Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think I could manage a quick one . ’ |
| 2 | She added sadly , ‘ Perhaps I should tell a lie and then I could lead a comfortable life . |
| 3 | Oh I could fancy a nice horse . |
| 4 | I could make no further headway with the landlord so I made enquiries amongst the other customers : a beggar who whined for alms inside the doorway and a greasy-haired knave , but they only repeated what the landlord had said . |
| 5 | Ten years ago I could make a reasonable job of most Shads ' numbers . |
| 6 | If I could make a suitable deal … |
| 7 | But I think I could make a good country record . |
| 8 | ‘ I have this idea of running a foster home , I think I could make a good job . |
| 9 | I mean if I could make a general point . |
| 10 | When I was asked by John Wakeham to join AEA as a part-time member in 1988 , it was clear that it would to help lead a similar re-orientation and I felt I could make a useful contribution . |
| 11 | I can draw some sides just like I can put I could make a just draw neatly in the teams bi on a big piece of paper that 'll make it look really good , . |
| 12 | ‘ What did you want me to do , Naomi , tell you to look deep into my eyes so I could make a formal introduction ? ’ |
| 13 | When Sam Phillips , founder of Sun Records and ‘ creator ’ of Elvis Presley , said , ‘ If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel , I could make a billion dollars ’ ( quoted in Hopkins 1971 : 66 ) , the twin motivations , artistic and commercial , were not separated or separable . |
| 14 | No , we 've got them sort of standing up on , on the top of our book shelf I suppose I could make a few lanterns for in here for Christmas . |
| 15 | I could make a few inspired guesses that the machinery will get , not so much cheaper , although it is getting a bit cheaper , but you 'll get more for the same money — rather like calculators _ they have n't actually got very much cheaper in the last two or three years , but you get more for your fiver . |
| 16 | I wanted to wait until the pictures were developed and until I could make a written report . ’ |
| 17 | I could make a fair guess . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ My lips are not yet unsealed , but if these troubles were over and I could make a full case I guarantee there is not a man that would go into the lobby against us . ’ |
| 19 | He 'd have to wait two or three hours while Customs ran it across the road to me so I could make a quick video dub for Hurley or his spook friends before they returned the original and let the guy on through to Nicosia . |
| 20 | You say I could make a veterinary nurse — that 's as maybe , but I 'm sure I 'd never be any good as a vet . ’ |
| 21 | If things were out in the open — and St Mirren did offer to meet any condition if I would stay — then I could make an honest decision about my future . |
| 22 | I wish I could make an unconditional ‘ yes ’ to God the way she did . |
| 23 | Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door . |
| 24 | There is no way I could draw a living creature with the animal posing in front of me . |
| 25 | There is no way I could draw a living creature with the animal posing in front of me . |
| 26 | I did n't care if it was raw , if the pangs of birth were ugly ; I wanted to be somewhere I would n't be defined by what I 'd been , where I could fashion a new notion of myself and impose it on others as the truth . |
| 27 | I , I could summize the sporting facilities for the pensioners . |
| 28 | ‘ If I blast an enhancer that size , ’ he muttered , ‘ I could blow the whole Caribbean off the map . |
| 29 | You work it out in stages , little bits , and then you add the bits together and then you add the bits together , so you say , well I could do a hundred times seventeen and then I could do ones times seventeen . |
| 30 | I could d I could do a complete letterhead and just that just that logo as an E P S F that you could stick into WordPerfect . |