Example sentences of "[prep] it [conj] [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The teacher used to come in and take him and he got fed up of it 'cause he could n't get on with his other work . |
| 2 | The few square inches of it that I could see were spoiled by the sticky red blood which had pooled out over them . |
| 3 | So strange , she sometimes thought , to have all this engineering knowledge in three languages and still be so unable to apply a single word of it that she could scarcely change a plug without helpful diagrams . |
| 4 | I mean if they really sort of tried to make a story out of it and they could n't , they contacted the council offices and everyone was on holiday or nobody 'd answer the phone or what normally happens at council offices , they 'd say ‘ Oh , well , sod this , ’ and they 'd go away and they 'd do the , you know , write it up in a really nasty way so |
| 5 | Sarah 's house was at the other end of it and I could see a couple of cars parked outside what I was sure was their home . |
| 6 | Erm also the accountant you could 've tried to of got round because you were , you were digging the hole there erm you know where he 's , okay he wants to see the accountant , will this be a good idea I mean you could 've said yeah you know you appreciate that and all the rest of it and you could 've gone more into the tax side of where you , you know , you could 've perhaps er the company could 've benefited by putting some into the pension scheme as opposed erm paying all the taxes maybe you could 've gone in that way . |
| 7 | But enough was enough , this fast drinking ; alien booze , much more of it and he could not drive to work . |
| 8 | And er she 'd tried to get rid of it and she could n't , so she found out her husband was coming home , he was actually in the boat coming back and she did n't know what to do . |
| 9 | Not people that could that can defend themselves that can what 's the name of it if they could Well they 've broken old people 's doors in and took their money and and hit them and whatsername . |
| 10 | They would be in favour of it if it could be worked out in a practical form : but it did not mean they were going to give up the freedom of the seas . |
| 11 | It was decided by the authorities that the building of the dam across the valley was a ‘ regrettable necessity ’ — but they determined to make as satisfactory a job of it as they could . |
| 12 | On the one hand papal taxation was preserving them from Edward 's attentions , except for customary feudal dues and prerogative levies ; it is safe to assume that the laity were adapting readily to the notion of leaving the tax burden , or as much of it as they could , to the clergy . |
| 13 | Subjects were asked to rate the passage for comprehensibility and to recall as much of it as they could . |
| 14 | At the end of presentation subjects rated the passage for comprehensibility and then wrote down as much of it as they could remember , as close to verbatim as possible . |
| 15 | There was something unique about a hospital over the Christmas period , and most years he 'd made a point of working for as much of it as he could . |
| 16 | She seemed to assess their position and then go quickly back to the carrion as if she was very hungry and sought to take as much of it as she could before the crows reached her . |
| 17 | However , if there was an insurance against it and they could claim against it I 'm sure they would . |
| 18 | It shone and danced in the darkness , and without it there would be nothing ; but one hand raised against it and it could lightly cease . |
| 19 | It was an old car , but I had a friend who worked in an engineering factory and he fiddled with it till it could go quite fast . |
| 20 | He hung grimly on and wrestled with it until he could lower it in front of them . |
| 21 | She said , ‘ Mr Evans , I 've something to tell you , something important , ’ and then rushed straight into it before he could stop her and say , ‘ Clear out while I 'm eating . ’ |
| 22 | Rolling over was a painful if not too difficult manoeuvre , but , even with Travis helping all he could , it was an exhausting process trying to find his pocket and reach into it when she could only go by touch . |
| 23 | It looked dangerous and alien , and suddenly she wanted to get as far from it as she could . |
| 24 | Hm But it 's quite good paper because it 's got all the colours in it so you could put any thing with it ca n't you ? |
| 25 | The Louvre too , though not cheap , has so much in it that you could spend days there and not see all of it . |
| 26 | So I mean yo , there could be things in it that it could be left there , if there 's , but you started |
| 27 | Erm er it was current well you just sort of sw swam round in it and you could get to the side easily . |
| 28 | He must be caught in it as he could n't possibly have had time to get back to where he was staying yet . |
| 29 | She did not think she would like herself in it if she could see herself and she did not think she would like to see her face bright and thick with greasepaint . |
| 30 | He would have to heave her blood-stained body away from the door and then scramble over it before he could race out and lose himself in the hills . |