Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | said of driving all the way back round to collect them , he said I could walk down to the Jolly Farmers |
| 2 | I could step out between the bars , and a day like this declared every reason for the risk . |
| 3 | In which case , if our relationship was already wrecked beyond repair , I could hold on to the phetam . |
| 4 | Forty minutes of temptation was as long as I could last out in the cold , biting wind but an invigorating walk in such conditions has to be good for you . |
| 5 | I came over it below the farmhouse and hugged the side wall like I 've seen them do in the movies until I could peer round into the farmyard . |
| 6 | ‘ If I could end up with the Olympic , world , European and Commonwealth golds , I reckon that might make even Carl blink . |
| 7 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 8 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 9 | I suppose I could carry on with the cataloguing , ’ she suggested . |
| 10 | Hungry and cold would have to wait until I could go back to the cafe , dirty was obviously going to be more of a problem . |
| 11 | ‘ I could go back to the house and look for it , ’ he offered in desperation . |
| 12 | I could go back to the Happy Isles and see what little Moby was up to . |
| 13 | You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared . |
| 14 | George said : ‘ Well I dare say I could find out from the Land Registry . ’ |
| 15 | If just one of them had sent one of their grandmothers , and I could come out of the sun , and if I could have a silenced chain-saw , then maybe it would be fair . |
| 16 | Well I could come along in the evening perhaps . |
| 17 | I do n't think yo I think you may be right but I do n't think I could keep up with the different kind of hairstyles ! |
| 18 | Charlie had left me with only two choices : I could try to run the baker 's shop myself and give up any thought of taking a degree , or I could sell out to the highest bidder . |
| 19 | I could sidle up to the hi-fi and turn it off , snap on the light-switch and announce quite calmly to all the sycophants here that Luke Denner is nothing more than a callous murderer . |
| 20 | ‘ I stopped just behind you but before I could get out of the car you were well away . |
| 21 | By the time I could get out of the Press-box into the open air , the rain which had been the cause of the stoppage was barely perceptible . |
| 22 | There , as there was no performance on a Monday , I could get back to the melin on Sunday morning and not have to leave before Tuesday afternoon . |
| 23 | For the rest of the weekend there was a downpour , and by Monday , when it finally abated and I could get back to the den , the mink had gone . |
| 24 | Even if I could get down to the required , modest depth , what could I possibly about the swamp ? |
| 25 | I got free in the end , after being presented with a sprig of basil , and walked inland along the bluff until I could climb on to the ridge that led to Bourani . |
| 26 | On that first occasion my father took me through Craven Hill Gardens into Porchester Terrace , showed me the blank brick back of the facades and lifted me up on to the wall so that I could look down into the shaft . |
| 27 | Several times in the next few months I went up to the top floor again , where I could look out of the high windows in the roof to see the surrounding countryside and be alone with my thoughts . |
| 28 | I would have loved to touch them to see what they felt like but I could see out of the corner of my eye that I was being watched . |
| 29 | With my head turned sideways I could see out of the window and through the house to Willesden Sports Centre where a Sunday league football team was working out . |
| 30 | From here I found , as I had hoped , that I could see down to the shore at the point where Neil had told me he wanted to work . |