Example sentences of "could [adv] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aisha 's insistent words in the grain store , as she shook her gold earrings and the bangles on her wrist , urging me to stay at home , but I could only gaze at her shoes and marvel at how exactly they matched her handbag . |
| 2 | ‘ Why — is he going away quite soon ? ’ asked Felicity in dismay , and Breeze could only gaze at her in astonishment . |
| 3 | Since it was Dane 's name on the hoardings which had sold out the theatre on opening night and for several weeks to come , Josh 's kindness brought a painful lump to her throat , and she could only gaze at him in mute gratitude . |
| 4 | Startled , Theda could only gaze at him . |
| 5 | For a second she could only gaze at him , completely at a loss . |
| 6 | The outsiders either would not or could not resort to those tactics which were thought to have assisted the establishment of the three large criminal practices characterised by an ‘ outside ’ solicitor as ‘ The Barons ’ ( Thomas and Mungham 1976 ; Smith and Thomas 1978 ) . |
| 7 | It seemed to me that you could not edge in a word ! ’ retorted Theda . |
| 8 | But Selznick knew that he could not hand over the selection process to assistants . |
| 9 | Solicitors may set up a corporate practice to practice solely outside England and Wales provided that ( a ) this is permitted by local law , ( b ) all the directors and shareholders are solicitors , lawyers of another jurisdiction or members of the Bar of England and Wales acting in accordance with the Overseas Practice Rules of the Bar and ( c ) the practice complies with the Overseas Practice Rules ; but such a company could not practice in England and Wales . |
| 10 | McAllister made up her mind ; if Eddie could not cycle to the Buildings then why should not she ? |
| 11 | If I just knew where he was prepared to stand and then could just sort of do the things round about . |
| 12 | I mean if you were being really dangerous and you wanted to die soon you could just sort of get a piece of bare wire and |
| 13 | You could just sort of tuck it in here under her waistband . |
| 14 | If he hurried he could easily cycle to the barrow , make a thorough search , and be back in his bed before the household started to stir at 7 . |
| 15 | Do you have any recollections of any particular disputes and maybe an answer that you could possibly sort of , make a few comments on whether you felt the the procedures were worked out so finely that they in fact prevented disputes because they were so long and drawn out perhaps or er it took the fire out of disputes if you like ? |
| 16 | Those who thought it would fall to pieces within 5000 miles were confounded , even if those who hoped it would sail the test with BMW-like dependability could hardly crow about its reliability record . |
| 17 | I often think I wish you know we could capture some of those again I think it would jolly well I , I , I wish government could , could really sort of kn know what it was like . |
| 18 | I found that I could say things with colour and shapes that I could n't day in any other way — things that I had no words for . |
| 19 | understand the meaning behind the sentence but you could n't word for word . |
| 20 | There was four routes there now and we had as many as ten buses operating those four , so it meant they were left , you could n't sort of segregate them . |
| 21 | So that meant that he was he could n't sort of do a heavy heavy work so he just used to do odd job things you know , he 'd sell horse and carts and er he 'd go down to the pier when he used to do the fishing boats , he used to come in and he 'd buy a box of fish from them and go round the streets selling them you know . |
| 22 | you know was that they 'd got results which they could n't sort of like apply |
| 23 | books , and you could n't sort of swop the |
| 24 | Yes , I just wondered if they could n't sort of do a , a deal , you know to get them by air , the only thing about it is if they got to sort of |
| 25 | Yeah you could n't sort of get at any where near him to start with . |
| 26 | and she er she could n't sort of feel guilty about it |
| 27 | The thing is , you ca n't really , you could n't sort of see this jagged mess . |
| 28 | I could n't caddie for him because I was with the central-heating men . |
| 29 | The result on March 14 could well hinge on the boots of Stabler and his Newcastle rival David Johnson , whose 28 points on Saturday maintained his position as the country 's leading points scorer . |
| 30 | and I felt quite happy especially with a bow tie on , you know , it had been , it had gone you know and in a way we sort of could almost sort of |