Example sentences of "and [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | As they sat in the kitchen , Jonadab glanced across at George and remarked , ‘ While we 're a bit slack afore haytime starts , Aah thought as 'ow thoo and me could deliver them two pairs of shires ti Stephen 's . ’ |
2 | As it was he was still asleep upstairs and never saw his dad bury him … and I could bawl unseen to my heart 's content . |
3 | ‘ But I 'm not sure what time he 'll get here and I do n't think Alf and I could manage this lot on our own . ’ |
4 | Helmut was going to transfer so much a month into a bank account for me and I could draw it out at an office in the Champs-Elysées . |
5 | I was n't hot inside and I could move again . |
6 | But I was trembling so badly that it shook the knife out of my skin , and I could move again . |
7 | Then she was blowing up like a bubble herself and getting fatter and fatter and more and more bulbous till she filled the whole sky and I knew that if she burst the explosion would drown me in mud too , and I could smell the slurry in my nostrils already and it was getting up my nose and I could n't breathe and … |
8 | I heard small noises from the cottage below my window , and I could smell cooking . |
9 | Then my sense of smell came into play and I could smell motor oil and if I concentrated , I could feel the cloth wrapped tightly around my head . |
10 | Well I put this on yesterday and I could smell it ! |
11 | In May 1983 the head first introduced the appraisal at a meeting of senior staff and I attended this meeting so that the research project could be explained and I could answer any questions staff might have . |
12 | Frank 's departure was a relief in many ways : for the first time in two years someone from our group had gone home ; Frank would now be free from fear while Brian and I could carry on together . |
13 | And I knew what it was like to be tired and weary , but I knew that if I trusted in God and spent time with him then he would renew my strength and I could carry on . |
14 | He was a hard worker , and you had to set these pens every time for the sheep you see , well he could carry three hurdles on his back , and I could , five , that 's right five , and I could carry three , he carried five . |
15 | All seems to me and I could quote other other references from P P Gs as well to support the point , seems to me that the thrust of government guidance is balance . |
16 | And I could sense this feminine quality in you . |
17 | They remained as they were ; in some fashion they were communing , and I could sense from my vantage point the necessity that linked them . |
18 | You love it here , and I could make it possible for you to remain here . |
19 | ‘ My lips are not yet unsealed , but if these troubles were over and I could make a full case I guarantee there is not a man that would go into the lobby against us . ’ |
20 | After a couple of hundred yards the jungle thinned , and I could make out the towering white cliffs of the apartments building . |
21 | It was only a one-sided lock , which is completely and totally different to an ordinary lock er working both sides , you see what I mean and er I er I 'd got to er make a key , number thirty-nine just like that , see but I had it and I could find out what thirty-nine was and I could make them one and send it and knowing it would fit see and er when they had different people working there , you know staff , things like that , not a lot of orders but er somebody else come . |
22 | I repeat what I have always said : 175 is the best estimate that the senior chief inspector and I could make of the number required after the transitional period to carry out the duties that I have described . |
23 | My figures were the best estimates that the senior chief inspector and I could make of the numbers required to carry out the policy that I have laid before the House . |
24 | ‘ maybe you and I could make it a bit bigger though . ’ |
25 | I know about market gardening and I could make a go of that . |
26 | " I ca n't think what pearl you and I could make , " Sara said , " unless it were Moorlake . " |
27 | ‘ Together you and I could generate the power of aquavit , I believe . |
28 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
29 | ‘ Our league campaign this season was over before it began and I could offer a lot of excuses but wo n't . |
30 | WHEN CHARLES WEBB 'S novel The Graduate was first published in 1963 , Lawrence Turman , a 37-year-old independent producer with a couple of films to his name — The Young Doctors and I Could Go On Singing — read it , liked it and managed to acquire the rights in 1964 for $20,000 from the ingenuous author . |