Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] could [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe somebody in the pentagon figured they could find out how ill he was just by listening to it . |
| 2 | Straining to listen , the boy thought he could make out the soft fall of footsteps on the snuffled ground between the trees . |
| 3 | and of course and we would have been patting ourselves on the back saying we could go in under |
| 4 | My hairdresser said He could sort out my |
| 5 | ‘ You see , Father , ’ Watkin the dung-collector explained , ‘ the silly bastard thought he could slip out , so he did , through the sacristy door . |
| 6 | Di did grandpa say he could drive back ? |
| 7 | The forecasts for the rest of the year suggest they could level out slightly higher at 5.4 p.c. with companies in the south budgeting for awards of 5.7 p.c . |