Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
| 2 | I could do no better than use the graphic terms in which my hon. Friend described Labour 's position . |
| 3 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |
| 4 | ‘ When I was young , I could move as fast as Harald . |
| 5 | Erm er perhaps I could refer just briefly as to why not . |
| 6 | I could go much faster than they could . |
| 7 | Well I was just wo wondering about that window but I pr I think I prefer just a curtain and I do n't think I could put both there because the roller . |
| 8 | I could hang on here till she comes back . |
| 9 | I could get up there before he buys |
| 10 | ‘ I could get out more if there was a car . ’ |
| 11 | The thin man said Crane should be left to make his own way so that the rest of them could ride as fast as they could down one of the tracks to the south . |
| 12 | It was her first Party conference , and she was certain she could do far better than them . |
| 13 | She could go as often as she wanted to the clinic , but they wo n't come out to her |
| 14 | If she chose , she could speak as gracefully as a courtier , as deviously as a diplomat . |
| 15 | She says — she says she thinks she could get well again if children believed in fairies . |
| 16 | You ought to go to Yelton yourself and see the privation there , but I do n't suppose you could walk as far as your gate , never mind finding a horse strong enough to carry you . |
| 17 | The sheets got changed once a week , but you could change more often if you got blood on them or something . |
| 18 | So I think it 's easy to see that religion fulfils this civilizing socially controlling role , but of course , this has been a popular theme in sociological writing in the course of the twentieth century , indeed , you could go so far as to say this , it is has become a cliche , in twentieth century social science . |
| 19 | ‘ No , Nina , I was n't in love with David Markham , ’ said Rachel firmly , then , seeing that Nina was still slightly bemused , she added , ‘ In fact , I think you could go so far as to say I detested him . ’ |
| 20 | If you are elderly or widowed , organisations like Age Concern and CRUSE will actually help you with the practical details and , if not in either of these categories , you could do no better than go to your nearest Citizens ' Advice Bureau for some help . |
| 21 | I would therefore be very grateful if you could confirm as soon as possible that you can contribute in this way . |
| 22 | I would be grateful if you could confirm as soon as possible that you wish the application to go forward in the current year as noted here . |
| 23 | It used to be said with a considerable amount of justification that you could get as far as Inspector on your own bat but after that ‘ No ’ , you needed somebody pushing you — city councillor , anything . |
| 24 | If you gathered I ounce of it , you could wipe out more than two and a half million people . |
| 25 | There 's projects with the kids you know get the kids to work on what they want what they want to see get them to work on their parents and find out you could find out then whether there is or not in Harlow . |
| 26 | ‘ If we could get some discounts an' look at what we 're buyin' I fink we could do even better than we 're doin' now . |
| 27 | As we could go no faster than the pace of the slowest man , Marius and I took his rucksack and FA-MAS to lighten his load . |
| 28 | But we could go up even if we do n't win at Wolves , depending upon on other results . ’ |
| 29 | Depending upon the date of the interview we could predict quite well whether people would name defence as the Conservatives ' main campaign theme , but it was the date of the interview rather than the personal characteristics of the interviewee that mattered . |
| 30 | ‘ Suddenly we had a situation where money for the studio was no object : we could take as long as we liked . |