Example sentences of "[pron] could [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And so I would , madam , if I could but confess , ’ suggested Isabel tentatively . |
| 2 | But at the end of all I sigh and think if I could but see old England again , and the dear , dear treasures it contains , I would contentedly sit down at my working table and stroke , stroke away to the end of the chapter , that is health permitting . ’ |
| 3 | On returning to the ward somewhat shaken myself I made the patient as comfortable as I could and asked to speak to the ward sister , who was fortunately very experienced and prepared to believe what I told her . |
| 4 | I made myself as small as I could and waited to hear what Mama would say . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd put in as much as I could and got out as much as possible at YPN . |
| 6 | ‘ Stormed around for a few days , lobbied as hard as I could and got on with my job . |
| 7 | " Going in I just planned to observe , " Waggoner explains , " to experience as much as I could and to watch closely . " |
| 8 | I pushed him again as hard as I could and ran for the door . |
| 9 | I continued to encourage Jack whenever I could and to try to put positive thoughts into his head , especially on the greens . |
| 10 | I just continued to read anything I could and watch avidly all the ‘ bird ’ programmes on television . |
| 11 | I felt and slid my arms under Harry 's and with my feet slipping on the muddy bottom yanked him upwards as fiercely as I could and found him still stuck and yanked again twice more with increasing desperation until finally whatever had been holding him released its grasp and he came shooting to the surface , only to begin falling sluggishly back again as a dead weight . |
| 12 | I opened the seals as carefully as I could and read the file . |
| 13 | ‘ I trained as hard as I could and spend 2½ hours in the gym every day for six months , ’ said Smith , adding confidently , ‘ the winter has done its job . ’ |
| 14 | Annie must have been tired , but she drove quickly and cleverly , overtaking on the narrow road when she could and leaving Ellwood stranded . |
| 15 | She could do nothing about the cold or the slick damp that covered the walls , but she had gathered as much straw as she could and had made a bed in the driest of the cells . |
| 16 | But she avoided Matthew as much as she could and had no wish to come in contact with Bunny Chaloner . |
| 17 | The rebuttal had done her no good whatsoever , her face was going blotchy , but she mustered all the sang-froid she could and continued , ‘ Since you refuse to be civil I shall not moderate my criticism . |
| 18 | She flew out of bed , out of the room , across the landing , down the stairs , treading as heavily as she could and wishing she had hobnailed bats on instead of bare feet ! |
| 19 | Turning , she hobbled back to her room as fast as she could and took her jewel box out of the drawer . |
| 20 | But Mother did the best she could and made rabbit pies , apple pies , and obtained a very good recipe from Mrs Fawcett for a tattie cake , which was a bit like a Cornish pasty , without the meat , and a whole lot bigger . |
| 21 | She would wriggle away from Sarah 's attention as soon as she could and hide in the garden . |
| 22 | The intensity of Comfort 's concentration was almost palpable and Julia lay as still as she could and breathed as carefully as her sodden lungs would allow so as not to disturb her . |
| 23 | By contrast , the rather trashy and bitchy biog. of Nancy Reagan is compelling because of one 's disbelief that she could and did actually get away with as much as she did . |
| 24 | Moving her arms to his neck , she clasped him as tight as she could and gave him back kiss for kiss . |
| 25 | After the meal she escaped as soon as she could and found herself walking up the stairs with Mitch . |
| 26 | He drank when young and while still young drank a lot , challenging himself to knock off all comers , but most of all to align himself with the legendary drinking miners who could and did sweat it off down the pit while Richard had to force it off in games . |
| 27 | This was followed by the ‘ Stay Low ’ campaign , which pursued the now heretical approach that if you had to drink , then you could but make sure you stayed within the limit . |
| 28 | Yeah , well you could but mind you , you 'll have to do it anyway . |
| 29 | You could if want to . |
| 30 | Brutality , as Hill describes and felt it , was a bitter part of his prison life ; you just learnt to get down on the floor as fast as you could and cover up as best you could . |