Example sentences of "[pron] could [vb infin] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 2 | ‘ I would not mind a few more so I could do more work at the Exchange . |
| 3 | ‘ All the same , ’ said Giffen , ‘ I wish I could do more reading . |
| 4 | I could grow more things . |
| 5 | I wanted to make money , so I could have more things like them . ’ |
| 6 | If I did n't have me mother , I could have more hours [ as a home help ] , if I had no ties . |
| 7 | It brought me up against the fact that I 'd like him to be better off so I could have more options . |
| 8 | I do wish I could find more energy to get on with it . |
| 9 | He went on : ‘ I could get more money if I gave up performing for master classes but I do n't continue working for the money . |
| 10 | Geez I wish I could get more satisfaction out of this place . |
| 11 | There 's no job in the industry I covet above my own , but I dearly wish I could spend more time designing and less on paperwork . |
| 12 | I knew Derek really enjoyed our trips and was only kidding , but I was thinking of ways in which I could raise more money to pay my share . |
| 13 | I wish I could see more magazines , to give me ideas and guidance . ’ |
| 14 | We mean to work out ways of using new course structures , perhaps with part-time study , new ways of teaching and an innovative approach to university admission which could enable more people from Birmingham and the West Midlands to benefit from their local university . |
| 15 | The idea dates from the 1950s , when it looked as if there would be plutonium left over from the fast-breeder reactors that were being planned — reactors which could produce more plutonium than they consumed . |
| 16 | Since she had been working more or less at full stretch before she 'd been given the extra work to do , there was only one way she could fit more work into her day , and that was by working late at the office , then going home with a bulging briefcase . |
| 17 | When this practice was questioned , the auxiliary protested that all the patients had their own bowls so she knew what they had eaten but that using one spoon was quicker , as she could feed more people at once . |
| 18 | When offered a post in the Labour government of 1964 she refused , saying that she could do more fighting for the government in Liverpool . |
| 19 | She could spend more time by the pool , thanks , perhaps , to a long-forgotten act of collaboration with the Nazis . |
| 20 | We did six tracks with Chris , but we did n't gel with him at all , we needed someone who could offer more inspiration . |
| 21 | Now if I were Alwyn I would not be too proud of winning a competition to see who could use more cliches than anyone else . |
| 22 | To compensate , you could make more use of wall space with pictures , mirrors or decorative wall plates . |
| 23 | Maybe if you were a clever rivet boy you you could get more wages . |
| 24 | CUSTOMER to landlord in The Old Dog and Grommet : ‘ I can tell you how you could sell more beer . ’ |
| 25 | Then you could buy more sheep and improve your farm . ’ |
| 26 | You are n't going anywhere where there 's the slightest chance that you could cause more trouble . |
| 27 | of the client to lead you on to perhaps you could introduce more elements into your actual |
| 28 | We could cover more stories than anyone else on more subjects and issues and from more places . |
| 29 | We could cover more stories than anyone else on more subjects and issues , and from more places . |
| 30 | And we could produce more slate on erm thirty pound a week less in wages . |