did The Taming of the Shrew , every time Petruchio yelled — and he had a fine voice — all the peacocks answered , and on the opening night I could feel my neighbour shaking with laughter because the peacocks were all jostling for the best places to roost in the trees . |
| 28 | For the china anniversary you could create a small picture in a porcelain frame . |
| 29 | As the core cooled it would form a solid outer shell , and as this shell further cooled through the Curie temperature it could retain today the magnetic field of the remnant liquid iron core within it . |
| 30 | After a few moments , she realized that if she half closed the filters across the starsuit helmet she could cut out at least some of the light . |