Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could do Y equals X squared I could do Y equals U squared . |
| 2 | I was fully clothed , how come I could feel the warmth through my sweater ? |
| 3 | He had not told her all he knew , she was sure of that , but he had confirmed her deduction about the provenance of the Durance paintings although he had stressed she could prove nothing . |
| 4 | A language she once knew but had forgotten about , forgotten ever hearing , forgotten she could speak . |
| 5 | I 'd forgotten you could speak . |
| 6 | If you were caught you could point to the cucumber and deny responsibility . |
| 7 | For there had been no lack of men whom she had wished she could fall in love with , good men who would undoubtedly have made her happy . |
| 8 | The instruments were housed in a screen which was approached by a paved path , and now that blackout restrictions were lifted we could use outside electric light . |
| 9 | er when the houses were rebuilt we could go back again |
| 10 | We must have parked we could have parked . |
| 11 | The greater part of the debate on part-time day continuation schools centred around what it was claimed they could achieve . |
| 12 | The business class as a whole does not make up more than 0.2% of the population , although if its outer fringes are included it could approach 1% . |
| 13 | Between waking and full consciousness I see clearly that I should never have so casually left the inn once I had got there , taking it for granted I could get back quite simply . |
| 14 | I 've said I could do with a fag |
| 15 | ‘ And the men you 've felt you could love , ’ he finished for her , ‘ have failed to qualify as good father material ? ’ |
| 16 | The neck was so twisted you could lay the chin on either shoulder . |
| 17 | The doctor had said she could go back to work . |
| 18 | It was only hours since he 'd said she could stay . |
| 19 | Guido had said she could have a day off , just to get acclimatised , but he 'd been firm that the lessons should start immediately after that . |
| 20 | She had said , her eyes glittering with simulated enthusiasm , that she could hardly wait to get to her cottage , and Betty had said wistfully that it seemed like years since she had seen a blade of grass ( which was silly in itself , because of what else were the lawns of Hyde Park composed ? ) ; so Lydia , unhinged with the shock of bereavement , and further undone by wine , had said she could come too . |
| 21 | Maggie scrounged what food she could , and when Sarah dipped a crust of bread in the cabbage soup she 'd made she could see the cracks in the bottom of the dish through the thin liquid . |
| 22 | She had gone for a walk up the road , beside a field of sunflowers , and although the sun had not yet risen she could sense the whole field turning away from her and each flower raising its face towards the eastern hills over which the sun would shortly leap . |
| 23 | They 'd decided they could tell me , they could trust me . |
| 24 | They 'd decided they could use the lunch break on changeover day to review the first part of the week and plan the second , so they would actually be working more hours than most . |
| 25 | Even those who had never met her could tell from her letters and articles that she had something special ; an eye for the kind of colourful details people would remember . |
| 26 | Once Barry 's Mum had brought Barry with her and Mr Field , the dentist , had said they could go into the garden at the back . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's a great shame because every year the prize-wining pumpkin is used in the seeds contest by a local pub and I 'd already said they could have it . ’ |
| 28 | The landlord had obviously decided he could make a lot of money out of this rehearsal room lark . |
| 29 | But then Mr. Lennis was brought in , he kept saying that all our ways were old-fashioned , and when he wanted something done he could get round Mr. Andrew by going straight to Mr. Ingard . |
| 30 | On a nearby site there are several masts which have increased in number over the years and if this application is granted it could create a precedent and make other future applications difficult to refuse . |