Example sentences of "could [verb] [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was wondering if you could spare me an hour . ’ |
| 2 | Willsford , Riverside Boy and Richard Dunwoody 's expected mount Wo n't be Gone Long are others to look at but I feel that the class of Chatam could make him the bet of the race . |
| 3 | But a more puritan era of egalitarian austerity could make them a lot shyer — and for some time to come . |
| 4 | Acting independently Tilda Swinton 's latest film role could make her a star , not just a darling of the avant-garde . |
| 5 | I said , ‘ I do n't know , he has a title , I 'd be a lady , ’ and she said : ‘ Darling , nothing could make you a lady . ’ |
| 6 | Yes I 'd love to get rid of a lot of them but I 'm yo you have got two ongoing problems both of which need to be treated so I think to start er cutting things out could make you a lot worse . |
| 7 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
| 8 | ‘ I could make you an offer for it when this is over . |
| 9 | Them as who could make it a bit cheaper see , and all that . |
| 10 | ‘ maybe you and I could make it a bit bigger though . ’ |
| 11 | I could make it a fairy-tale instead , if I wanted to , Anyway , It 's the capital of the empire ; a courtier starts a liaison with one of the princesses ; the demands she and the impersonate on his time get to be too much , so he secretly has an android made to impersonate him at the endless court rituals and boring receptions ; nobody notices . |
| 12 | The theatre is also hoping somebody could lend them a video of the 1990 World Cup Semi-Final between England and West Germany . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps you could lend me a servant to guide me back to the Grange ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sad , Luney , that 's what it is , ’ and she wished Luney could cover her the way she had Francis , as though she too were like a baby . |
| 15 | How I wished I could buy him a record-player for all those useless records , but there was no point in thinking along those lines , so in the end I got him a belt , made of different coloured woven leathers , very gay and rather spivvy , only of course it would n't look spivvy on him . |
| 16 | You could buy him the Crown of Command as one of his magic items , which at 50 points still makes him marginally cheaper than an Orc or Black Orc Warlord . |
| 17 | ‘ Daddy , ’ she said , ‘ do you think you could buy me a book ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Could buy you a candy , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I wish I could buy us a house — just a little place , big enough for you and me , where we could be all by ourselves . ’ |
| 20 | Ada believed that nobody could grudge you the right to complain . |
| 21 | So he is familiar , and he could win us a gold medal in that symbol of absolutism , the 100 metres sprint ( he could , theoretically , win us one in the 200 metres , but that is far less likely , far less mythopoeic ) . |
| 22 | Your colourful container pictures could win you a break in the Lakes , courtesy of the Buxton Mineral Water Company |
| 23 | LOTTERY tickets like these could win you a £1 million fortune in John Major 's Christmas gift to the nation . |
| 24 | could give her a ring , find out what school she 's at and then |
| 25 | It was ridiculous , for the flimsy garment could give her no protection , but nevertheless she felt very vulnerable without them . |
| 26 | Others were disturbingly abstract , and Hawk could give her no clue as to their exact meaning . |
| 27 | Who around here could give her the life and comfort she gets here ? |
| 28 | ‘ Now you tell me , Father , what man in this parish could give her the comforts she 's used to ? |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think there 's any need for blood letting , but if she 's still not well tomorrow you could give her an infusion of mistletoe . |
| 30 | Later , when I visited the vice-chairman of the PCC , who is also the vicar 's warden , he could give me no explanation of why the candle was there . |