Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could do you a great deal on a Navajo Scorpion . ’ |
| 2 | What if I could offer her a proper home , a proper family , with two parents ? |
| 3 | ‘ I could cook you the same food for a quarter of the price . |
| 4 | ‘ I could paint you an exact copy , ’ I said gently , ‘ if you admit that you would like it . ’ |
| 5 | Or instead of washing them away down my mythical hillside , I could give them a decent burial in a sod of cancer graveyard , perhaps with a little cross over it . |
| 6 | I wish I could give you a simple straightforward answer , like " Each joke should be separated from the one before it by at least 1050 words ' . |
| 7 | ‘ I could give you a dozen different examples , ’ he told her , ‘ but here 's a couple , just for starters … |
| 8 | You would like , I daresay , if I could give you a clear and definite policy . |
| 9 | I could give you a blow-by-blow account of how England lost to Portugal the other night . |
| 10 | Behold , I could show him a new thing . |
| 11 | ‘ But I could show you a nicer place to stroll , show you the town . |
| 12 | ‘ I could tell you a few tales about yon place , ’ she remarked , jerking her head in the direction of Dudley House . |
| 13 | He says to her aye , he says , I could tell you a few things about Fiona that 'll make your hair curl . |
| 14 | I well I could tell you the inside story of that but I 'm not going to but I will tell the outside , the public story . |
| 15 | ‘ I could ask you the same . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I think Harry learnt a lesson there and I could teach him a few more before he goes … |
| 17 | Perhaps if I could remember them the whole mystery would be solved . |
| 18 | The years of dishonesty and drunkenness which preceded my trip to Boulogne had erased any feeling of homesickness , and by November 1984 , I could write them a composed , controlled letter from a Legion barrack room without any problem . |
| 19 | ‘ Ye could gie me a wee bit . ’ |
| 20 | She suddenly wished that she had Finn here so that she could tell him a few more home truths . |
| 21 | The only legal right she had was to complain about the beatings when she could stand them no more . |
| 22 | Lucy was no saint , but she could forgive him the rough handling . |
| 23 | Chesarynth wasted precious moments on amazement that she could appreciate something the powerful woman could not . |
| 24 | Or , if you have a Brownie pen-pal , you could send her a special bookmark to show her that you are thinking of her on February 22 . |
| 25 | I wonder if you could give me a quick ( and hopefully positive ) decision ? |
| 26 | I wonder if you could give me a quick ( and hopefully positive ) decision ? |
| 27 | ‘ You could give yourself a nasty cut on those shoulder blades , ’ Arthur said , suddenly remembering the whole girl subject after his respite from it and feeling unusually breezy . |
| 28 | You could give him a soft sensual massage or get tougher with wrestling , rough and tumble or spanking … |
| 29 | You could give him a half a mark there . |
| 30 | Recycling is better than disposal so before you throw anything away think how you could give it a second life . |