Example sentences of "could just [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feeling quite ill and willing himself not to look down , he stretched up and found that he could just reach the circular window . |
| 2 | Why should I put myself to a lot of trouble and difficulty when — perhaps — you could just give the terrorists what they ask and save all the bother ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Sometimes when I take him to the local toddler group and watch him playing with the other children , I think it would be great if he could just feel the sand in the sandpit between his toes and know what it 's like to get his hands all messed up with play dough or paint — the things other children take for granted . ’ |
| 4 | Still , I suppose you could just tell the police and — ’ |
| 5 | Now if they could just do the same to the beers themselves , and improve the taste , more people might be inclined to drink them . |
| 6 | It 's just that two people asked if we could just print the form relating to what is in the master job file and it on the same colour paper or card as the erm , job files . |
| 7 | Well after a while the bricks got hot enough that you could just adjust the valve to where the stove would get almost cherry red and it was a very nice fire . |
| 8 | I wonder if you could just explain the consistent parts of that figure ? |
| 9 | Although an opinion poll last week suggested they could just secure the required number of seats , the tide is expected to turn against them in the course of a three-week campaign . |
| 10 | Erm , if I could just bring the committee up to date on one or two things that have happened in relation to the district auditor 's report . |
| 11 | so , sh oh she said you , oh first of all she said you can go and get the key , so I said oh no I 'm not bothered about the key I said if you could just leave the side gate open , so erm |
| 12 | It tells us that if we could just advance the intimacy of our relationship to the next step we would be satisfied to hold at that level until the wedding . |
| 13 | Do you think you could just open the door for me please ! |
| 14 | I wonder if we could just consider the question of what is meant by the term general location . |
| 15 | ‘ Socialistic ’ rather than socialist , he tells himself he would belong to a political party if he could just find the right one to join . |
| 16 | Peering into the night we could just discern the gaping portals of tombs in the rock faces . |
| 17 | The fabric was so delicate that if she wore it without a brassiere you could just see the outline of her nipples . |
| 18 | ‘ If I could just see the Master I could explain to him . |
| 19 | Between the block and the house you could just see the walls of the walled garden , flint-built , crossed and coped with brick-work . |
| 20 | He could just see the top of his mother 's head , right at the front … |
| 21 | Beyond the wild-tangle of flowers I could just see the upper storey of the house , grey stone with tall sashed windows and a roof of grey slate with its unsmoking chimney stacks . |
| 22 | We could just see the hazy point where , in that August of 1883 , the Dutch administrator of south Sumatra and his family had observed the tidal wave rise inexorably 150 feet right up to the veranda of his residence , pause , and withdraw again , taking some of his flowerpots , half the hillside , and the entire town with its population of some 800 people . |
| 23 | From the window of the dining-room Conradin could just see the door of the shed . |
| 24 | Except that the mattress had smelt musty , and that as they lay in bed through those long cold mornings they could just see the spire of the Congregational church through the window . |
| 25 | Behind them , he could just see the small wooden houses and the deep green leaves of the coconut trees , which were moving lazily in the soft afternoon wind . |
| 26 | She was mostly turned away from him ; he could just see the curve of her cheek , the line of her nose , and as he watched she put her head down very slightly . |
| 27 | The tide was already on the turn , you could just see the stone margin of the path they had walked . |
| 28 | They could just see the Maggon Mountains to the West . |
| 29 | She could just see the mute grey head from the deckchair under the tree . |
| 30 | She could just see the raised eyebrows , the exchange of bemused glances , and the shrugs which said , So what ? before they politely but firmly showed her the door . |