Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] could [adv] come " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps she could n't come .
2 So you could either come in half eight , half nine or
3 So you could actually come back with some fair old bumps and bruises on you could you ?
4 so it could actually come out of that could n't it ?
5 Still you could always come back to Malia for a little peace and quiet in the local monastery !
6 You did n't you could n't come out any other way , just the one way in and that was the finish of it .
7 In other words , I C I , Ingaselectric , A E I , all the big firms , all the er coal mines , all the British Rail , well British Rail in those days , and these large firms trained large numbers of apprentices and then after the five years they tipped you out , I 'm sorry I 'm going back a long while , into what they call an improver status and then you could either come back to the firm or you could go , stay where you were .
8 Ca n't remember when he went but my my sister wanted to come down but course she could n't come to mum 's because he was there .
9 Kohler said : ‘ I offered David the chance to come in with me in a partnership but unfortunately he could n't come up with the necessary amount . ’
10 Comment was made this morning , er earlier on by Mr Timothy about the fact that the new settlement would be likely to generate a higher usage of transport than is the norm for Greater York , if I understood him correctly , erm , knowing the public transport system in Greater York , erm , I fail to see how he could possibly come to that conclusion , because bus services in the rural part of Greater York are very poor , clearly that 's partly because of the distribution of the rural population , and I fail to see that a settlement of the size being suggested would actually generate a level of usage of public transport any higher than that which ex already exists in the York in flat , and certainly no higher than exists within the exis existing urban area .
11 ‘ Did Marie Claire say why she could n't come ? ’
12 Er something she did n't expect and that 's why she could n't come .
13 I guess he heard Barbara and me discussing the good time we had with you , and he kind of picked up on it , and he wondered why he could n't come down to the Bahamas and isolate himself from drugs .
14 ‘ My eight-year-old brother is really jealous and wanted to know why he could n't come .
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