Example sentences of "[pron] could to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roche speaking at the launch of next year 's Leeds Classic , said : ‘ I did everything I could to be good again , but I had problems . |
| 2 | I then severed the last piece of shaft as close as I could to the head , and again found nothing untoward . |
| 3 | I suggested as gently as I could to Jean-Claude that he give Chaillot a ring . |
| 4 | By the way , this was the period when I could to a milk shop for a hape'orth of milk , but it 's not the halfpenny that people think now , cos the currency 's been altered quite a lot , it was very trifling , but it 's true . |
| 5 | The only way I could do this was to make myself as familiar as I could to the members of the schools . |
| 6 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 7 | Yeah but Sue got it Sue got all the tried er everything I could to , to get it to tally . |
| 8 | The Cuban revolution had provided the USSR with numerous technical facilities , especially electronic listening posts which could to some degree counteract similar American installations which had encircled the Soviet Union since 1945 . |
| 9 | When you 're feeding the baby , make sure that the teat is always full of milk , or he 'll suck in air with his feed which could to a bout of indigestion . |
| 10 | PRINCESS Diana came as close as she could to commenting on her marriage break-up yesterday when she made a public vow to continue working for her charities . |
| 11 | She , meanwhile , devoted herself to selling as many of her husband 's works as she could to various publishers , including J. A. André of Offenbach am Main , and Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig . |
| 12 | ‘ We looked round , and there was Anna , crawling as fast as she could to me . |
| 13 | Instead , she stayed near the doors , holding on as best she could to an upright rail , the bag with the dress in it clutched in her other hand . |
| 14 | Guiltily she ran down the bouncing shallow steps , jarring them as hard as she could to off-balance the last man on his feet . |
| 15 | There was no clear path , she was just winding through trees and keeping as close as she could to the direction he had shown . |
| 16 | She could to Charlie , though . |
| 17 | The Poor Law had been most effective in forcing all those who could to be self-helping . |
| 18 | Was it any part of your job to give such contraceptive advice as you could to , |
| 19 | From our union we gave of ourselves in what way we could to those who sought or needed our support . |
| 20 | On arrival at Edinburgh Airport , two Landrovers awaited us and our luggage , and we drove as fast as we could to Gleneagles , to try to be in time for the Moët et Chandon reception which is the first party of the Rolex-Jackie Stewart Challenge weekend ; this was timed for 8pm ! |
| 21 | We only brought you and the boy as swiftly as we could to Andernesse . ’ |
| 22 | I do think answer for that one er erm I 'm not aware of any paper that 's published presenting that and we came as close as we could to answering that but nobody really knows for sure . |
| 23 | ‘ We got as close as we could to the shrimping rig , then Neil Henshaw and myself climbed aboard . |
| 24 | Supply would remain in the hands of crooks who would continue to push , but with total impunity , not just to their existing customers but as hard as they could to new ones as well . |
| 25 | They kept as close as they could to the east bank of the stream and held generally towards the north . |
| 26 | The purpose was to prevent crowding of BES issues at the end of the tax year , but the ceiling limit meant that investors putting up the full 140,000 still made most of their investments as near as they could to 5th April . |
| 27 | If private capital can be attracted — and I believe it could to the right project — it seems to me entirely right that we should do what we can as Government to create the right climate for a successful link to be built . |
| 28 | It therefore did everything it could to shipwreck such a process . |
| 29 | He escaped as soon as he could to the company of her brothers . |
| 30 | He would have to wait , and until then he would keep as close as he could to the Russian . |