Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But , as a loner , I could n't get trade discounts from the best fabric manufacturers . ’ |
| 2 | I could n't find freezer space that 's why I |
| 3 | you were n't in and I could n't , I could n't find telephone number to give him a ring , I 've just got , I 've just got through to Directory Enquiries , got the number , just gon na dial it and gran says Annette 's home . |
| 4 | I could certainly smell coffee brewing . |
| 5 | So for example , if I went on er a job on Monday I could possibly draw gun number three but the following day if we went on a similar operation I might get gun number six . |
| 6 | She could even hear background music , syrupy and soothing , in her head . |
| 7 | Although she could no longer bear to live with her father , she could not abandon mortgage payments . |
| 8 | Is it not time that those pensioners , including the one who told me that she was keeping warm during the day by clutching a hot-water bottle because she could not afford heating bills , were given a decent state pension as of right , without the humiliation of a contributory test , which involves means-testing for those who are in greatest need ? |
| 9 | From now on , she knew , she could n't set foot wrong . |
| 10 | But her mouth was dry with tension , and she could only manage orange juice and coffee . |
| 11 | You could also create program groups to hold , for example , private and business files . |
| 12 | You could also add Rainbow Cichlids ( Herotilapia multispinosa ) to this set up . |
| 13 | You could even have video films , semi-darkness , no-smoking sections , paper bags . |
| 14 | If that does n't attract you or you 're not interested in the solitary life of home exercise , you could instead try Step Reebok , the latest buzzword in exercise-to-music , which we used to call aerobics , did n't we ? |
| 15 | You could either use chocolate eggs , or each Brownie could decorate a hard-boiled egg ( see pages 30–31 ) . |
| 16 | And this is how you could best describe swimbladder disease . |
| 17 | Therefore , if you had a £20,000 mortgage and wanted to raise a further £8,000 for home improvements , you could only claim tax relief on the first £20,000 . |
| 18 | And we go way back — way , way back , back to the time when you could still buy mono records , when kiwi fruit were yet to be devised , when the khaki-clad representative of the Automobile Association would salute the passing motorist , when a packet of Gold Flake cost a groat and a half and you still had change for a flagon of mead . |
| 19 | Some time , not that long ago , when the sun always shone , when you could still hear church bells over the roar of traffic , and when the bobby rode a bike not a panda . |
| 20 | They could n't make emergency payments themselves , but if I went down to the social security office … |
| 21 | But Palestinians rejected the offer and said they could not resume peace talks until all the deportees were returned . |
| 22 | Craig Brewin , chairman of the Football Supporters Association , said fans who could not get tickets for big matches would face ‘ frustration ’ if they could not afford satellite dishes . |
| 23 | This prohibition on other forms of lending meant that they could not issue cheque guarantee cards because they would then be obliged to honour cheques of depositors who overdrew their accounts thereby , in effect , giving them an overdraft . |
| 24 | As we saw earlier , societies were previously inhibited in this by the fact that they could not issue cheque guarantee cards . |
| 25 | They could even study community charge registers . |
| 26 | According to officers stationed at Darlington , the silent majority now support Mr Thompson 's plans and believe they could even speed response times to house fires in the town . |
| 27 | Moreover they could always use family labour or import casual labour to carry out any essential work . |
| 28 | It could also carry pollution monitors , crop sprayers or telecommunications equipment . |
| 29 | This service is intended for people who are hard of hearing but it could also help language learners follow the programme . ) |
| 30 | Mr Michael Grade , the channel 's chief executive , yesterday called on the Government to explain why it could not trust ITC appointments . |