Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] could [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was also workshy , and no-one could remember when he last had a regular job , but most people could recall when he 'd last tried to touch them for the loan of a bob . |
| 2 | ‘ Yeah , but you can imagine the problems that Gus would have at that time , and I could see why he would react like that . |
| 3 | And I could understand immediately her hesitation on the phone . |
| 4 | And I could say well I , I 've never done this . |
| 5 | So it seemed to be crying out to be orchestrated , and I could hear just what it would be like in my head . |
| 6 | and I could take on anything then the next day I 'd be trying to kill myself . |
| 7 | It was only a one-sided lock , which is completely and totally different to an ordinary lock er working both sides , you see what I mean and er I er I 'd got to er make a key , number thirty-nine just like that , see but I had it and I could find out what thirty-nine was and I could make them one and send it and knowing it would fit see and er when they had different people working there , you know staff , things like that , not a lot of orders but er somebody else come . |
| 8 | But anyway it transpired that there were two groups sort of working towards the same end and nobody could work out what sort of erm role each played and it was terrible . |
| 9 | Next time , you , your daughter , your grand-daughter or just a neighbour is pregnant , you could think of the thirty-odd years that the NCT has spent safeguarding the interests of parents and babies , and you could get out your cheque book . |
| 10 | Then one could spin it round when news , travel or holiday programmes on radio and television specify certain places and you could see where they were in relation to Britain and the rest of the world . |
| 11 | There was no rain in the darkness , and she could make even its sound go away by concentrating hard for a few moments . |
| 12 | The sorceress could see into the future , and she could see how her curse might again fall on us . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Well , apart from it being in the dark , and we could see where we were going , yes , ’ he said . |
| 14 | and then finally we could finish off with Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men or whatever they want to call themselves from and they could say well we 're the guys in between we 've got clients out there but we have to deal with printers and estimators and this is what life is like for us . |
| 15 | He could remember how his father had said that he need bow his head to no man in Ireland , save the High Queen , and he could remember how he had laughed , and said to be sure he would call no man master , and certainly no woman either . |
| 16 | He gave me few specific directions , but I could pour out my hopes and fears and failures and be reassured and restored . |
| 17 | But she could sense when he was getting her ready for a match and stood like a statue , even dropping her head for him to clip her mane . |
| 18 | But he could make out her form stretching up to the light . |