Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm yeah I did mention earlier actually there was one or two ways that you could perhaps help me er one was erm I hope , I 'd like to think that obviously my service has been of value to you erm I 'd also like to think that you can perhaps recommend me to people you know er you did actually mention earlier erm was it Peter you work with , was it |
| 2 | Yeah , and you could perhaps let me , let me have erm , let me have one of those little ones . |
| 3 | She could only tell me that Wesley 's father had left home when he was about six years old , that his mother had remarried and the boy now lived with her and his stepfather . |
| 4 | I had only known , positively though without details , that there was no help and no comfort forthcoming from the source , and that being so I shied away from any mental flashbacks which could only make me more unhappy and ashamed . |
| 5 | The last show of the tour was in Atlanta and I decided to give a little party for the singers and musicians and the crew and I tried to rent a banquet room at the hotel , but because it was Thanksgiving Weekend , they said they could only give me a suite . |
| 6 | I learned that sex without emotional involvement or more than a fleeting physical attraction was more sad than fulfilling and that ‘ getting even ’ could only motivate me for so long — particularly since my husband was blithely unaware that I was evening the score . |
| 7 | See people did n't have cars , and if it was now , they could only help me by bringing a horse to meet me or erm or a tractor if they half way . |
| 8 | I began to understand how , if I were his wife , this good , religious man could soon kill me , without feeling any guilt at all . |
| 9 | Initially she went right back to the age of four and , although she could not tell me what year it was , she did know that there was a queen called Victoria . |
| 10 | ‘ They could not yoke me . |
| 11 | Immortality he could not give me ; one day I will die . |
| 12 | I had hoped that on my twenty-first birthday I would discover more about my future , but Mr Jaggers explained that he could not give me any more information , except that from now on I would have five hundred pounds a year to spend as I liked . |
| 13 | And I 'm glad enough to have you back , since you could not give me the grandson I hoped for — ’ |
| 14 | Most of the reinforcements could not inform me of the health of Colonel Vaughan , but they all had vivid recollections of the most unusual weather conditions in the Highlands , and at the moment regarded their situation here in Normandy as an improvement on Achnacarry . |
| 15 | The Home Country could not detain me long . |
| 16 | I find they resemble grit and taste the same — even the health store from which I bought them could not enlighten me . |
| 17 | He expressed his feelings so many times in the same way that when he could not see me I would find myself mouthing the words with him : ‘ The thing that worries me is bandits and deep sand . ’ |
| 18 | By the light of torches I could see one policeman but he could not see me , and my pleas for help were not heeded . |
| 19 | He could not see me behind the curtains , and clearly did not expect an answer . |
| 20 | To be sure you are Lucifer himself in the shape of my master or you could not use me thus , and I beg you 'll send me out of my way to my poor parents . |
| 21 | The walls of the cottage were thick enough to shut out the worst sounds of the storm 's buffeting , and even the creaking of doors and rattling of windows could not keep me awake for long . |
| 22 | He could not hear me above the din of the crowd . |
| 23 | I knew that a dead man could not harm me , but did n't hang around to test the theory . |
| 24 | Anne could not help me — she was a governess for the Robinson family , and now Branwell had a job there too , teaching their young son . |
| 25 | I became ill again , and Elizabeth 's love could not help me . |
| 26 | My imagination could not take me to such depths of anger , so I implored her to tell me what was happening before Kareem ( my husband ) paid his afternoon visit . |
| 27 | The King could not persuade me , and unfortunately he never forgot that I had refused to do what he wanted . |
| 28 | She could not convince me at the time that anything bad could happen , now that I had finally ‘ solved ’ my eating problems , and for a short time I felt jubilant , relieved and ecstatic . |
| 29 | You could not wish me to marry such a … cur , for that is what he is , despite his title . ’ |
| 30 | I soon knew so much they could not deny me any longer ! |