Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking at it , Nutty realized you could use the Smiths ' bath without the Smiths knowing . |
| 2 | As the search intensified , a firm in Lincoln surfaced who could supply and erect a new building 200′ by 100′ and still be within the budget considered by NAM . |
| 3 | Sweat had stained his shirt and as Doyle approached he could smell the effort on the man 's body . |
| 4 | ‘ Anyway , this Satanist promised he could make things fly . |
| 5 | When Jonathan Malcolm and his girlfriend met they could have little idea of the trouble which lay in store . |
| 6 | Hitch maintained he could stop buses with his head ( and frequently did ) . |
| 7 | Dot found she could read the letters and was surprised . |
| 8 | From that moment Tess found she could whistle tunes to the birds just as Mrs d'Urberville wanted . |
| 9 | If Mr Gorbachev believed he could acquire a breathing space through repression , during which the economy could be transformed by unpopular but necessary reforms , he might be willing to pay the price , but this would reverse his strategy of the past three years . |
| 10 | But the brothers believed they could do no wrong . |
| 11 | GRAEME RALPH 's quick thinking prevented what could have been a devastating rail crash . |
| 12 | However , the Stuarts claimed they could raise money by means of the prerogative . |
| 13 | Maybe somebody in the pentagon figured they could find out how ill he was just by listening to it . |
| 14 | She took her foot off the accelerator and put it on the brake , and as the car slowed she could see now that it was a child , a toddler with a red woolly hat on . |
| 15 | Laker was a highly charismatic individual ; a self-made man who had built his airplane business on a visionary self-determination and zeal , a refusal to take no for an answer — all qualities which Branson fancied he could sympathise with . |
| 16 | Ewan felt he could do nothing about this situation , and there was no use worrying about it . |
| 17 | Rosenburg , of course , knew of Modigliani 's work and perhaps Lipchitz felt he could put some work Modigliani 's way and at the same time acquire a beautiful painting that might appreciate . |
| 18 | Marie felt she could tell Simon everything : he was a good listener . |
| 19 | Ali MacGraw set the ball rolling with Love Story ; Shirley MacLaine examined sex after 40 and death at any age in Terms of Endearment ; Bette Midler proved you could hate and loathe your best friend in Beaches ; and Juliet Stevenson screamed the fury of love lost — and the disappointment of love regained — in Truly , Madly , Deeply . |
| 20 | She herself knew little or nothing about the organisation , and Donna wished she could have happened upon someone as knowledgeable on the subject as Mahoney had been . |
| 21 | Marie said I could stay in her room , and she left a lot of stuff so it 'd be comfy , but to tell the truth I feel real sad in there on my own . |
| 22 | Pity it was n't in the national newspapers because my lawyer said I could have retired on the proceeds . |
| 23 | We were both disappointed but Nellie said we could wait until the next time . |
| 24 | it was a waste of time on a Saturday really , I mean , I think the , I mean Andy said we could have |
| 25 | So , because we were in the A A he said you could have a ba , and we had to go to court , we had a summons for court , for careless driving , your dad and your dad said oh so A A said you could have barrister , or our insurers said we could have a barrister our insurers , not the one with we 're with now Norman , he was to do all the , said we could have this barrister and it was at Liverpool Crown Court and , it was n't till a , and I was alright we we just got a bit of a shock , you know , we could drive the home it was the wing and what not . |
| 26 | Write about one main incident or object ( Chekhov said you could select anything you saw and write about it , but do n't sit down at the typewriter before the idea has gelled in your mind . |
| 27 | Chief executive June Roberts said it could mean an extra £80 on pensioners ' bills . |
| 28 | If she did as Emelda wanted she could free Linda but would be snared herself . |
| 29 | And Sarah believed he could bend the rules of the Foundling Hospital so that she could have the child with her always . |
| 30 | A young man without the priggishness that the Deputy Under Secretary believed he could identify in all Public School pupils , without the conceit of a Cambridge College . |