Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [conj] [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The talk drifted off into technicalities for a while , and then , those disposed of , Nagel told Herr Nordern that he could go . |
| 2 | Patrick Chauvel and I could see things were about to happen in Panama , Noriega had declared war on America , but it was Xmas and only a few of us went there . |
| 3 | She did not want any more of Scott Fitzgerald if she could help it . |
| 4 | They collected Heather 's butter from the farmhouse , and asked Mrs. Olinton if they could climb up into the loft of the old barn . |
| 5 | The signature looked like Spiggy Meu but it could have been Spiggy Lee . |
| 6 | ‘ It would be doing a very good turn for Miss Miggs if we could climb up and pick those apples that are left , ’ she suggested to Anne and Mary . |
| 7 | Would ask Shang Chen if she could work an extra hour this end of her shift and leave an hour earlier . |
| 8 | I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part . |
| 9 | While Oliver talked to Mrs Bedwin , Rose asked Mr Brownlow if she could speak to him privately . |
| 10 | precisely Mr Chairman if I could answer that the , the , the once the inspector comes back to the Fire Service and reports again and he is due back in June , we will then look at the matters he raises at that time and he will look at the progress report er what , what has happened since his last inspection and then we will have the opportunity to look at what the Inspector has , has to say after his visits , not very far away er , their Chief Officer will go on with this programme |
| 11 | As soon as I had read this , I asked Mr Edgar if I could take a message from him to his sister . |
| 12 | When the nurse came , she said crisply , ‘ Will you ask Sister Field if I could speak to her please ? |
| 13 | With the TV cameras there , Julian Wilson asked Mr Webber if I could pop her over the fence . |
| 14 | What would they say if he were to ask Sir Philip if he could marry their daughter ? |
| 15 | I do n't know , although if I were a rich rock star I 'd probably be on the phone to Mr. Manson before you could say ‘ creative accounting ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ I did think I might ask Mr Evans if they could stay on here . |
| 17 | The coroner then asked Mrs James if she could recognise the same man in court . |
| 18 | And unfortunately I 'd eaten a large quantity of this Afghani black and I was really bombed out and I slept half way through Jimi Hendrix and I could have kicked myself . |
| 19 | Dod dropped me in Hackney , two streets away from Stuart Street so I could call in the Chinese take-away on the way . |
| 20 | He did not even think about Greg Martin if he could help it . |
| 21 | Death of reformist leader Yuri Andropov before he could have an impact on Brezhnev 's system . |
| 22 | he told Doctor Lanyon that he could leave the room . |
| 23 | A group of teachers asked Hinrich Medau if he could find a use for some wooden clubs — gradually every possibility was explored , and today they are an indispensable part of the Medau movement equipment . |
| 24 | I began to talk to her , and she asked the Lady Prioress if I could become her companion . ’ |
| 25 | In view of the high cost of subscriptions , D Mann asked C Will if he could prepare a list of current subscriptions , and current exchanges , to see if the Librarian could identify journals which were no longer needed for our work programme . |
| 26 | WHEN A CLUB as great as Cardiff fall on times as hard as they are now it is easy to understand why they ask New Zealand 's John Hart if he could take over as coaching director and why they have asked Australia 's Alec Evans the same question . |
| 27 | The father was distraught ; he had appealed to the Prime Minister , had been to see the Foreign Secretary , he had been in fact everywhere , and finally asked Max Rayne whether he could come to see me . |
| 28 | Mrs Mawdsley then asked administration manager Dave McCreary if she could take two weeks ' annual leave and a week 's unpaid leave to go on holiday . |
| 29 | That does n't mean there was a pony in Wyching Wood that she could ride . |
| 30 | As the original barn was quite difficult to get to , I asked John Pennington if I could use his . |