Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] could [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So I realized I could do an act based on what it is like to be me .
2 No , oh I do n't think I could do the travelling now that I used to do , but er
3 ‘ I did n't think I could face the idea of someone else having the job , ’ she laughs , ‘ but it was also a great opportunity for me . ’
4 I really do n't think I could tolerate the loss of it all . ’
5 I do n't think i I do n't think I could wear a dress like that !
6 But did he think I could give an answer ?
7 Oh I see that , that 's how you remember , oh the other day I went to look at Asda you know , put my card in the machine and my mind just went totally blank , do you think I could remember the dam number .
8 D' you think I could use the hospital phone ?
9 I really do n't think I could support a bid for a supplementary allocation .
10 I have no objections in talking about it , but I really do n't think I could recall the events in any form of sequence with any accuracy .
11 Do you think this is a good idea and do you think I could get a reduction on my Road Tax Fund Licence as 50 per cent of my journeys are made on two wheels ?
12 ‘ Do you think I could get a job in London ?
13 Then he set Mick off into another spasm of laughter when he asked , ‘ Do you think I could get a job alongside you in the factory ? ’
14 ‘ I do n't think I could take the excitement , doctor . ’
15 Mum , do you think I could have a pen ?
16 Do you think I could have a go
17 ‘ Now do you think I could have a bed somewhere ? ’
18 ‘ Do you think I could have a cup of tea , please ? ’
19 I do , I like , do you think I could have a copy of anything you 've got to date because lying in my desk this morning is something I have to prepare a briefing note for my chairman and I was thinking about that recent one , but I could n't put my hand on it Robert , absolutely updated on exactly where we are .
20 Through one of the glass panes in Plover Hide I could see a twite : a plump little linnet-like bird , brown , streaky-breasted , with a bright yellow stubby bill .
21 ‘ I realised I could influence the situation by saving resources and helping to keep the environment as clean as possible . ’
22 W well if it wou if it would help I mean I could produce the list that we have in mind .
23 If I strained I could see the world as others did , stereoscopically , but if I relaxed binocular vision would ensue , and while one ‘ eye ’ would remain focused , the other would slide away into the clouded periphery where The Fat Controller and his machinations held sway .
24 But I have n't got I could n't at this stage say I could do a tap next year .
25 I decided to approach the Mental Health Unit and once I 'd started visiting there , I found I could work every hour of every day .
26 Eventually , I found I could hang the slide on my index finger and doodle around that way .
27 I found I could force the steering wheel a quarter of a turn and flex all sorts of things , like the casting for the gearbox mounting . ’
28 I was fully clothed , how come I could feel the warmth through my sweater ?
29 When it comes to motor sport Central South boasts the best in Britain … the world … this coming weekend could see Nigel Mansell and the Williams team from Didcot in Oxfordshire win the formula one championship … while from Banbury comes news of a revolution in rally driving which could take the Prodrive team to the top …
30 It could be the sour smell of misfortune rather than the suspicion that he does n't know what he really wants which could mock the prediction that here is the next Conservative Prime Minister but one . ’
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