Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I can I do you think I could just ask to run through all these , cos er you you put a couple of strange tunes |
| 2 | Even in northern England the urban unemployed could easily turn to work on nearby farms in the summer : the striking weavers of Padiham ( Lancashire ) in 1859 supported themselves by hay-making . |
| 3 | I could hardly refuse to speak to such a good customer on the basis of your suspicions — however correct they turned out to be . |
| 4 | I could hardly wait to get in those bars . |
| 5 | The finale he takes at one of the fastest speeds on record ( 1'08 ’ ) , creating , without recourse to pedal haze and with only the slightest dynamic gradations within Chopin 's requested sotto voce e legato , as haunting an impression of the eerie intangibility of eddying ‘ wind over graves ’ as you could ever hope to hear from human fingers . |
| 6 | We had one free day each week — any one of our choice — and we could also elect to work for twelve days consecutively and then have two days off . |
| 7 | But Kevin Curren struck some crucial blows — runs that Warwickshire could ill afford to concede at this stage of the match . |
| 8 | Like Kandinsky 's jazz-inspired paintings , the animation is infused with energy , yet with a vibrancy he could never hope to achieve with still painting . |