Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] could [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What factor I mean we could become self sufficient in all our , in all our manufactured goods . |
| 2 | No , but I mean you could see play really well . |
| 3 | I mean you could use group investments , I mean what you did with the investment trusts gives him a better spread , |
| 4 | I mean I wo n't go into detail , but I mean she could do endowment , she could do it on a maximum investment plan basis , to back up her P E P , erm and save regularly through different funds . |
| 5 | I thanked my lucky stars for Twelve French Poets , the A-level syllabus , and our rectangular French teacher , who was so thorough that I found I could discuss symbolism and synaesthesia without batting an eyelid . |
| 6 | I suppose you could put correlation with quotes round it if you prefer , yeah ? |
| 7 | Back at the scene of the burglary , I can remember thinking next , ‘ Oh well , I suppose I can re-wrap some of the parcels that have just been torn open ; I suppose I could use cash instead for some of the presents that have gone ; there is some way that I can cope with this . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose I could have coffee … ’ she suggests doubtfully . |
| 9 | I bet you could smack ass harder than my old Nanny . ’ |
| 10 | I thought we could have lunch in the garden after your inspection — I 've already arranged for the fridge to be restocked — and afterwards , if you do n't fancy going to the beach , we could go out in my boat , or I 'll take you for a tour of North Zealand , through the quaint old villages with their farmhouses and gardens full of hollyhocks and the beech woods . |
| 11 | That 's when I thought you could make money out of gardening . |
| 12 | I thought you could take charge of that . ’ |
| 13 | I thought you could keep hold of that ? |
| 14 | I thought I could give dad some of these and then eat them all myself |
| 15 | I thought I could bestow beauty |
| 16 | And the bloke on the other end of the phone said , I think we could talk business . |
| 17 | Moore said : ‘ If people get into wrong positions inadvertently , there will be such a desperate desire to get out of them because they need the ball , I think it could increase violence . ’ |
| 18 | I said they could watch Star Trek at six o'clock . |
| 19 | I swear I could hear amusement in her voice . |
| 20 | ‘ I wish I could get hold of Clarissa . ’ |
| 21 | Ludens was about to pursue the matter further when Marcus said , ‘ I wish I could write poetry . ’ |
| 22 | If no one had been here for years , why did she fancy she could smell cigarette smoke ? |
| 23 | If you feel you could offer support , to a new mum , please contact on |
| 24 | So you could , you reckon you could do sort of any number of those ? |
| 25 | If you think you could get Community Charge benefit please contact this office and a form will be sent to you . |
| 26 | I 'd wager she wishes she could turn tail and run already ! ’ |
| 27 | She wished she could lay claim to a migraine but knew that Betty would not let her , that anyway even she could not be so mannerless as to absent herself from her own picnic , and that even if she did have a blinding migraine she would still have to go . |
| 28 | We , on the other hand , were at that stage of life when we felt we could find time for anything that took our fancy . |
| 29 | He 's probably the most astute politician in the Middle East , and we knew we could do business with him . |
| 30 | Personal computer makers are likely to face continued pressure to keep prices low for the foreseeable future , former Compaq Computer Corp chief Rod Canion told Reuter in an interview : ‘ Anybody that wants to be successful in the computer business better be prepared to be very aggressive and have a lot of aggressive competition — in that environment , you can predict pricing pressure is not going to ease up ; ’ Canion , now chairman of the Houston-based consulting firm Insource Management Group , says that in his time at Compaq , customers were willing to pay a little more to ensure they got quality and performance but that as the market changed , they believed they could get quality , performance and low price , and now , ‘ that will never change . ’ |