Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I did n't go I could stay at home and work on the house . |
| 2 | I could stay at home and try to write a novel . |
| 3 | What I 'd like is just a few regulars , that 'd come by appointment , like , so I could stay at home . |
| 4 | Erm I 'd re I 'd really like the the experience and the knowledge that I could learn at college , but I 'd like to take a short cut too . |
| 5 | The battery was for a camping weekend — so that I could see at night . |
| 6 | She could change at Bank and take the Central Line , the red line , from there . |
| 7 | Deciding she 'd had enough of her office for that week , she filled her briefcase to bulging with work she could do at home , and closed her office door at five sharp . |
| 8 | She found she could sit at work in the Rose Bowl , her hands occupied as they were now , while in her head she relived the moments she had spent with Luke ; his hands caressing her ; his mouth on hers . |
| 9 | She lay awake , excited at the prospect of the pig sacrifice Dai Huang had promised she could watch at dawn . |
| 10 | I said oh not yet , cos she could start at Easter , her little one will be two then , Simon , he 'll be two . |
| 11 | If she could look at meat hanging in a butcher 's , the fieldworker was told when she was accompanying policemen to a postmortem , she could look at dead bodies . |
| 12 | A SKIING holiday is for those with more money than sense , giving you the chance to meet a lot of people you could meet at home for nothing . |
| 13 | That 's not a criticism you could level at Language — the loaded weapon by Dwight Bolinger ( Longman , 1980 ) . |
| 14 | Wella 's high quality , creamy formulations give you a look you never dreamed you could achieve at home . |
| 15 | You could gamble at night and enjoy nude beaches during the day . ’ |
| 16 | He believed that , by its means , we could arrive at certainty on such matters . |
| 17 | For example , in the study of forward paddling we could look at slalom and polo as both classes of boat are short and directionally unstable , like our own . |
| 18 | In other words , we could look at youth culture as a way of understanding social changes taking place in society . |
| 19 | We could dwell at length on problems of access , ignorance and prejudice and the inequities of the benefit system , but I wold like to focus on two areas — legislation and provision . |
| 20 | We explained later it was to power a lightbulb so that we could read at night where there was no electricity . |
| 21 | For them , Japan was a magnet , promising them wages many times what they could earn at home , but according to one Pakistani worker who yesterday decided to speak out publicly , the reality was very different . |
| 22 | You know , if they could n't go and be a brick-layer , but they could sit at home , and you know , stick stamps on envelopes , or whatever , earn some money , then they might have to do that because they have n't got this plan . |
| 23 | They could either follow their husbands into battle , taking their children with them , or they could stay at home , unprotected and unsupported and wait for the pillaging Parliamentarians or the papist Royalists to capture them and confiscate their property . |
| 24 | Some older people feel that they could manage at home if there were someone else living in their home , perhaps helping with light care tasks , or just ‘ keeping a watchful eye ’ . |
| 25 | Englishmen undoubtedly benefited from the fact that the great war was fought mainly on French soil , where they could loot at will , and during periods of victory successful captains were rewarded with offices in conquered territories , such as custodianships of castles , or with grants of land . |
| 26 | it could plays at home and it played alright , it played well , but it was n't being |
| 27 | He had even suppressed , as he could do at will , the brightness of his amber eyes . |
| 28 | Yes , leave the door slightly open to ensure that if necessary he could leave at speed . |
| 29 | There is still , however , a possibility he could play at centre-back against Lithuania as Gerry Taggart is under treatment for a hamstring injury . |