Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] could [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I could remember cos I 've got physiotherapy tomorrow at the hospital |
| 2 | ‘ I 've had a few more ideas … well , I 've thought about … areas I did n't think I could use that I now think I can , and I want to develop that stuff , and — ’ |
| 3 | " Do you think I could come and stay with you ? |
| 4 | I mean I could stay if you were , it would n't be too much for me . |
| 5 | I mean I could understand when we had to climb up the belt which was damn dangerous , but now we 've altered all that . |
| 6 | Yeah d' ya know I could drink and drink and drink you know there only you get all the fingers caught , it 's like with an ironing board int it ? |
| 7 | I did n't know you could cook as well as … ’ |
| 8 | As he approached we could see that the dog had been wounded : it was limping and the fur on its flank was matted with blood . |
| 9 | Before the 1970s , one reason why wife battering was not perceived as a social problem was because it was argued that those who suffered it could leave and those who stayed could not be suffering . |
| 10 | Mm , so what kind of damage do you think you could do if if you say you would n't let them , so what ma what makes you feel that way ? |
| 11 | I do n't think you could assume that they evaporated . |
| 12 | Do you think you could go and serve you and Charlotte . |
| 13 | And therefore it was a system the the employer encouraged but of course er I do n't think you could say that there were many people who were happy with the system . |
| 14 | out the window , she was trying to say oh I really want to go home this weekend , do you think you could ask if I could have one of your exeats and she 's still got one left ! |
| 15 | Do you think you could try and tell me what you do remember ? ’ |
| 16 | I mean you could make if we had twelve we get another two . |
| 17 | Although I did not understand I could see that they were discussing the problem . |
| 18 | ‘ I should have thought you could guess that quite easily as well … ’ |
| 19 | After meeting the surgeons , he said they had agreed they could cope if medical emergencies did not spill over to their beds . |
| 20 | The overriding anxiety for the employees was what benefits they could claim and how much they would receive . |
| 21 | Well there 's a physical limit to how much we could produce in a an eight hour shift and all the slate makers were adamant that the figures he reckoned they could produce and what they reckoned they could produce you know they were totally different . |
| 22 | Well last time I was in er Dublin I er went from the pub straight to the airport and someone stuck a bottle of whiskey in my pocket just as I was going through customs , I did n't believe it could happen but it happened in Ireland . |
| 23 | Similarly , it the Insured considered the risk to the camera but decided that it would be safer in a locked car than taking it to where he was going he could demonstrate that precautions were taken even if they subsequently proved inadequate and the car was broken into and the camera stolen . |
| 24 | At the time Neath said they walked off in disgust after 35 minutes because their lock Gareth Llewellyn was told he could continue until the interval but would then be sent off . |
| 25 | Oh yeah right well I mean we could leave that to our representatives if you like erm to erm to cater for those those milkmen erm in the same way as the milkmen . |
| 26 | Well I mean we could go and have a look . |
| 27 | I stared around , sweating , wishing I could go and lock myself in my nice safe ship . |
| 28 | Robyn swallowed and took a deep breath , trying to compose herself so that when he returned she could say that it was all right , she felt fine now . |
| 29 | ‘ You know you could stop that if you 'd any self-control , ’ said Bob , noticing my state . |
| 30 | Lisa nodded , swallowing , wishing she could believe that with her heart as she believed it with her head . |