Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could I phrase the question so that I could distinguish between free choice and manipulative coercion ? |
| 2 | To clear myself I could appear in secret session before the McCarthy committee so that nobody would know . |
| 3 | ‘ I really wish I could talk to that nome , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Before I could react in any way , ST was on it , both paws . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , it was the best I could do at short notice . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You would n't know to look at me now , ’ she 'd say , ‘ but I could hold them spellbound , the things I could do on that bike in a crash helmet and a pair of tights and a stars and stripes swimsuit . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Jeez , I could do with that cup of tea , ’ Mrs Bennet said , putting her hands over her ears to shut out the tumult above , and Anne decided to go upstairs to see if the gas was still on . |
| 8 | ‘ Jeez , I could do with some leg-over ’ , he sighed , settling back in his seat ‘ I mean , I love my wife , but there has to be more , right ? |
| 9 | Could you put more games like Detective on future Megatapes , as it 's excellent ( but I could do with some help ! ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Please , I could do with some sleep . ’ |
| 11 | Go on , Hepzibah , I 'm strong as a horse now and I could do with some air . ’ |
| 12 | She breathes her lament into the earth filling her mouth , saying over and over , for the habit of power has made her take the past on her shoulders , ‘ If I could return to that time , I would no longer change men into beasts as I did , and then find myself unable to change them back into men . ’ |
| 13 | He did n't notice me , but lapsed heavily into what even I could recognize as elementary German . |
| 14 | I could continue at great length . |
| 15 | And the other two things I could mention at this point is that erm this activity , this useful time-structured activity , brings you into contact with other people . |
| 16 | All this was meant to be experimental , but it would be better to describe it as speculative , as I have an idea that I could arrive at some sort of interesting effect if I kept trying , and the lack of certainty about the end result hardly mattered . |
| 17 | As a constable at Easton explained , ‘ I could stand at that comer there and catch a hundred people breaking some law or other in one shift , no bother . |
| 18 | Then I think I read some of my favourite English poems — Hardy , Hopkins , Housman , Blake , Yeats , Edward Thomas , Wilfred Owen , and I think one each by Ted Hughes and Thom Gunn , the only contemporaries I could stand at that time . |
| 19 | But I digress ; with the new rod I could fish with 1 pound or 1.7 hooklinks without fear of breaking on the strike . |
| 20 | There are several sorts of truth I could tell about this decade of work . |
| 21 | not really feeling the need for a conversation , wishing only that I could stay on this bench with him forever . |
| 22 | I did n't think I could cope with another night in that flat all alone . ’ |
| 23 | Carl is 15 months now , and he 's fine , so I 'm sure I could cope with another baby . |
| 24 | I could sense with new delight |
| 25 | Do you think that I would ask you to risk your reputation , if I could think of another way ? ’ |
| 26 | Well respected and they 'd all er have a word me anytime and I could go into any office you know what I mean and er yeah . |
| 27 | Erm act I could go through that book and erm it 's never ending . |
| 28 | As I said before , I could go to half-day school here . |
| 29 | If I could go to bloody work , I would ! |
| 30 | After I was at court I had to go back to Low Newton to wait for a few weeks before I could go to Styal prison . |