Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I guess I could pass for short and fat if you looked at me through the end of a glass of liquor . ’ |
| 2 | I could walk like this for ever . |
| 3 | How could I phrase the question so that I could distinguish between free choice and manipulative coercion ? |
| 4 | Very soon , thought Miranda , looking up at him , irises bruised from all the emotion , ‘ oh , Goldie 'll have no problems , I could swear to that . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Wish I could sleep like that . |
| 6 | More in a year than I could earn from four novels . |
| 7 | To clear myself I could appear in secret session before the McCarthy committee so that nobody would know . |
| 8 | No no I did n't mind that and I 'm , I , I could , I could sit with that all day long , that would n't worry me , he would n't , he would n't beat me down just |
| 9 | Is the difference one which I could apprehend without any thoughts of ducks and rabbits ? |
| 10 | In the class see actual oral erm knowledge , I could talk with any of them and put my point a , and I could come up with ideas could n't put it down in |
| 11 | ‘ I really wish I could talk to that nome , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Before I could react in any way , ST was on it , both paws . |
| 13 | Oh I know what I could do for that . |
| 14 | It was a flimsy pretext and might not get me anywhere , but it was the best I could do at such short notice . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , it was the best I could do at short notice . ’ |
| 16 | And all I could do at this terrible invasion was to rise and stand mutely , with my hands by my sides , staring up at this tremendous being — whom I now saw clearly for the first time . |
| 17 | ‘ You would n't know to look at me now , ’ she 'd say , ‘ but I could hold them spellbound , the things I could do on that bike in a crash helmet and a pair of tights and a stars and stripes swimsuit . ’ |
| 18 | That 'll put me half a morning ahead , and I could do with that . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Jeez , I could do with that cup of tea , ’ Mrs Bennet said , putting her hands over her ears to shut out the tumult above , and Anne decided to go upstairs to see if the gas was still on . |
| 20 | I said to the woman , I said , oh I could do with that myself . |
| 21 | I could do with that one . |
| 22 | And it just so happens that I mentioned to one of my doormen that particular night that I could do with one of those machines to keep a careful check on my blood pressure . |
| 23 | I could do with one of those . |
| 24 | Earning money is becoming a priority I 'm trying to sit on — I could do with one big hit , though ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I could do with one myself . ’ |
| 26 | I could do with one of those in my life . ’ |
| 27 | I could do with one or two . |
| 28 | Oh I could do with one of them ! |
| 29 | I could do with 99 years of government-subsidized living . ’ |
| 30 | I could do with several new shifts and caps and you know we have n't enough money to keep calling in the seamstress . " |