Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ahm so I 'm going to see if I could set up a baby sitting circle or something like that . |
| 2 | I could pass on a message for you . ’ |
| 3 | Who did I think I was imagining glibly that I could bring up a child all by myself ? |
| 4 | I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive ! |
| 5 | He was emerging in stately fashion from Wavebreaker 's companionway and , though I could see he was tall and lanky and had a ponytail of hair , I could make out no details of his face . |
| 6 | I could make out a couple of dozen large buildings . |
| 7 | I could make out a sort of close-fitting purple cap on the back of her head . |
| 8 | I could make out the Headmaster 's fancy brick chimneys , three shaped like corkscrews , three with brick diamond patterns , also the black branches of the elm tree shining wetly in the light of a precinct lamp-post . |
| 9 | A few yards through the gloom I could make out the shape of a hedge and what appeared to be the entrance to a sunken road . |
| 10 | From the front window I saw Jo climb into the BMW and as the interior light went on , I could make out the shape of the man driving . |
| 11 | But as far as I could make out the Ambassador was away . |
| 12 | I could make out the tracery of blonde down on the edge of her cheek . |
| 13 | Most of it was double-dutch to me but I could make out the names entered in columns . |
| 14 | The windows were obscured by curtains , but if I strained my eyes I thought I could make out the shadow of a figure standing behind them , never moving . |
| 15 | I could make out the spot where my dad had stood that night . |
| 16 | The fields shone a new green in the sun , and the air which for days had been hazy had been cleaned by the rain so that I could make out the shapes of sheep grazing near the old Coal Road above Cowgill as I walked down the lane . |
| 17 | I remember that it could whack a fist-sized stone well over the creek and twenty metres or more into the undulating ground on the mainland , and once I got keyed into its natural rhythm I could send off a shot every two seconds . |
| 18 | As long as mum is alive and as long as I 'm able to look after her , there 's no way I could hold down a job . |
| 19 | Mr Cartwright told Granpa that with my head for figures I could end up an accountant or a clerk . |
| 20 | I managed to wriggle my hands out of the tape so I could pull down the gag , poke my head out of the sack and breathe more freely . |
| 21 | Sometimes I could stave off an attack by taking two every four hours . |
| 22 | I mean it stuck out like a sore thumb , I mean er by King George 's playing fields erm cos of the , they had n't the , th the , the s other story for that was as I said was we they sent er some of us to a class in Walsall for er aircraft recognition and er the days I went to this class , cos I went as er , er both for the factory and for the Home Guard , so that I could cover both the factory and when I were on duty , Home Guard and we was at a building on the corner of Corporation Street and west , and we was taking classes in there . |
| 23 | Well , the thing is what 's happening , I thought we might spend some time on if wanted , what I wanted to do was to be sure in my own mind that by the second week I could put up a master sheet with all the headings of what you were doing , that 's got ta be done . |
| 24 | I could ring up a colleague in New York . ’ |
| 25 | We 've already valued the use of free displays or whatever erm if I could point out the recommendations that the members agree in the report , the members agreed Harlow Council 's continued membership of the museums and Essex committee . |
| 26 | Supposing I could call up the eagles ? |
| 27 | I could n't wait to finish at the studio that day so I could slip down the record shop to pick up a copy , and several months later I still have n't stopped playing it . |
| 28 | I know of only one or two couples who have managed to stay together when one partner has been unfaithful and I wish I could pluck up the courage to ask them how they 've done it . |
| 29 | I mean whether I 'll ever work offshore again 's another thing , but I would like to try going offshore I mean then again I mean I reckon I could work offshore no problem at all , but whether I could sleep on the platform is a completely different matter . |
| 30 | It would keep me going for the afternoon , until I could heat up the rest of the chicken for supper . |