Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She added sadly , ‘ Perhaps I should tell a lie and then I could lead a comfortable life .
2 Oh I could fancy a nice horse .
3 Ten years ago I could make a reasonable job of most Shads ' numbers .
4 If I could make a suitable deal
5 But I think I could make a good country record .
6 ‘ I have this idea of running a foster home , I think I could make a good job .
7 I mean if I could make a general point .
8 When I was asked by John Wakeham to join AEA as a part-time member in 1988 , it was clear that it would to help lead a similar re-orientation and I felt I could make a useful contribution .
9 I can draw some sides just like I can put I could make a just draw neatly in the teams bi on a big piece of paper that 'll make it look really good , .
10 ‘ What did you want me to do , Naomi , tell you to look deep into my eyes so I could make a formal introduction ? ’
11 When Sam Phillips , founder of Sun Records and ‘ creator ’ of Elvis Presley , said , ‘ If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel , I could make a billion dollars ’ ( quoted in Hopkins 1971 : 66 ) , the twin motivations , artistic and commercial , were not separated or separable .
12 No , we 've got them sort of standing up on , on the top of our book shelf I suppose I could make a few lanterns for in here for Christmas .
13 I wanted to wait until the pictures were developed and until I could make a written report . ’
14 I could make a fair guess . ’
15 ‘ My lips are not yet unsealed , but if these troubles were over and I could make a full case I guarantee there is not a man that would go into the lobby against us . ’
16 He 'd have to wait two or three hours while Customs ran it across the road to me so I could make a quick video dub for Hurley or his spook friends before they returned the original and let the guy on through to Nicosia .
17 You say I could make a veterinary nurse — that 's as maybe , but I 'm sure I 'd never be any good as a vet . ’
18 There is no way I could draw a living creature with the animal posing in front of me .
19 There is no way I could draw a living creature with the animal posing in front of me .
20 I did n't care if it was raw , if the pangs of birth were ugly ; I wanted to be somewhere I would n't be defined by what I 'd been , where I could fashion a new notion of myself and impose it on others as the truth .
21 You work it out in stages , little bits , and then you add the bits together and then you add the bits together , so you say , well I could do a hundred times seventeen and then I could do ones times seventeen .
22 I could d I could do a complete letterhead and just that just that logo as an E P S F that you could stick into WordPerfect .
23 But I could not play at Wolves without knowing I could do a reasonable job . ’
24 But this week 's award goes to MR CLIFF RICHARD , for his assertion that , ‘ I could do a nude video and it would be the biggest thing that ever happened in Britain . ’
25 I 'd done my apprenticeship and I knew I could do a good job . ’
26 ‘ I like to think I could do a good job at a higher level , ’ he said .
27 I could do a better job if I knew more about …
28 I could do a better job if I knew more about
29 . I could do a better job than you and Diane .
30 I could do a little costing exercise for them .
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