Example sentences of "could [vb infin] along " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea burst into her mind , a sudden radiant solution , that she could rush along to the pet shop at lunchtime and apologize , ask him to forgive her and make everything all right . |
| 2 | ‘ You could bring along your daughter , ’ he added , scenting out the conspiracy of affection and design between father and daughter and sensing Burkett 's reluctance to do strictly servant work . |
| 3 | Piers looked at Alyssia , and she shrugged , as though to imply that they could trek along if they liked , it really did n't bother her one way or another . |
| 4 | I had thought that all anyone could do along was sing . |
| 5 | Water , having penetrated the roofing felt ( this could even be in the middle of the roof ) , could run along a joist and give problems with the wall . |
| 6 | Other birds you could see along this stretch include oystercatchers with their black and white plumage , bright orange bills and piping call , black headed gulls , kestrels and of course mute swans . |
| 7 | ‘ All right , if you could move along , please . |
| 8 | One of the cages had a movable inner wall which could slide along rails the full length of the interior . |
| 9 | Endlessly , this pattern repeated endlessly , and the man could walk along and they 'd all be working , he just goes with an assistant to er repair broken threads . |
| 10 | She did n't mind if he said nothing at all , as long as they could walk along like this under a starlit sky , arm in arm forever . |
| 11 | Two , he could go along with Marler , pretend to accept him at face value , and this way he could keep an eye on him . |
| 12 | Mr Mitterrand said : ‘ During one of our meals , Mr Major said if Denmark was again to reject the treaty then he could not see how Britain could go along with Maastricht . |
| 13 | I did n't want to stay so I followed her and asked if I could go along with her . |
| 14 | the reasons I said I I I I could go along with that approach as well . |
| 15 | I could , I could go along with Phil on that . |
| 16 | One day she rang me to ask if I could come along on Saturday and help plant potatoes in the back yard ; ‘ Uncle John is far too busy at this time of the year ’ . |
| 17 | So there was a chance that fusion , which would derive its energy from deuterium , an isotope of hydrogen and a constituent of ordinary water , could come along and render fission redundant . |
| 18 | Alright , so you have only one , but by all he ( by the sound of it ) knows , a mate could come along at any time . |
| 19 | When I told him it was only for children who had something wrong with them , he said he was going to try to break his leg so he could come along ! ’ |
| 20 | Somebody could come along from outwith the region , or even from outwith Scotland or the United Kingdom , and take over a bus company . |
| 21 | I asked whether I could come along too ; and Balvinder agreed . |
| 22 | He 's got the hearing aid out and unfortunately he did n't hear the President call motion three eight one , and in view of that I jumped in and formally moved it to erm save the motion falling and I would ask you with your indulgence , if John could come along and move motion three eight one . |
| 23 | And if you get them right , then it could be not just this time , but other times , could come along and wreck them , sometimes it 's a bit like a domino queue , is n't it , you get this one fall down , knocks others down as well . |
| 24 | A white knight could come along and make a more friendly offer , but this has n't happened yet . |
| 25 | Chris could come along with them , suitably subdued by the scholastic environment , Louise hoped , to be quiet for a while . |
| 26 | Well I could come along in the evening perhaps . |
| 27 | But she could come along . |
| 28 | Perhaps you could play along and pretend they were you know that would have been good you could pretend that you were sort of erm I I erm er er Christie Brinkley . |
| 29 | The government disagrees , pointing out that recent studies , including one by the World Bank , show that Zimbabwe could get along fine with a commercial farming industry half its current size . |
| 30 | ‘ I often suggested to [ the defendant ] to leave Paulette and find another woman whom he could get along with and stop mistreating her . |