Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | together you and Jan between you , you and Marty between you could do that |
| 2 | ‘ I knew if I was n't careful my obsession for her could destroy me . |
| 3 | It reminded her of the old days when just a passing glance of his could reduce her to a state of burning confusion . |
| 4 | She might then have been younger than Oswiu and her liaison with him could have occurred c . |
| 5 | If there was a light on I could find my way out easy , but it 's too dark and confusing . |
| 6 | Their total vote of 1,510 was 600 votes short of Conaty ( Independent ) with 2134 , and no amount of vote transfer between them could have postponed the elimination of any of them until after Conaty . |
| 7 | ‘ It began with striking his spurs off for disobedience , but ended more on the lines of he could stay and rot for two weeks for all Zacco cared . |
| 8 | It is possible that her attitude towards me could have been coloured , even determined , by her own suffering . |
| 9 | Yet a recent survey showed that a quarter of the ‘ patients ’ do not need to be in a mental institution at all and a half of them could live in the outside world given proper support . |
| 10 | Yeah , it takes erm you can get half a dozen crates in you could get eleven gallon if you wanted . |
| 11 | My leaving Lula caused quite a scandal in Berlin ; but that period with her could have been deadly for me . |
| 12 | The smell was so all-pervasive that nothing consumed within half a mile of it could taste of anything not pertaining to dog . |
| 13 | If Philippe knew of — or even suspected — the existence of this story , this would have been adequate reason to abolish a powerful movement whose knowledge of it could give the descendants of the Merovingians excuse to usurp the throne , claiming direct lineage from Christ . |
| 14 | The thin man said Crane should be left to make his own way so that the rest of them could ride as fast as they could down one of the tracks to the south . |
| 15 | I wonder how the rest of us could help this woman ? |
| 16 | Terry was really taken at the time with bands like The Cardiacs , but none of the rest of us could get off on that impressive-sounding , orchestral rock band kind of approach . |
| 17 | Knee : The knee is a complex joint and a hard kick to the front , side or back of it could produce permanent damage . |
| 18 | It was possible that the whole of it could date from 1670 , having been made from two different pieces of silver . |
| 19 | Hopper heads are generally considered unsanitary as they are not self-cleaning ( and can get coated with dried soap ) and the smell from them could enter the bathroom through an open window . |
| 20 | Neglect of them could throw him into a searing rage ; as when he discovered that a rest camp for troops out of the line had been placed within sound of the guns . |
| 21 | Home home counties people like me could go anywhere . |
| 22 | When they were asked about any credit arrangements which they knew people like them could use to buy things , these were the proportions which named each of the following : |
| 23 | Alice was to work in computers he , Andrew , would arrange for her to have a quick course of training , which would be a sufficient basis on which an intelligent woman like her could build . |
| 24 | But the moment passed , for there was something in her grasp of his legs that was so awkward , so inexperienced , and the pitch of her entreaties remained so anguished that he knew she was only doing what she imagined might persuade him to help her ; and a wave of self-loathing washed over him , that a woman like her could think of a man like him in such a light . |
| 25 | It was a cold fossil ; the people in it could have been strangers . |
| 26 | For the more I yelled , the lower I made myself and the greater the sense of mastery and control the malais around me could enjoy . |
| 27 | If government wanted such powers , it could obtain them only through Parliament ( Parliament itself has never sought to exercise executive powers ) and the granting of them could take place only after deliberation and approval by the triumvirate of monarch , Lords , and Commons . |
| 28 | As we have often said , running trains or restoring locomotives is well beyond what a small society like ours could hope to achieve , but there are several ideas I would like to explore that might be realistic . |
| 29 | The macho merchants among you could try braving the green blob , numerous wires and broken records that occupy the alternative route . |
| 30 | My Heart bleeds to see the Concern he is in ; and it would be the utmost Satisfaction to me , if I could hope any thing of mine could contribute to his comfortable Subsistence in his old Age : I therefore beg of you to take the Key of my Buroe ; and if any thing is to be made of my poor Papers , that you will , for my sake , endeavour to promote a Subscription for his Benefit , which you so kindly have propos 'd for mine |