Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] could [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parents were glad of a helping hand so them could have some time to themselves . |
| 2 | So I was looking at the slide sitting on the strings , and looking at the major third on the fretboard , and then I said , ‘ If only I could get this note here . ’ |
| 3 | If only I could get some relief from this headache … ’ |
| 4 | Erm perhaps I could answer that Chairman by saying that the policy I 've suggested from the Humberside structure plan would er would I think cover that er problem in that it starts off by saying , Proposals for industry and commerce that are not in accordance with the relevant policies of this plan will not normally be permitted . |
| 5 | Chairman while though it 's being recorded perhaps I could take this opportunity to add mine . |
| 6 | If I allow other hon. Members to contribute , perhaps I could have five minutes or so , along with Opposition spokesmen , to make my wind-up speech and give a total justification of what the Government are doing . |
| 7 | By constructing her life the way she did , she evaded many of the usual controls and sanctions that governed the lives of women , her obedience was given directly to God , and her claim was that only she could interpret that obedience . |
| 8 | If only she could shut these eyes and open them on the past and try again . |
| 9 | Perhaps you could glue some nylon padding or stuffed hessian down the sides and at the lintel . |
| 10 | Perhaps you could shed some light on that , Mrs Atkins … ? ’ |
| 11 | How the Other Half Lives A divorced woman rings her ex-spouse : Perhaps you could spare some time to see the children on Saturday … |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps you could start this evening , ’ she offered . |
| 13 | In the event you lack this parental model , perhaps you could use another marriage relationship which influenced you — a relative or close family relationship . |
| 14 | ‘ Adam , if you 'd be good enough to finish what you 're doing , perhaps you could take this weapon from me , since I 'm sure you 're more accustomed to guns than I am . ’ |
| 15 | Perhaps you could have two pieces of broken gramophone record with you as a prop to start the extract . |
| 16 | of the client to lead you on to perhaps you could introduce more elements into your actual |
| 17 | Should you wish an introduction , perhaps you could contact next week . |
| 18 | Had n't she pretended , deliberately , to be younger than she was so she could do these things under the guise of innocence ? |
| 19 | So you could watch French television or German television ? |
| 20 | so you could compare different ones and things like that |
| 21 | So you could use different characters of the file name to mean different things . |
| 22 | So you could put some money into er an offshore fund . |
| 23 | From inside she could hear raised voices and a shrill cry , as if someone were in pain . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps we could talk some time ? … |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps we could get some ivy to go with the holly , ’ suggested Mary . |
| 26 | ‘ I think perhaps we could have this curtain permanently drawn . ’ |
| 27 | If only we could have real country feasts set out like this one : |
| 28 | Right that 's for measuring angles so we could measure these angles before we s before we start on the money |
| 29 | Okay so we could make one lot of twelve we could make two lots of six . |
| 30 | Two sets of twelve so we could say two times it or we could add twelve to twelve . |