Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] [art] [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 | I wanted to wait until the pictures were developed and until I could make a written report . ’ |
12 | I could make a fair guess . ’ |
13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . ’ |
16 | If things were out in the open — and St Mirren did offer to meet any condition if I would stay — then I could make an honest decision about my future . |
17 | Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door . |
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 | I , I could summize the sporting facilities for the pensioners . |
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 little costing exercise for them . |
28 | I would , I would have to be absolutely honest and that and er I would n't exclude myself from that particular er way of thinking because when they moved in , when you got a time for a job , erm for example there was one particular job that I was on erm and I thought that I was doing it reasonable accurately and rapidly , erm and they wanted to introduce a new fixture so that you know , I could do the whole series of faces on it . |
29 | But before I could phrase the right remark , the question that would show her I saw no reason why in Conchis 's absence she should maintain the pretending to believe , she stood up . |
30 | I could smell a sour smell of old cloth , of old weddings , old sorrows . |