Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've had a marvellous clear out — got every single shirt on to the line — and when you take that off you could put it in the bucket so I can get it out tomorrow . ’ |
| 2 | Not one of them , he said , was able to read the Bible correctly , but all could dance a quadrille , sing , and half of them could waltz . |
| 3 | Half of us could continue to drown ourselves in usquebaugh and self-pity ( ‘ Here 's tae us , / Wha 's like us ? / Damn few/ All deid ’ ) , the other half could relax , relieved that the English would be continuing to do our thinking for us . |
| 4 | I have heard that even if they lose 15 per cent of the money coming in at the moment , some of them could fold . |
| 5 | ‘ Some of them could prove dangerous and , if taken in combination , could prove lethal . |
| 6 | Now some of them could find fame closer to home . |
| 7 | But they do occur , and some of them could have been avoided . |
| 8 | A It is unfortunate that you have used only ‘ common ’ names , as some of them could apply to a number of species . |
| 9 | Some of you could do with spreading out a little . |
| 10 | Perhaps some of us could meet at the West Ham match . |
| 11 | Well in that case I expect , you know , some of us could become a caretaker if they 're having to pay us |
| 12 | It might be a laugh if we some of us could communicate like this too . |
| 13 | ‘ Some of us could try the woods on either side of the track leading down to the road — away from the belvedere . ’ |
| 14 | This was a warning which , as Fergus Pyle reported , very few of them could have heard . |
| 15 | Through him the notion of the responsible use of power by a divinely ordained ruling class was introduced directly into the educational system , and boys were exposed systematically and en masse to an idea which only a few of them could have been counted on to pick up informally at home . |
| 16 | In any case , few of them could share the enthusiasm of liberal politicians for such reforms as the establishment of free trade unions . |
| 17 | I think few of us could avoid becoming attached to such a fish ! |
| 18 | Few among them could have known what the job entailed . |
| 19 | Therefore , if the dust ages are correct then little of it could have come from the sort of rocks found in the lunar samples . |
| 20 | Arranging the carbon atoms in a ring satisfied the laws of valency , since each of them could share two bonds with one of its neighbour , leaving another one to attach to the hydrogen atoms arranged around the outside . |
| 21 | If each of us could play our own small part , those parts would link up , like the ripples on a pond , to make a earth-saving whole . |
| 22 | Her favourite partner was her father ; neither of them could serve to save their lives and most of the balls ended up scattered on the lawn , but they made a handsome couple on the court . |
| 23 | At first , communication was something of a problem for the couple , as neither of them could speak the others native tongue , but this was soon overcome by a friendly interpreter . |
| 24 | He moved up to kiss her while his hand continued to stroke her aching body , then , when neither of them could bear it any longer , he thrust into her , and she arched back , drowning under wave after wave of mounting pleasure . |
| 25 | She had planned to get over to her mother 's by the afternoon , but the day had been so rare that neither of them could bear to finish it . |
| 26 | But there remained one crucial detail , not covered by protocol , which neither of them could remember : had Sir Denis accompanied her to Buckingham Palace when she kissed hands with the Queen ? |
| 27 | Besides , neither of them could have known how many there were . ’ |
| 28 | At what point McAllister 's fears finally disappeared beneath his loving patience , and they began to make love in earnest , neither of them could have said . |
| 29 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 30 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |