Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've had a marvellous clear out — got every single shirt on to the line — and when you take that off you could put it in the bucket so I can get it out tomorrow . ’ |
| 2 | Not one of them , he said , was able to read the Bible correctly , but all could dance a quadrille , sing , and half of them could waltz . |
| 3 | Half of them could be really rich and just do n't think |
| 4 | Half of her could n't wait to escape from him , to relegate him to a past memory , enjoyable at the time but without consequence — like Tivoli … a temporary pleasuring of the senses but insubstantial … åd the other half ? |
| 5 | Half of us could continue to drown ourselves in usquebaugh and self-pity ( ‘ Here 's tae us , / Wha 's like us ? / Damn few/ All deid ’ ) , the other half could relax , relieved that the English would be continuing to do our thinking for us . |
| 6 | We estimate that er of the er the current level of collected dose from medical radiology , about half of it could in fact be reduced by implementing the recommendations of the report . |
| 7 | Ratepayer democracy … implied less local government , with fewer services to provide since some of them could be handed over to the private sector , to the supposed benefit of consumers and ratepayers alike . |
| 8 | But they do occur , and some of them could have been avoided . |
| 9 | A It is unfortunate that you have used only ‘ common ’ names , as some of them could apply to a number of species . |
| 10 | Some of these exercises are difficult to achieve and as you look at them , some of them could be way beyond your grasp — for the moment . |
| 11 | ‘ Some of them could prove dangerous and , if taken in combination , could prove lethal . |
| 12 | Some of them could be useful to know … |
| 13 | Some of them could not believe that they had found themselves in a church , and were only stopping off en route to a nearby pub . |
| 14 | Some of them could be reversed by making the engine almost stop then run the opposite way . |
| 15 | The only reliable way to see them was to pass in front of the building and turn left into the road to the cemetery : from that side some of them could be seen craning out of the windows and waving . |
| 16 | Some of them could n't afford it . |
| 17 | Some of them could n't afford i You had I think you had to put something in . |
| 18 | If you let somebody else get stuff on your book , and some of them could n't pay it , you know , you 've no means of paying it . |
| 19 | There are a lot of barriers that exist between people and training some of them could be things like they do n't have access to child care it could be they lack confidence so we go for support and we can offer training which is local we can offer language support . |
| 20 | Now some of them could find fame closer to home . |
| 21 | He also said there were 230 patients at Aycliffe Hospital who faced an uncertain future and some of them could be moved to the Memorial hospital . |
| 22 | I have heard that even if they lose 15 per cent of the money coming in at the moment , some of them could fold . |
| 23 | All day and then he got all to do at lunch time yeah they kept it up all the day , they had separate play time , they had had to eat their lunch in the class room all they were allowed was a piece of fruit , a bread and water and they all had to have , you know , they had a bread roll supplied by the school an a an apple I think And Jan made them write out their names and some of them could n't write their name ! |
| 24 | Oh , mind some of them could be working a week 's notice , but Chris did n't , he finished that week |
| 25 | Some of it could be ascribed to a basic weakness in the Council of Ministers ' decision-making machinery . |
| 26 | Some of it could n't wait . ’ |
| 27 | Some of you could do with spreading out a little . |
| 28 | Some of us could not walk quite straight , for when ‘ Peter ’ really got going our foundations shook . |
| 29 | ‘ Some of us could try the woods on either side of the track leading down to the road — away from the belvedere . ’ |
| 30 | Perhaps some of us could meet at the West Ham match . |