Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] could [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always been a worker yet there is a part of me that feels I could end up like that , too . |
| 2 | Trade unionists increasingly saw underconsumption as the cause of stagnant trade , for , as the manifesto of the woollen textile workers stated on the eve of the 1925 textile lock-out : ‘ There is no greater fallacy today than to think we could get back to prosperity by reducing wages . ’ |
| 3 | From the king 's standpoint , the vital consequence was that in each county he had a loyal cadre of men whose services and renders he could call on directly when he chose . |
| 4 | ‘ When he first told me , I tried to understand him and agreed he could dress up once a week at home . |
| 5 | Leith snapped angrily — and realised she could go on in the same vein until she was blue in the face and it still would n't dent him . |
| 6 | Footwork and willpower you could run out of Especially if you 're using . |
| 7 | Olga Stych was immediately biting about men who dressed up in aprons and fancy hats , and thought they could cook over a smelly barbecue . |
| 8 | He was a very nice man and said we could come in for a chat . |
| 9 | She told them that she had ‘ done ’ the house for the past five years , and hoped she could go on doing it . |