Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't see her in the dark , but from the hushed swell of her breathing I could draw you the map of her body . |
| 2 | I could give them the key to Father 's safe and they 'd be so grateful they 'd have a pair of boots made specially for me . |
| 3 | So if anybody does patchwork knitting or makes blankets or anything for charity and they 'd like to give me a ring any time , I could give you the pattern . |
| 4 | Well , I 'm s sure if you wanted to I could give you the paint and you can do it for me . |
| 5 | we put people off going , so I 'm not saying anything about it , not erm , I do n't , I mean , I do n't , I could say what the story of Major Barbara is , but then it 's not in any of the printed pamphlets for sighted people , therefore , should I , what should I do Cathy I do n't know |
| 6 | Once they had spent an enjoyable week in Bath and on another occasion he had suggested going to Cornwall so that she could show him the house where she was brought up . |
| 7 | If only she could tell him the truth . |
| 8 | ‘ Emma saw her in Bamford and asked her if she could send her the book to sign and Harriet said yes , of course . |
| 9 | So far not a word had been spoken and if she could manage it the girl would not even know tomorrow . |
| 10 | She could put him into the scale alongside Joseph and Tarquin Poulteney-Crosse whom she believed culpable of murder , or she could give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 11 | ‘ Craark ! ’ it said , and to Mildred 's delight , she found that she could understand what the creature meant . |
| 12 | She could forgive him the anger , she could forgive him the names . |
| 13 | Within a few seconds , her eyes had compensated , and she could see what the Doctor meant . |
| 14 | And so that you could send them the information about it all , and then James is just talking into the camera , saying , oh I 'm really glad that this is happening , the band 's gon na be really happy , finally we 're on our way , bla bla , and then it ends . |
| 15 | Well , this voucher scheme sounds like it could be worth the 12 quid alone … any chance you could fax me the application form Gavin ? |
| 16 | I would be so grateful if you could tell me the name of it , because it looks so unusual . |
| 17 | okay , if you could tell us the scenario , read the scenario to us and then read the press release please . |
| 18 | So d' you think you could tip her the wink an' tell her I 've got back early ? |
| 19 | Well if he was sleeping you could leave him the car . |
| 20 | If you could show me the way out- ’ |
| 21 | House music was taking over the galaxy , and this was an indication that you could do whatever the hell you liked with the genre . |
| 22 | Well after that , if they asked for yo a pound of apples , you could get them the pound of apples and you 'd se sell a lot quicker . |
| 23 | You could buy him the Crown of Command as one of his magic items , which at 50 points still makes him marginally cheaper than an Orc or Black Orc Warlord . |
| 24 | Well , you need n't call it wages for housework , you could call it the state paying for childcare at home , could n't you ? |
| 25 | They said that in a political situation , if you had one side you could call it the thesis , say capitalism was the thesis and communism was the other side and that was the antithesis and that these two would one another and it was only when they came together and got their good points both of them adopted , that one was really going to get a satisfactory solution . |
| 26 | ‘ Sorry , I mean I 'm pregnant and , er , you said you could help me the day after tomorrow and I wanted to know if … ’ |
| 27 | Er this er James can I ask you erm if we could establish what the stage er the next stage remain unspent probably er so that we the er paper indicates er er schedule of balance of a thousand pounds . |
| 28 | You can process the musical history of the Eighties into any format you like-you could call it the decade of Dance , or of Conscience Rock , or of World Music . |
| 29 | He could tell you the geology underfoot — every hedge every feature , every boundary . |
| 30 | Erm and what I would like to do , that paper was written by Mr , erm our research officer and perhaps after I 've made one or two general remarks , he could give you the flavour erm of of of the difference as we as we see , if that would be acceptable to you ? |