Example sentences of "[det] [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ‘ staff ’ he referred to was , of course , nothing more than the skeleton team of six kept on by Lord Darlington 's relatives to administer to the house up to and throughout the transactions ; and I regret to report that once the purchase had been completed , there was little I could do for Mr Farraday to prevent all but Mrs Clements leaving for other employment . |
| 2 | There was really very little I could do actively to refute the charge of selfishness . |
| 3 | I thought my eyes must be starting out of my head , too , but there was little I could do ; I was trying the best I could to think of something distracting to say to Eric . |
| 4 | ‘ There was little I could do to set her mind at rest except be myself , but I think they feel comfortable with me now . |
| 5 | and he said well it was the least I could do under the circumstance . |
| 6 | While I spoke like that I could pretend that Syl and his house were unreal and my projected presence in it merely an extension of that fantasy , but the wedding loomed ever closer like a rock and I , poor ship , was about to founder on it . |
| 7 | And I thought , if I got that I could give it to Irene and could go wedding . |
| 8 | If I could do that I could do anything , as a chef once said to me when I told him he had sprinkled sugar on a steak and kidney pie . |
| 9 | The Working Party helped me to express my lesbianism in a positive way in that I could come out , and it helped me to deal with the suspicion and fears of colleagues Black and white , gay or straight , male or female . |
| 10 | All of that I could understand , but it concerned me that she was so nervous and desperately unhappy . |
| 11 | For that I could have three separate weeks in Alpine chalets . |
| 12 | I mean , for that I could have , do a lovely one for under , a reasonable price , and they 're going straight for the cord . |
| 13 | It was only after the resolution which this experience brought that I could say with a new reality , ‘ This God is my God . ’ |
| 14 | whether we needed to go back for anything to go in the fridge or freezer If I got this page sort of full by the end of the week , people there were picking out their , they were getting tea bags and coffee and biscuits , you know for two pages full , I 've got one page full and of course with that I could get erm , packet of the Ferrera Roche |
| 15 | This is bloody hard work — if I 'd wanted a holiday like this I could have gone down the mines for a fortnight . ’ |
| 16 | This I could have done from the Royal College — but it was Oxford I wanted — and to go to Somerville where I had a friend who told me about it . |
| 17 | Once the legs were jointed I turned the leg and stretcher assembly upside down on to the bottom of the seat and from this I could mark the centres to be drilled and set the bevels to repeat the process . |
| 18 | Luke might be quirky , but his eating habits are not as bizarre as some I could mention . |
| 19 | But he was n't like some I could mention — never that sort of noisy , knocking-it-down guy . |
| 20 | ‘ Safer in his arms than some I could mention , ’ Deirdre joked back . |
| 21 | No sneaking out at half time like some I could mention . " |
| 22 | And , unlike some I could mention , I 've stuck to my trade . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ A lot nicer than some I could name . ’ |
| 24 | Ruth wondered how much more of this she could bear . |
| 25 | But this — this she could handle . |
| 26 | He knew she was getting at him — imagine a man like Marc Vila admitting to being foolish ever ! — but if she kept calm like this she could undermine him just as he had tried to undermine her . |
| 27 | this cardigan was sixty two pounds , but it 's really nice , you know , and it 's , I 'm saying this you could make me one the same |
| 28 | To help with this you could refer to the section on listening ( p. 113 ) and look at some of the guidelines there . |
| 29 | So this On on these general points like this you could pick up quite a few marks , but a lot of the questions are not that technical erm and they 're stuff that you do know . |
| 30 | I do n't know , a car like this you could pick either of them . |