Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [vb infin] [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt shy of talking about my feelings with Terry and Tom and wished I could have half an hour alone with Brian . |
| 2 | Though only I could follow such a trace . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I could hear all the banging and screaming and then about seven or eight minutes later they dragged him out . |
| 4 | I thus made my way as quietly as possible to a position from which I could execute such a march , and clutching my implements firmly about me , succeeded in propelling myself through the doorway and several paces down the corridor before a somewhat astonished Miss Kenton could recover her wits . |
| 5 | I wish I could take all the scolding myself . |
| 6 | It was a Wednesday morning and she walked on the beach before dawn , early so she could dawdle all the way to the fish lines and be home in time to make breakfast and get her gran up and doing . |
| 7 | Scarlet had just thrown away a bunch of dried Proveņcal flowers which had adorned her sideboard for over a year and was already feeling slightly better : she thought that if only she could rearrange all the furniture , she might be cured , but it seemed too drastic a step to take . |
| 8 | When the subject of education was brought up and it was pointed out that the girl had not been going to school he said that she was not learning anything at school anyway , that she was much safer here than at the school she had been to , where she had been threatened with knives in the playground and that she could learn all a wife needed to know better at home . |
| 9 | I feel I have unfinished business with you said Jay , amazed that she could use such an adult phrase , when alone , her mouth sagged and stretched and gasped with momma , momma , the pain shrieked from her navel , she even sucked her thumb in the hope that do-it-yourself primal therapy would ease something . |
| 10 | I mean , I 've needed four years to get to this point so she could have all the time in the world as far as I was concerned . |
| 11 | I dare say if you could quantify such a thing , my need is far far greater than yours . ’ |
| 12 | . But the people were grand , the people I worked with , and you could talk all the while . |
| 13 | You could relish both the pain of the children and your grief at the same time . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I still do n't understand how you could do such a thing , ’ Michael complained . |
| 15 | I am not for one moment suggesting that you could do such a thing yourself because I think you would do it with more style and use a magnum of champagne . |
| 16 | ‘ I think you could consider that a brush off . ’ |
| 17 | Like warmth , if you could hear such a thing . |
| 18 | We thanked him and as we were leaving he added that we could leave all the press arrangements to him . |
| 19 | ‘ Would n't it be fabulous if we could do this every night ? ’ |
| 20 | I have n't toured for a few years now , apart from the World Cup and I made that an exception because I felt we could go all the way and win it . ’ |
| 21 | We could share all the money I earn — and I believe we 'd make a great deal . ’ |
| 22 | i cant see where we could have such a player … but all our players are too nice at the moment — maybe they can start showing the nasty streak . |
| 23 | I talked them into it because at first they were scared , one because they thought they 'd get docked for it — but they said we could have half a day off for it and not get docked — and also because they thought Ros and Maureen were going to be looking down on them , " Oh , you 're only young girls ' , things like that . |
| 24 | And at dinnertime we used to look through this window and we could see all the lodging houses , and under the beds You could see them in bed . |
| 25 | They could alter such a state of affairs if they wished . |
| 26 | She had never imagined wearing clothes like this , or that they could make such a difference . |
| 27 | They could charge such a rate of interest that the poor farmer would have to sell his land to pay it . |
| 28 | Before you wash your hands of the affair , find out if the lender or adviser is tied or independent — it could make all the difference . |
| 29 | The fact is that the ultimate choice will not matter to the departed pet but it could make all the difference to the real pain of separation from a beloved companion . |
| 30 | The farmer bent and examined the row of knots along the four-inch scar " By gaw " you would n't believe it could mek such a mess — just another cow standin' on it . " |