Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tiptoed to find a sacred vessel to keep your hair in , mouth humming with its knowing:you were here , with me , loving me , kissing me , holding me and could be no closer . |
| 2 | ‘ That right is a natural punch for me and could be the best I 've ever thrown , it felt so good and I did n't get any shock at all up my arm . |
| 3 | I was up there , stood on the landing where he could n't hear me and could n't see me I was |
| 4 | Many had been decaying steadily for years : their owners had no use for them and could not imagine that anyone else would . |
| 5 | He knew nearly every one , and where his memory faltered , his sennachie behind him knew them and could prompt him . |
| 6 | His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years . |
| 7 | These people can not really be criticised for doing their best with the resources available to them and could be brought into the new developments . |
| 8 | They took the little house two doors away from Ken and Rhoda ; her own to play with , to sweep and dust and arrange as she liked , and meals for two to cook at her discretion , and her father and grandmother just down the road so she had both a respite from them and could keep an eye on them , not too close but not too far . |
| 9 | She looked in front of them and could n't see anything . |
| 10 | ‘ The bastards who planted it were hiding in the trees , so Donald did n't see them and could n't have expected what was about to happen . |
| 11 | If you failed to work your beat and the sergeant went looking for you and could n't find you , you 'd be reported and land before the chief constable . |
| 12 | Even though I 'm not one to go out , some days you wish you did n't have someone dependent on you and could just go out and about . |
| 13 | Tried to ring you but could n't get to a phone . ’ |
| 14 | They say : ‘ I 'm so sorry to disturb you but could you sign this piece of paper ? ’ |
| 15 | as if the person was alive , and wanted to speak to me but could n't . ’ |
| 16 | Two German boats away to port challenged them but could not report the intrusion as these harbour patrol boats had no wireless . |
| 17 | Eventually she found them but could n't get near — the crowds were as dense further up and , push as she might , she could not make a parting for herself . |
| 18 | Still , it was the sort of match that we 'd have only managed to draw last season , i.e. all over them but could n't put the ball in the onion net . |
| 19 | He was fourteen years old , blind and hardly able to walk , but they had grown much attached to him and could hardly endure the thought of his death . |
| 20 | In addition , his solicitors were continuing to act for him and could , if they had wished , have obtained a copy of the committal order from the court . |
| 21 | She was determined that there would be no reconciliation , and even though she had found that the sound of his voice reminded her vividly and immediately that she had loved him and could do so again she lay smiling with pleasure at the sheer satisfaction of unforgivingness . |
| 22 | She clung to him hard , she loved him and could never leave him . |
| 23 | PC Anderson , a 40-year-old officer with 20 years ' experience , warned her not to report the incident , saying he knew where to find her and could arrest her for soliciting , the court was told . |
| 24 | We met mainly at meals , which I enjoyed , not only because I liked her and could still indulge myself foolishly and talk with her about our special patient in Marcus , but also as Daisy , being so near the end of her training , had several friends amongst the staff nurses . |
| 25 | Often when Sophie admired her jewellery , as she did almost every evening , she wanted to tell her and could not . |
| 26 | I would n't mind him being Heathcliff 's son , if only he loved her and could be a good husband to her . ’ |
| 27 | Through the mists of her muddled thinking came the name which had wounded her and could now save her . |
| 28 | now I had met her and could hear of Him : |
| 29 | He was going to have to admit he loved her and could n't live without her , and that was a hard thing for a man who had always been one hundred per cent in control , and who had always been one hundred per cent independent , and one hundred per cent rational , to do . |
| 30 | Me erm me Mum and Dad split up just before did n't they and could n't afford it . |