Example sentences of "could [verb] [pers pn] in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You always had a few explanations for why something did something and you could never pick out which — why it did it … you could explain it in several ways , and it just was n't positive enough for me . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | And he could do it in less time . |
| 4 | For example , if it was important to distinguish between a high level and low level tone for English we could do it in this way : |
| 5 | because the editor picks it up and say ‘ I can use that because I can see an angle , I could use it in this way or that way or , |
| 6 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
| 7 | It 's like all good things to come , I do n't like to count my chickens , so I 'd rather not , not the little memorandums say , oh you 've got another X million , if only we could take them in this year . |
| 8 | Now , at the sight of the river , Bigwig 's assurance was leaking again and unless he , Hazel , could restore it in some way , they were likely to be in for trouble . |
| 9 | If two pairs { x , y } and { z , w } are the same distance apart , then the sorter could put them in either order . |
| 10 | I doubt if she could drive it in that time . |
| 11 | I had not been there long when an officer appeared , shook my hand and asked if he could help me in any way . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps you could help me in some way by raising funds ? ’ he said . |
| 13 | Bertha had looked at her in thoughtful silence for several long moments before she 'd said , ‘ Dear Lucy — I believe you could help me in this affair . ’ |
| 14 | Some months ago a gang of local youngsters asked if I could help them in this direction . |
| 15 | Alas , my aquatic love , said another line , and Jaromil knew that the aquatic love was Magda ; but he also knew that nobody else could find her in that line … ’ . |