Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] could [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep . |
| 2 | This area became our most precious place ; where we took the children to teach them how to fish ; to watch black , and red-throated divers , golden eagle , golden plover , greenshank and dunlin ; where we could walk endless miles with only the sky and the wind for company . |
| 3 | ‘ Is there anywhere near here where we could get some bread and cheese ? ’ asked Breeze , thinking that at this moment she could eat a dog-biscuit with gusto . |
| 4 | When we look at the lists of saints ' resting-places in Anglo-Saxon England , when we see how saints ' remains were moved from the outer fringes to the heart of the West Saxon and Mercian kingdoms where they could do more good ( for example , St Oswald from Tynemouth to Gloucester , St Judoc from Cornwall to Winchester ) , when we watch Otto I move the body of St Maurice ( the soldier saint ) in state from Burgundy to Magdeburg to fight on his eastern frontier , we witness the deployment of heavenly troops on earth as if there were not the slightest difference between the two spheres . |
| 5 | They want to have an interesting or exciting time , a time that would not be boring , where they could create some action … |
| 6 | They did n't play loud ; they played where they could hear each other in the studio , and that natural leakage — as I learned later when I got into engineering — actually helped to blend the tonal quality . ’ |
| 7 | Craig : ‘ Yeah , but they had this element where they could write classic pop chart songs , and then again they could write ten minute mad songs as well . |
| 8 | Passengers were brought to Wrexford town where they could spend several hours sightseeing or take part in an optional trip from Wexford to Rosslare and back . |
| 9 | Eels are not thought to go down to the abyssal depths of the Atlantic where they could get such indications from the sea floor . |
| 10 | When they disobeyed they were transformed into pillars of rock and placed where they could see each other but never meet . |
| 11 | He was happiest at the field meetings of natural history societies and the subsequent festivities , where he could give free rein to his talents as a ballad singer and after-dinner speaker . |
| 12 | Matthew would need to be hospitalised at least overnight where he could receive further epinephrine if necessary , and his vital signs could be monitored . |
| 13 | He wanted to go somewhere where he could be alone — where he could get some peace . |
| 14 | It was , unfortunately , a further year before a suitable hostel place could be found where he could undergo further rehabilitation before finally being released into the external world again . |
| 15 | ‘ I would not mind a few more so I could do more work at the Exchange . |
| 16 | ‘ She threw a party so I could meet this man Richard . |
| 17 | ‘ I merely shut you up so I could get some sleep ! ’ |
| 18 | I vowed to do anything to please Mum so I could have that bed , but I should have known better : it was impossible to please her . |
| 19 | It brought me up against the fact that I 'd like him to be better off so I could have more options . |
| 20 | I wanted to make money , so I could have more things like them . ’ |
| 21 | It was pure good luck that someone dropped out so I could come this weekend — at least , I thought so at the time . ’ |
| 22 | In this particular pair of designs , I have used matching leaves and similar tones for the flowers , although you could create two designs that are very different and link them together with matching frames or mounts . |
| 23 | You could not hide extreme good looks any more than you could disguise extreme ugliness . |
| 24 | After all , she was not now responsible for anyone else , so she could throw good sense and caution to the winds . |
| 25 | She lowered the window by the leather tab and clicked the lip into the groove of the embrasure to hold it down so she could take some photographs ; several boys climbing over the fence on the railway banks hooted at the sight of her camera and posed , arms akimbo , pretence starlets . |
| 26 | As he had seen no change in her , so she could see little difference in him . |
| 27 | How many fathers would drive their daughter 120 miles through mountainous terrain so she could attend weekly ballet and singing lessons ? |
| 28 | I brought la Principessa to Milano only so she could attend last night 's showing . |
| 29 | Another factor in Ethernet 's favour is that different types of cable can be mixed on the one Ethernet network , so you could lay cheap cable in most areas and higher-performance stuff in critical sections . |
| 30 | Well if you were listening , you see , I said , most land in Italy is mountains and hills , so you could draw some hills and mountains , that 'd be really good . |