Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] could [vb infin] another [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or you could stay another year at school or college and re-take the subjects you failed . |
| 2 | Before I left , I expressed the hope that he could pay another visit to Oxford , though this time a purely private one , and I see that I wrote to him repeating this towards the end of term — the final term — because on 17 June he replied to my home address : |
| 3 | Ron asked for secrecy so that he could sign another driver without its being known that he was truly needy . |
| 4 | Well at about er when I was about eighteen , I erm I decided I 'd had enough of this er this business of three days on the three days on , and three off , in the winter , and it was about October time and I could see another winter of it . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps you could let me have your number and then I 'll give you a call when Mr Steen is back in town and we could fix another appointment . ’ |
| 6 | But if they were short , they would keep you on until they could get another man from a different station , so that you might only have two hours off . |
| 7 | Before she could make another move , his mouth covered hers and he gathered her so tightly to him that making any move was impossible . |
| 8 | The amber eyes looked deeply into hers and she was drowning , out of her emotional depth , before she could draw another breath . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps I may be permitted to take you , ’ Lubor jumped in before she could draw another breath . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're sure of that , are you ? ’ he slammed into her before she could draw another breath . |
| 11 | She could not but be gratified and relieved at the possibility of a small sum to see her through the likely lean period before she could get another post . |
| 12 | ‘ You are my woman , ’ he growled , and before she could say another word , he kissed her . |
| 13 | But the battalion did n't give him that many evenings off during the week , and if she did n't see him when he was free it often turned out to be several days before they could spend another evening together . |
| 14 | She had rung off before he could say another word . |