Example sentences of "could [vb infin] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My reprieve could make me somehow feel quite snubbed . |
| 2 | You could introduce me maybe . |
| 3 | After the vote there was no punishment they could give me anyway , because punishment involved breaking regulations of World Peace . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think anything could give me as much pleasure as watching a horse I 've bred and brought on myself performing at the top of his form . ’ |
| 5 | There are times when you could send me away and they 'd say I was certifiable . |
| 6 | ‘ You could show me somewhere . |
| 7 | Do you think you could run me home , David ? |
| 8 | Well I , I turned round and backed in so that you could see me here |
| 9 | Nobody could see me now . |
| 10 | ‘ If Squit could see me now ! ’ |
| 11 | I was even more pleased to find that all of them could see me almost immediately , and the one I chose inspected the car as soon as I arrived and had the quote dropped through my letterbox the next morning . |
| 12 | Today I 've been thinking he could keep me here for ever . |
| 13 | ‘ If you invite me nothing could keep me away . ’ |
| 14 | All my life I have seen that type of person , handsome and self-assured , who knew he could have me just by crooking a finger and beckoning me to follow . |
| 15 | Then she could take me backstage to meet her beautiful , talented , desirable sister , and who knows … ’ |
| 16 | And er he could hear me perfectly well . |
| 17 | All the magic had died from it , and it was but a husk of itself ; for all my art , it could tell me only one thing — that no one could restore it to its place except a child not yet born , and born only for that task . |
| 18 | I am about to set up a mixed fish/invertebrate tank , and I would be very grateful if you could tell me more about Kalkwasser , which fishkeepers in the USA are using to dose their marine systems . |
| 19 | But the old woman fell back and died before she could tell me more . ’ |
| 20 | You 're letting me run around like a headless fucking chicken while you 've got the one piece of information that could lead me straight to her ! ’ |
| 21 | Oh , would one come , that could prove me guilt-free ! |
| 22 | I realised Michael could save me maybe five years of work , but I figured I 'd rather go slow and steady than to go fast and have it all fall apart . |
| 23 | ‘ You could kiss me now and find out . ’ |
| 24 | And you referred to two sorts of allocations , one , those in adopted local plans and the figure was if you could remind me please . |
| 25 | Simon 's diary next week is rather full , but if you could telephone me early next week , we may be able to work out a time . |
| 26 | thought it could be so easy to put me thoughts on a piece of paper could help me so much I think that 's what I thought patterns structured |
| 27 | ‘ You could help me more , ’ she suggested . |
| 28 | You could help me now . |
| 29 | I told most of the young women on the telephone that I 'd be wearing a battered black hat , so that they could find me easily . |
| 30 | Nobody could find me now . |