Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So maybe I could tempt you to settle for a mere lifetime with me , Caroline ? ’ |
| 2 | He could evangelise us disguised as a doctor who wants us to rest our bodies , an environmentalist who wants us to slow down , or as a psychiatrist telling us we will be less neurotic if we put our feet up and listen to the bird song for one day a week . |
| 3 | PROMOTER Frank Warren yesterday warned rivals Colin McMillan and Paul Hodkinson that greed could prevent them meeting in a world title clash . |
| 4 | The only thing I could do I mean at the same time I 'm saying O K I 'll go in to do it this way , would be to actually say , sod this for a lark , instead of doing erm totally private thing , gon na set up a private limited company to issue cheques . |
| 5 | She could feel him shrinking by the second . |
| 6 | Her hands grasped his back , and she could feel it wet with a thin film of perspiration . |
| 7 | The bedroom door was pushed right back and , from where she was lying stretched out on her reclining chair , Bella could see him climbing through the window . |
| 8 | Cowley could see him sitting at the garden table , staring blankly into the distance . |
| 9 | I could see her looking at the vessel by the jetty . |
| 10 | He could see them grazing in the next field , further up the slope . |
| 11 | Left alone in solitary splendour , I could see them crouched behind the car , the flash of a hip-flask indicating that inner man and inner woman were being warmed . |
| 12 | She could see them standing on the ridge of hill that rose up behind Tara 's eastern boundaries , sending out the strong magic of the Samhailt to their creatures , so that the woods and the streams and the hillsides thrummed and quivered with the Mindsong . |
| 13 | As Kim tugged T'ai Cho around the corner he could see them coming down the corridor , not forty ch'i away . |
| 14 | Any morning you could see them tearing through the tree-tops , chasing each other up and down as they searched for the red berries that they loved . |
| 15 | Birthdays , children 's parties , weddings , Hallowe'en and Valentine 's Day are just some events that could see you searching for an unusual tin in which to bake a cake that will leave your guests or children marvelling at your skills . |
| 16 | He could see it skimming over the surface of the black waters of the Liffey far below . |
| 17 | John 's face broke into a grin ; I could see it reflected in the windowpane . |
| 18 | I could see it sailing over the trouble and landing on the green . |
| 19 | From the bank we could see it floating through the reflected lights like a submerged log . |
| 20 | They could see it racing across the ground ahead of them — grey around the edges , spreading into the darkness of night . |
| 21 | ‘ You mean I could use them to help in the search ? ’ |
| 22 | Worse , I could have you thrown into the Clay . |
| 23 | I could hear them fumbling with the ladder at the window . |
| 24 | I could hear them talking to the neighbours : ‘ He 's a bit thick , our Sean . ’ |
| 25 | And she could hear them talking through the bedroom wall . |
| 26 | You could hear them wailing above the noise of the aircraft . ’ |
| 27 | She could hear them whispering in the passage . |
| 28 | They left the hatch open , and we could hear them going about the barge , arguing with the bargemen . |
| 29 | We could hear them coming up the stairs right to our door and then shouting and hammering on it . |
| 30 | You could hear them coming from the distance , back . |