Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] could [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean we could make that one , we could choose the R the R |
| 2 | I mean we could get all of our tal you know all of our sort of public educational informative talks this week if all of those pan out could n't we ? |
| 3 | Mm , ah I mean if it was the question I mean I 've got that material we 've got it , I mean if it was question of sending out , I mean I could do that . |
| 4 | I mean I could get this whole place so tidy and the kids come home from school and it 's like a bomb 's exploded and nothing 's appreciated about it , whereas if you 're decorating or teaching children there 's something always gained out of it … as far as actual housework goes , I do n't see how anyone can like it . |
| 5 | I mean you could forget this list that I gave th b that gave you , unless there 's anything on it that is still relevant , but find the things yourself on that topic so that on Thursday Next Thursday you can each spend ten minutes talking about things which you 've read in your topic specifically . |
| 6 | I mean you could clean that up and it 'd be alright . |
| 7 | Mm I expect we could do another one could n't we Dad ? |
| 8 | I expect I could get some nice older woman to do just that . |
| 9 | I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead . |
| 10 | That 's all I want to say on the principle erm of the criteria , as far as the detailed content erm er is concerned I suspect we could talk all day about whether social should replace affordable in one of the criteria , or whether the full stop is in the right place er in another one . |
| 11 | ‘ I know what I 'm capable of ; I know I could design this garden standing on my head if need be . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I heard you could eat any amount of steak and you 'd lose loads of weight ’ , or ‘ did n't I read somewhere that you are n't supposed to eat carbohydrate and protein at the same meal ? ’ |
| 13 | I believe you could do this job . |
| 14 | ‘ I believe you could arrange this for us ? ’ |
| 15 | I believe I could cure this . ’ |
| 16 | Lance Corp Zolden , of the Royal Corps of Transport , added : ‘ It is a standing joke that we are the Army 's AA I guess you could say that is true . ’ |
| 17 | but what I meant was is that we were gon na have a sort of a little gathering before but I suppose we could have that today sort of . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose we could have another go at being friendly holiday acquaintances ? ’ she suggested , slightly unsteadily . |
| 19 | I suppose we could put that door back on again inside . |
| 20 | Livingston , known as Baby Ben for his admiration of the self-confessed drug-taker Ben Johnson , said : ‘ I suppose you could say that 's the end of my life . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , I suppose you could say that . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose you could say that . ’ |
| 23 | Because , I suppose I could do that , no |
| 24 | get a white telly with teletext , you know I suppose I could put that one in the bedroom |
| 25 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 26 | I have n't toured for a few years now , apart from the World Cup and I made that an exception because I felt we could go all the way and win it . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I felt I could do that with you , but it was more difficult with her — partly because she was about the same age as me probably . ’ |
| 28 | The moment that fucking kraut mentioned Miletti I knew I could kiss that sweet dream goodbye . |
| 29 | I knew I could find all the Playgroups in the area easily ( apart from stopping wrecking branch libraries ! ) because all Playgroups must register with the Social Services and Social Service Resource Directories for each ward are kept in their local branch library . |
| 30 | ‘ I bet I could do that , ’ Nutty said . |