Example sentences of "could [verb] [pers pn] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a more puritan era of egalitarian austerity could make them a lot shyer — and for some time to come . |
| 2 | Acting independently Tilda Swinton 's latest film role could make her a star , not just a darling of the avant-garde . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Them as who could make it a bit cheaper see , and all that . |
| 7 | ‘ maybe you and I could make it a bit bigger though . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The theatre is also hoping somebody could lend them a video of the 1990 World Cup Semi-Final between England and West Germany . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps you could lend me a servant to guide me back to the Grange ? ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Daddy , ’ she said , ‘ do you think you could buy me a book ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Could buy you a candy , ’ he said . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | Your colourful container pictures could win you a break in the Lakes , courtesy of the Buxton Mineral Water Company |
| 17 | could give her a ring , find out what school she 's at and then |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe you could give me a dose of bicarb — that 'll shift it . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I Spent yesterday at Eastleech , Highworth and Letchlade , searching for her , but none of her relatives could give me a clue . |
| 20 | And anyway , only Jenjin here could give me a match . ’ |
| 21 | In fact I was wondering if you could give me a hand . ’ |
| 22 | Is there anybody who is going to Old Trafford on Jan 1st who could give me a lift from the Leeds region ? ? |
| 23 | Perhaps he could give them a bit of something Shakespearian . |
| 24 | ‘ And you think we could give them a purpose ? ’ |
| 25 | Hay , in his farewell performance , could give them a lifeline were they to beat DW Clydesdale at Meadowbank , but on current form such a prospect appears most unlikely . |
| 26 | My return could give them a lift . ’ |
| 27 | Where it was strong , it kept men and women on the land , in so far as the land could give them a living , or sent its excess population along the well-beaten traditional tracks of seasonal migration , like those which took the smallholders of central France to and from the building sites of Paris . |
| 28 | It explained his interest in Heather 's disappearance as well as his offer of money to Harry if he could give him a story . |
| 29 | I could give him a message . |
| 30 | He asked a scout to search through the turmoil and pick out Tiguary , if possible , or someone who could give him a message . |