Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [vb infin] the [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is there any hope that I could have the operation reversed ? |
| 2 | Both places had latches and as long as I got ten yards ' start on him , I could slam the door shut and slip my half clothes-peg under the latch — I always carried a half clothes-peg for the purpose — and no matter how much he blasphemed and kicked at the door he could n't get in . |
| 3 | Outside I could hear the sounds made by Miss Hinkle as she returned from lunch . |
| 4 | And how deeply she wished she could feel the confidence impressed upon her voice as she added with forced lightness , ‘ Apart from any other consideration , I still have a wet dog to find . ’ |
| 5 | The closest I came to anything clinical was watching a nurse shave the chest of a Lebanese businessman , so that she could attach the electrodes required for an ECG — I held the kidney dish into which the used razor was deposited . |
| 6 | A large colourful greetings card , propped in one corner , skewed slightly , so that , if she craned her neck slightly , she could read the message written inside . |
| 7 | There would therefore be no chance of a person claiming part of the value of their benefits , knowing that , at a later stage , he or she could have the difference made up from means-tested assistance . |
| 8 | Dusk had not yet fallen , and , looking up , she could see the budgie outlined against the sky on a high branch . |
| 9 | Through the window she could see the table set for the party . |
| 10 | Your scenario before the war then was : sanctions , leading to a position where sooner or later you could negotiate the issues involved . |
| 11 | If you prefer you could have the balloons blown through straws . |
| 12 | You could understand the connection made between hair and being manly but when you came to think of it , it was n't really true . |
| 13 | Typing in date and time formats is tedious so the next logical steps for any reader whose spreadsheet requires this primitive method of date entry ( i.e 1-2-3 Release 2. x , AsEasyAs , SuperCalc 5 and so on ) would be to write a couple of simple keystrokes macros so that you could reduce the typing required to the minimum . |
| 14 | Further to my letter of 26 July 1993 regarding the above , I would advise that due to other commitments , Miss Joyce Clifton will be unable to attend the Conference on Thursday 9 September 1993 and I would be grateful if you could cancel the booking made for her . |
| 15 | Alternatively , you could let the recording run on , picking the best point at which to end it ( and start recording the next sequence ) later . |
| 16 | Otherwise you could try the ideas suggested in Video Plans 5B and 5C . |
| 17 | ‘ We could get the tank emptied , scrubbed and refilled at Winnipeg , ’ he said . |
| 18 | We sought to find out what these were so that we could consider the points raised and respond to them . |
| 19 | At the risk of stating the obvious , we could describe the situation presented in the Renaissance love-sonnet as one in which the poet adores , often from afar , a woman who either surpasses the worth of the poet to such a degree that union with her is inconceivable , or else rejects his advances with scorn and cruelty . |
| 20 | It should be made clear that the value of this information for consumers would be chiefly as a yardstick against which they could measure the rates offered to them by lenders of the same type , or for credit of the same type . |
| 21 | Through the glass they could see the sea streaked with shades of grey . |
| 22 | Anyone facing a VAT assessment which they consider unreasonable should consider seeking professional advice they could see the assessment thrown out and recover the costs if the circumstances are right . |
| 23 | Anyone facing a VAT assessment which they consider unreasonable should consider seeking professional advice they could see the assessment thrown out and recover the costs if the circumstances are right . |
| 24 | There 's also a powerful case for having pensioner trustees that they will so there 's far less chance of erm people twisting their arm , although they could have the carrot dangled in front of them . |
| 25 | Had the Government not thought that they could get the Bill passed without the House having a serious attempt to debate or qualify it , those matters could have been discussed with experts . |
| 26 | I mean I , I enquired why it went to the District Council Environment and Planning Committee rather than the Coastal Planning Committee and the one reason I was told was speed , they could get the thing brought up there that much more quickly . |
| 27 | Mr. Marston says that the court therefore has material on which it could confirm the order made by the justices , notwithstanding the way they dealt with the matter . |
| 28 | He could jump the traffic blocked in the downpour . |
| 29 | Sure enough , at the top , when he had found his way through a screen of brambles , he could see the tumbledown shed across an expanse of gardens . |
| 30 | When he slept there , as he occasionally did in the classroom on the ground floor known for some mysterious reason as the ‘ Remove ’ , he could hear the trains run past the end of the garden and to him it was the most romantic sound in the world . |