Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er but radical certainly as compared to how things operated before , when you went into the fitting shop , you know , you could , you could only walk a few feet |
| 2 | However , we agreed that self-help schemes could only bring a few jobs and that a central demand should still be that the state provide jobs . |
| 3 | they could only snatch a few minutes together from time to time , usually when Daddy came over to Low Fields to look after the cattle , or during the haytiming . |
| 4 | Thank you Next item , Right agenda item three , notes of the Joint Consultative Committee held on the twenty-first of October , nineteen ninety-three , paper B. If I could just say a few words . |
| 5 | Ian , you were one , , and Tracy , if you could just say a few words . |
| 6 | ‘ You could always get a few coppers for them . ’ |
| 7 | Her head was beginning to throb from the smoky , claustrophobic atmosphere , and she wondered how she could tactfully drop a few hints about leaving without inviting a tirade of displeasure from André , which was the last thing she felt she could cope with . |
| 8 | I sometimes think that artists could well exhibit a few sketches along with the actual picture . |
| 9 | Dona Teresa tells you that her husband Manoel came home from work sick , his knees shaking , his body weak and so tired he could barely swallow a few mouthfuls of dinner . |