Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time he removed his glasses to wipe the rain off them he could see that everyone was taking advantage of his short-sightedness to stare at him and grin and point . |
| 2 | Between them they could think of no way to get the food Mrs MacDonagh had cooked that afternoon , and the plates she had left in the stove , from the kitchen to the table at dinner time without something getting cold . |
| 3 | It was marvellous when he rang , but since I ca n't have him ringing here again , I told him , in a moment of my feelings getting the better of me , that if he does have any message for me he could contact you , and you 'd pass it on . |
| 4 | ‘ When I left it was open ended so that if things did not work out for me I could go back to playing Charlene . |
| 5 | He is very wealthy and everyone looks up to him but as for me I could understand from my limited Italian he is very sad because one of his ships is very late in arriving in port and is feared lost . |
| 6 | From where I was standing , far below me I could see a separate miniature fort linked to the mother fortress by an umbilical causeway . |
| 7 | About six feet below them they could hear thumps and scrapes as the luckless Stim dug his way down into the darkness . |
| 8 | In front of me I could see the dark shape of a summer-house and I moved towards it . |
| 9 | If she married one of them she could look forward to a life of uncertainty , warfare , shortages , assassinations , massacres and tragedy . |
| 10 | To the right there were farm buildings which had been refurbished and through the open door of one of them he could glimpse open shelving displaying rows of pots . |
| 11 | Conveniently one of them you could call long-term , one medium-term , and one short-term . |
| 12 | Below him he could hear the passing wail of sirens , a familiar sound after dark had fallen over the city . |
| 13 | Later , when he learned of her infidelity , he destroyed every photograph and memento of her he could find . |
| 14 | Straight ahead of him he could see the dome of the Texas State Capitol , second-largest in the nation after the Capitol in Washington , gleaming in the late-morning sun . |
| 15 | Already ahead of him he could see that he would marry , and it might be disastrously , he had that in him , but at the moment what he had was Rose Hilaire and Gabriel and it was 1966 . |
| 16 | When Alice told her a little of how she felt ( some of it she could tell no one ) , and how she was angry with God as well as Belle Maman , Aunt Violet said God would understand : ‘ He is All Wise , Alice . |
| 17 | I enjoyed what little of it I could manage , though . |
| 18 | Out of it he could see Barry , his bike propped up against his house , mending his chain . |
| 19 | That 's right and put your paddle in that and you scull you had to come down every time and many a time people 'd learn that that paddle will come out , but once you got the knack of it you could do it one hand , cos you was cutting down all the time like that 's what it was . |
| 20 | I mean there 's , there 's the practical side of actually having , I mean well there 's various aspects of it you could have someone as a figurehead |
| 21 | If the existing carpet is in reasonable condition but you 're sick to death of it you could add rugs to cheer it up . |
| 22 | Come to think of it you could call anyone by a name which is not their own and make them sound stupid . |
| 23 | So you were n't aware of what he could n't do , so much as what he could do and did do , and how little of it you could understand . |
| 24 | Ahead of us we could see our ridge , standing clear of the cloud , brushed purple in the strange early light . |
| 25 | Ahead of us I could hear the noise of the waterfall — there had been plenty of rain and when we arrived at the foss , the beck that eventually joins the Ure to travel down Wensleydale was hammering over the lip of the force . |
| 26 | I mean he knew that because he 'd contacted me up here and I said well , to make it easier for you we could meet in Middlesbrough , save you coming up from er , Mansfield . |
| 27 | His fingers met the soft , masking texture of cloth , but beneath them he could feel her warmth , the firm softness of her sex . |
| 28 | From the hall behind them they could hear the commotion as their comrades and the invaders fought hand to hand . |
| 29 | Behind them she could work with a charm and singleness of attention that became so smooth as to be chilling , except for the friendliness of her large grey eyes . |
| 30 | Behind them she could work with a charm and a singleness of attention that became so smooth as to be chilling , except for the friendliness of her large grey eyes ’ . |