Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's your picture , Jake , ’ she used to say over the laddie 's cot , laughing like a witch ; and I could 've killed her for it . ’ |
| 2 | I could 've throttled them after dinner . |
| 3 | And they want to come and see the factory , they want to go to yeah , it fell down cos Richard was too busy at the end of last year , fine get that sorted and i Sally was dropped in the crap by right at the end of last year , came on five sets of bearings , I could 've done 'em in two weeks . |
| 4 | Do n't suppose he had the strength left in that little body to fight back no more , though you 'd have thought they could 've saved him with these new pills they got . |
| 5 | Somebody else could 've told him about it . ’ |
| 6 | Why could n't you ask about tulips I could 've told you about . |
| 7 | Could 've left it until Saturday |
| 8 | Do you know , you could 've filled that in , I could 've shoved it in post box . |
| 9 | ‘ He had spent years building a team he could trust to do anything in his absence . |
| 10 | Under the scheme holders of government bonds could choose to exchange them for South Sea Company shares , and the government would pay interest on these bonds to the South Sea Company at a lower rate than it paid previously — the South Sea Company was doing much the same thing as the East India Company , providing the government with a loan at a reduced rate of interest in exchange for overseas trading privileges . |
| 11 | He also saw that if the parties did not approve of a rule laid down by a court — a ‘ certain rule ’ — they could choose to vary it by contract . |
| 12 | But she was gone before I could finish asking her for help , borne away by three identically dressed musketeers , waving her whip in the air , and lost in the crowds again . |
| 13 | This pistol was so heavy that he could not , of course , stick it in his belt ; it was all he could do to lift it with both hands But he had been so enthusiastic about it that he had willingly gone through the laborious loading of its honeycomb of barrels , one after another , and now it was ready to wreak destruction . |
| 14 | ‘ My heart was racing so uncontrollably that it was all I could do to say anything at all , ’ she told him . |
| 15 | It was all I could do to stop myself from shaking her until her neat white teeth rattled . |
| 16 | It was all Wilson could do to thank her for her concern . |
| 17 | It was all she could do to admit it to herself . |
| 18 | The tears on Cullam 's cheeks awoke in him a nausea and a rage so fierce that it was all he could do to prevent himself from striking him . |
| 19 | She was off-balance — nothing she could do to prevent herself from turning towards him as his grip pulled her in . |
| 20 | It was as much as Millie could do to check herself from saying , ‘ Oh , I do n't think I should do that . |
| 21 | There was nothing she could do to warn him about trouble except beat a hasty retreat back to their hotel suite in Cascais before Jason could catch up with her . |
| 22 | It was as much as she could do to restrain herself from rushing forward to grasp his hand in a gesture of sympathy and solidarity . |
| 23 | It would be as much as Dad could do to keep himself in order after he 'd had a drop too much . |
| 24 | She was buoyed up suddenly on the wave of amazement and admiration that she could feel enveloping her from across the whole room . |
| 25 | Take a walk around the streets one day and have a look at all the innocent objects lying about which you could use to defend yourself in a desperate situation . |
| 26 | That was n't important , but it was easier to start with something unimportant and then , later on , she could begin to tell him about Oliver . |
| 27 | With the political will we could begin to change it from the time of the first by-election of the present parliament . |
| 28 | She wondered how long she would have to keep it up before she could stop convicting herself of hypocrisy . |
| 29 | This was a relief as his coughing at night had irritated us , and it meant that Alex could stop hitting him with a broom handle when he woke us up . |
| 30 | As a learner from experience you could decide to view it as a learning opportunity and start to experiment with different ways of running the meeting . |