Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 'm sorry we could n't do it the day you arrived , but it took a little bit of organizing . " |
| 32 | Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and . |
| 33 | ‘ I could n't see him the room was full with smoke . |
| 34 | Well you could n't find them the other day , you said they were n't there did n't you ? |
| 35 | She was the only midwife in our district and if the women could n't afford her the neighbours helped , a practice which often ended in tragedy . |
| 36 | He could even show her the diary of Student Cross , which had once , ironically , been attached to the offending page , to demonstrate the sincerity of his change of heart . |
| 37 | She could even forgive him the talk about having her committed , now that that possibility was safely in the past and she was making progress on her own . |
| 38 | She had agreed — no , worse than that , she had volunteered , to help him in something which could ultimately lose her the club . |
| 39 | Beardsley , meanwhile , produced a performance of such craft , guile and wisdom that it could yet make him the saviour of England manager Graham Taylor — if only he would pick him . |
| 40 | Jumping could theoretically get you the prize faster — in a single hop . |
| 41 | But if she could elude constable , guards and attendants one way , she supposed she could likewise elude them the other . |
| 42 | I could actually give you the exact figures er or or Mr but I wo n't give them at at the moment of the top of my head . |