Example sentences of "[prep] it [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there were many , including senior ministers , who were highly critical of her decision to continue and believed that despite it she could and should be persuaded to stand down . |
| 2 | When Alice told her a little of how she felt ( some of it she could tell no one ) , and how she was angry with God as well as Belle Maman , Aunt Violet said God would understand : ‘ He is All Wise , Alice . |
| 3 | I enjoyed what little of it I could manage , though . |
| 4 | Out of it he could see Barry , his bike propped up against his house , mending his chain . |
| 5 | His companion 's tongue had swollen and his mouth was so full of it he could hardly speak . |
| 6 | To-night he must make the shortest time of it he could to Strata Marcella , reassure himself that his father 's grave had not been desecrated , and warn the prior of Isambard 's malignant interest in it . |
| 7 | I mean there 's , there 's the practical side of actually having , I mean well there 's various aspects of it you could have someone as a figurehead |
| 8 | That 's right and put your paddle in that and you scull you had to come down every time and many a time people 'd learn that that paddle will come out , but once you got the knack of it you could do it one hand , cos you was cutting down all the time like that 's what it was . |
| 9 | If the existing carpet is in reasonable condition but you 're sick to death of it you could add rugs to cheer it up . |
| 10 | So you were n't aware of what he could n't do , so much as what he could do and did do , and how little of it you could understand . |
| 11 | For example once he went to Rome on business and when he got back he told me about a building which was like the sky at night , so big that even when you stood in front of it you could n't believe you were actually seeing it . |
| 12 | Come to think of it you could call anyone by a name which is not their own and make them sound stupid . |
| 13 | But half of it you could n't understand could you ? |
| 14 | The countryside we drove through was beautiful , but behind it we could see the long , dark , frightening hills of the moor . |
| 15 | It was white now , and behind it you could see the shape . |
| 16 | With it he could express the body , the mass and density of things . |
| 17 | But if he thought he could get away with it he could think again ! |
| 18 | Had I spent a little more time with it I could have justified asking money for my very first attempt at using the Tascam 228 ! |
| 19 | I thought I knew , I knew with it I could n't wear my bottom teeth all week because of the ulcers right beside near the bottom of my gum . |
| 20 | I mean it would n't be the truth but you , if they did n't look into it you could say it could n't you ? |
| 21 | ‘ The agreement itself is not enforceable against the other contracting party ; and if he had paid under it he could , having paid under protest , recover back the sums paid , as money had and received to his use . |
| 22 | The agreement itself is not enforceable against the other contracting party ; and if he had paid under it he could , having paid under protest , recover back the sums paid , as money had and received to his use . |
| 23 | The agreement itself is not enforceable against the other contracting party ; and if he had paid under it he could , having paid under protest , recover back the sums paid , as money had and received to his use . |
| 24 | Actually , there was a footpath through Wardle Wood from near her village , and if she had dared to go along it she could have walked to Brownies in not much more time than it took her to ride by way of the long winding lane ; but she was sure she had n't the courage to go through the witch 's wood by herself . |
| 25 | The way to make NoS popular was to put lots of people in it They could be used to bring home the sort of things which should be exposed and campaigned about in the paper — like housing conditions , or unemployment . |
| 26 | Framed in it they could see a letter . |
| 27 | Not only throughout Britain , but in many parts of Europe and in the New World , it was widely accepted that if a person succeeded in erecting a dwelling on common or waste land between sunset and sunrise and lighting a fire in it he could not lawfully be dispossessed . |
| 28 | Beyond it he could see the bright flag of a bus stop and the — bus shelter . |
| 29 | Without it we could not possibly deliver the high quality of service that we do . |
| 30 | He always needed that : without it he could not feel easy in himself . |