Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [pers pn] now " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , that 's a bit of a lot , er but it smells and smells nice , so I could eat it now |
| 2 | Nothing he did could hurt her now . |
| 3 | I think we could do it now that we know something more about space . |
| 4 | She could feel them now — dangers everywhere — gathering all around the churchyard wall , biding their time until a door should open , just a crack , and let them in . |
| 5 | I could see him now , outlined fairly clearly against the light background of the beach , as the torch-beam cleared the path and he came fast along the shore towards the boat-house . |
| 6 | If the Irish comrades could see him now ! thought Alice , watching this deft , swift , accomplished work ; and then how he , with Philip and herself , lifted the great tank , as if it weighed nothing , on to the top of the papers … |
| 7 | What would they all think if they could see her now ? |
| 8 | What would Miss Henry say if she could see her now — Miss Henry , who only an hour ago had been exhorting her to cultivate dignity and repose ! |
| 9 | She was sitting on the opposite side of the grate and Louise Carter thought fleetingly how proud Nora had always been of her daughter even when they had been dramatically at loggerheads and how pleased she would be if she could see her now , in her elegant black dress and silver jewellery . |
| 10 | He could see her now , in the room below , under the skylight , gazing up . |
| 11 | At least she 'd be half-presentable if they , whoever they were , came for her– If only Peter could see her now . |
| 12 | I could see her now that my eyes were in the shadow of a branch . |
| 13 | If Kelly could see her now she 'd throw up her hands in horror and drag her off to the nearest restaurant to order the biggest meal on the menu . |
| 14 | If only Anne could see her now , dressed as she was , knew the sort of man she was having to put up with ! |
| 15 | I could see them now , slowly advancing and snipping off , scissor-like , the vegetation . |
| 16 | What would Dana say if she could see them now ? |
| 17 | Nobody could see me now . |
| 18 | ‘ If Squit could see me now ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I wonder what Herbie would say if he could see us now , my beauty . ’ |
| 20 | " What would Mother Benedicta say if she could see us now ? " |
| 21 | If Annie or Jean could see you now , says one Kate to the other , they would n't know you . |
| 22 | ‘ Mr Miller 'd skin me alive if he could see you now , ’ she said in a pitiful voice . |
| 23 | He could see it now , tucked up in a cassette case . |
| 24 | I could see it now , like a slow motion film , Mr McNaughton peeling me off Sharon Latimer like peeling chewing gum away from a desktop … |
| 25 | If he could see it now … |
| 26 | He could see it now … the softest light in the room beneath . |
| 27 | Errant husbands and their unfaithful wives , bored concubines and their casual lovers , lecherous old men and randy widows , singsong girls and libertine young sons he could see it now , spreading like the leaves and branches of a great tree , until the tree itself rotted and fell . |
| 28 | Saturday had merely been a run-in ; she could see it now . |
| 29 | It left a mark , they could see it now , gleaming on the sand as muddy swell crawled away . |
| 30 | Nothing could touch them now . |