Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] could [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole thing seemed faithfully in the past , where we could regard it with intense interest , and surround it with historical debate , but where it could do us , and our generation , no harm . |
| 2 | Almost immediately they began working out the details of their new counselling service — or , as they preferred to call it , their chat-line — and how and where they could fit it into their already busy schedule . |
| 3 | She had the Monument built on top of the hill so everyone could see it as a landmark . |
| 4 | I started playing when I was seven , so by the time The Stones happened it was not difficult for me to play , so I could appreciate it for the music alone . |
| 5 | She caught on pretty quickly , so I would go home each nigh to teach myself something new so I could share it with her the next day . |
| 6 | Into Lucy 's keeping , so she could give it to him and with it , he could challenge the system that had tormented him and millions of the innocent . |
| 7 | To gather signatures for the petition was a formidable task indeed , because it had to be back in Helen Martini 's hands by the following Thursday , so she could present it to No. 10 Downing Street on Friday 15 March . |
| 8 | Well , in some countries this might be the only opportunity learners get to hear extensive chunks of the language , so you could treat it as a " language bath " session and concentrate on helping your learners come away with a general idea of the content . |
| 9 | Well we 've asked him to meet us with regard to the footpaths , so we could use it for that at the same time , |
| 10 | Even Samuel Montagu had said the purpose of the Crown Suppliers was to provide for departments more efficiently than they could do it for themselves or from any other source . |
| 11 | ‘ Because the rope used to come down through here so they could ring it in the cloakroom . |
| 12 | I saw a couple of people with TV cameras ; Tony had persuaded some cameramen to film the Benefit for free so he could make it into a video afterwards . |
| 13 | Politely he asked him to leave a quote so he could discuss it with his wife . |
| 14 | I 'd probably pull him out if I could do it without too much danger to myself . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ To get my 150th would be another landmark and it would be nice if I could do it in the Premier League . ’ |
| 16 | The way I got into national radio from local radio was listening to programmes and thinking , ‘ I could interview X , and I could get it into that programme , if I could do it in that format . ’ |
| 17 | So I spent two years in the mother and baby home , then , and decided that if I was going to stay in social work , then I would erm be better a able to help people if I could do it from the theoretical background as well as the feeling erm background er of my own my own personal feelings . |
| 18 | So , it 's no good er me looking up in some book Theresa 's dreams if I could decipher it like some kind of code in which every single thing in the laten in the manifest content represented something latent for what we 're trying to then kind of decode as in a code book because er that 's not valid , at least it 's not valid in general terms . |
| 19 | When a pump action toothpaste tube became empty in my bathroom , I decided to take it apart to see if I could put it to further use . |
| 20 | And I rang them and see if I could cancel it for the Monday and he only , the doctor does n't sit on the Monday , so I 've got |
| 21 | Oh that 's erm ah yes , I should try to use the calculator if I could find it on the machine ! |
| 22 | Doubted if I could find it in the undergrowth . |
| 23 | When I did Nurse Ratchett in One Flew Over The Cuckoo 's Nest up in Manchester I read the novel and found a speech in the book that was really wonderful on the character and I asked the director if I could read it for him . |
| 24 | Just faintly she could hear the sound of the river , and she opened the window and leant out until she could glimpse it through the trees , the water still shrouded in clouds of early-morning mist . |
| 25 | We 're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen , illustrated by Helen Oxenbury ( Walker Books , £9.95 ) Winner of the Smarties Award 1989 After one reading , Rosa gave this large format , handsome book her highest accolade ; she briskly wrote her name in the front and asked if she could take it to school ‘ to show Olga ’ , her favourite teacher . |
| 26 | I doubt if she could drive it in that time . |
| 27 | But , erm , actually it would be probably be nice for you if you could record it in your training session because you can take in your pocket and sometimes you , you can get a better idea of how it 's |
| 28 | If , if , if you could explain it by that because presumably their standard of living did change between eighteen fifty |
| 29 | leaving it and then going back to it to see if you could integrate it plus some graphs . |
| 30 | We would be grateful if you could check it for accuracy and also for any changes since you first kindly provided the information . |