Example sentences of "[pron] could call " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I looked through the viewer I had the feeling , momentarily , that it really was what I had dreamed about for so long , a sort of crystal ball in which I could call up everything I had ever known . |
| 2 | I could call it Do The Right Emo or Do The Emo Thing . |
| 3 | It would make the writing of this chapter easier if I could call a halt on this discussion of the relationship between dramatic playing and performance and change the topic . |
| 4 | Suzanne , I could call myself Suzanne : it was the name of one of the actresses Dad had brought to stay at our house for a week because there were bedbugs at her lodgings . |
| 5 | ‘ I wish I could call you ‘ Papa ’ . ’ |
| 6 | This exercise book was , along with my diary , the only thing I could call my own . |
| 7 | I now had something I could call my own : my disease , my unique neurosis , which I perceived as my thinness . |
| 8 | So , for example , if I rented a tape and I saw someone I liked , I could call the central distributor for that person 's number and then we could get together . ’ |
| 9 | Well , I know you have seen them already , but if I could call them and … ’ |
| 10 | Was there anybody I could call apart from toll-free numbers in the USA ? |
| 11 | And I could call you Meat-head and you 'd still answer . |
| 12 | Supposing I could call up the eagles ? |
| 13 | I could call Doris Arthur . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , I could call Satan up from hell , Master . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I could call into the garage for you , ’ she offered hastily , not too sure of the wisdom in allowing him to walk anywhere with her . |
| 16 | Dod dropped me in Hackney , two streets away from Stuart Street so I could call in the Chinese take-away on the way . |
| 17 | Alone in Paris , in a foreign city on the brink of winter , penniless , hungry , with not an item I could call my own except the clothes I stood up in . |
| 18 | She told me she did n't eat lunch any more as it had become a bourgeois meal , but I could call in for a cup of de-caff and con her into whatever it was I wanted . |
| 19 | It has become apparent on some of the issues , some of the comments that we made that was if I could call it the you 'll know what we 're talking about and I do n't if we are talking about the there was there was a point somewhere where talked about ing an increase or short of journey time along the ring road and this has been taken as I understand to be that we are setting out an increase of speed er traffic on the sections of road to a junction and that 's totally in force and it was either . |
| 20 | For the record — ’ he released the leg and Queenie straightened up in relief ‘ — I could call the police and have you arrested for wasting NHS resources on a hoax , but I tell you what , I 'll settle for a donation to the Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ For years I believed I did n't have even one person I could call family , ’ he said . |
| 22 | I thought I could call it erm a Spanish omelette . |
| 23 | Perhaps I could call you Sarah ? |
| 24 | Are you looking at personal and social education , if I could call it that ? |
| 25 | A Mum and Dad who 'd known vaguely for a long time that Conor liked holding parties were suddenly being told over cups of tea and Hobnobs about vast acid house raves in the middle of fields , about police chases across whole counties , about an entire organisation that Conor had run ( Conor had run an organisation ? ) , which could call a party and have 5,000 people turning up at £20 a ticket within 48 hours . |
| 26 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 27 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 28 | He was downstairs before she could call his name a second time . |
| 29 | She could call the police — call Inspector Hollis — make a fool of herself , level hysterical accusations , have a breakdown , go to bed for weeks , miss Christmas . |
| 30 | There she could call for any food or liquor she wanted , so long as she had the wherewithal to pay the inflated prices demanded by the Sponging House keeper . |