Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I suppose we could not see it snowballing the way that it has . |
| 2 | The governor had other officials whose posts entitled them to sit in his executive council , but although they might have looked like potential ministers the legislative assemblies could not use them to control the governor and , as the governor had no automatic right to dismiss his councillors , he could not use them as his ministers either . |
| 3 | He threw a rock down it but you could not hear it strike the bottom … . |
| 4 | But surely she could not wish her to reveal the matter to this poor dab of a parson ? |
| 5 | If you feel able to lend this item , therefore , perhaps you could also let me know the value that you would place on it . |
| 6 | Toby had never offered to read me any of his work ; but now I had a sudden longing to know whether or not he could really write I turned the page over . |
| 7 | And I did n't have any Treas keys so I could n't tell them to use the help service . |
| 8 | I could n't let him know the strength of my feelings — I was afraid it might frighten him off . |
| 9 | But I could n't let them have the last letter . |
| 10 | The reference to her childish behaviour the previous night made Folly blush again , but she could n't deny she deserved the gentle teasing . |
| 11 | a proper one , hi Holly , alright love , so I went , left it and then I went called back last night after college and he said oh I have n't done it yet come on he said we 'll whiz it on the band saw , put it on the band saw and he 'd taken two nails out that you could n't see you know the , the old stamped cast iron ones , the ends had snapped off |
| 12 | ‘ I could n't believe I had the virus . |
| 13 | She could almost hear him making the effort to be cheerful , as if he was afraid to disappoint her in case she decided not to ring him again . |
| 14 | Colin is the first to acknowledge that he really needs Mister C. It might sound a little ridiculous , but you could almost see them developing the same kind of double act as Flavor Flav and Chuck D. The prof and the prat . |
| 15 | Similarly in France in the eighteenth century writers such as Mably and Morelly , who believed passionately in the idea of equality , saw this as involving the transference of private property to the state , which could then use it to satisfy the needs of all . |
| 16 | My husband was a native New Yorker , and I could never get him to leave the Big Apple even for a holiday . |