Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I could make some biscuits , " she said . |
| 2 | I find it difficult to take orders , to be a follower rather than a leader , but I would n't have accepted if I was n't confident that I could make some contribution to the station . |
| 3 | I could make some excuse and come here — " |
| 4 | Afterwards , George asked me to come down and see if I could talk some sense into you . |
| 5 | I could do some potatoes I suppose boiled |
| 6 | I got in touch with the linguists in the University and the College of Education , and was asked if I could do some teaching in March ( March seeming a long way away , I agreed ) . |
| 7 | As for Mark Crowe , the Argus sport and nature ramble hack , well , I thought I could expect some loyalty there . |
| 8 | " I could suggest some liniments … " |
| 9 | A.H.Q. expected to detect these transports east of Malta at extreme range and by that time I could spare some Marylands while still meeting the P.R . |
| 10 | Or I could open some tins of potatoes and he 'll fry them with corned beef and beans . |
| 11 | ‘ I could steal some things out of the rich folks ’ washhouses , mind . |
| 12 | I could murder some chips , ’ said Gazzer . |
| 13 | Illustrations , I could put some illustrations in , I could use more , I could use colour , I could make more detailed illustrations , yes |
| 14 | God , I could use some dope ; I need to mellow out , I need to calm down . |
| 15 | After supporting them all day I could use some support myself . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll come up this evenin' , ’ said Linda , ‘ and if 'er shoes want a polish , I fink I could find some spit for 'er , I expect I could easy find a penn'orth . ’ |
| 17 | I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep . |
| 18 | ‘ I merely shut you up so I could get some sleep ! ’ |
| 19 | If only I could get some relief from this headache … ’ |
| 20 | De Villiers grinned disarmingly. ‘ 'T WOULD not be so bad if I could get some work done so I could visit her now and then , but there 's little chance of that with the Bishop running to the Queen every five minutes . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ And while I 'm there , I could buy some winter vests for the boys as well — and Josh needs a new shirt for best … . |
| 22 | I could take some colour photos of myself in the whole ensemble and maybe send Marcus one . |
| 23 | If I wanted I could take some revenge on him , which would also — some puny power — be a bitter reproach to my own pointless life . |
| 24 | Glancing towards his staff' he said , ‘ I could take some coaching from the sidelines , if anyone can recall my legislative program . ’ |
| 25 | Mum and Dad and Mr and Mrs Lewis entered into the spirit of the occasion but I thought I could see some sadness in Mrs Lewis 's eyes . |
| 26 | ‘ I could see some uses for it in interval or hill training , but I 'd appreciate more suggestions for speed work in the booklet . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It was n't exactly what I had in mind when I asked the council if I could donate some money for a seat in the park ’ |
| 28 | I could recommend some medication , or — ’ |
| 29 | Such plans , which could put some software in maintenance mode and some in the morgue , do n't appear to have affected DEC 's flagship database Rdb which is reportedly being rewritten in C for OSF/1 and may also get ported to Windows NT . |
| 30 | The parents were glad of a helping hand so them could have some time to themselves . |