Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shouted things they could not understand before lying face down covering up the words : |
| 2 | ‘ Oh yes — I told Alison I could n't come , I had to be with Marcus . ’ |
| 3 | I told Dana I could no longer bear the atmosphere of the city , the right-wing bullies , the Falangists , the deadening work of teaching mostly bored and resentful students . |
| 4 | I told Malpass he could find me at Stuart Street and , for a couple of streets , I did head that way . |
| 5 | The day I left school I told Granpa he could lie in while I went off to Covent Garden to fill up the barrow , but he would n't hear of it . |
| 6 | Originally , the kitchen was dark and narrow , but the architect who helped with the structural changes suggested that if the living room and the kitchen swapped places they could have a large kitchen with French windows opening on to the garden . |
| 7 | A hotel insider told the Sun , ‘ Mr Blower just wanted a quiet family party and when he told McAvennie he could n't get in there was a lot of pushing and shoving . ’ |
| 8 | INVERLEITH , who are currently fighting to avoid relegation from the Torrie Stockbrokers National Men 's Hockey League , yesterday received news they could well have done without . |
| 9 | I frowned and told Bob he could start closing up . |
| 10 | Harris allegedly became besotted shortly after they met and told friends he could not live without her . |
| 11 | And , because Elise hardly ever came the heavy older sister , Leonora , with infinite regret , told Guy she could n't go . |
| 12 | But as the months became years she could no longer hide her feelings . |
| 13 | Robyn swallowed and blushed and thanked God he could n't read her mind . |
| 14 | Thanked God I could see all my friends , relatives , all the old ladies , Joan and the kids in my daydreams . |
| 15 | The consequence of this damage was , on this theory , that when the patient heard speech he could understand it but could not transmit what he had heard to the brain region for speech production , and so could not repeat it . |
| 16 | Well it does really , I mean if we , it 's a question of whether the budget will stand the staff , is n't it , it 's not whether we , er I mean in terms of of redundancies it 's whether we cou , if we appointed people we could afford to keep them on , whether or not there was work , I mean we could have create work in some senses . |
| 17 | The client lost money he could not afford . |
| 18 | Until she met Rainald she could not think of a future , with or without fitzAlan . |
| 19 | Christ , if they took speed they could be high six hours . |
| 20 | ‘ Once the Ukraine demanded independence he could drop out of sight . |
| 21 | Police believe its all the work of just one gang who took everythin they could carry . |
| 22 | When we reached Dunkil we could have done two things , we could have said to the Bible class , We had a marvellous journey up and told them all about the glory of God as we saw him in the mountains , or we could have said , We almost had an accident on our way up here . |
| 23 | So , for example , if we took diphtheria we could say that the toxin was by far the most important and weighty factor , and that if we knock the toxin out then the disease ca n't occur . |
| 24 | By the time I reached Tintern I could go in straight lines easily and had a right wrist the size of a tennis ball that was painful to touch and crackled ominously when I flexed it . |
| 25 | I 've got all the countries blanks might not oh I might not even have the countries on but if you had blanks you could put countries in , that 'll be easier than |
| 26 | At least in London , Manchester , Birmingham , Glasgow or Edinburgh , he had contacts he could exploit , although , he reflected ruefully , his contacts in London had n't borne much fruit . |
| 27 | Okay that 's a good guess or as you said Kelly you could just use your , your fraction here as and mark it off cos you know that 's a third or you could measure the angle on the fraction and see what it comes to oh yes |
| 28 | The helmets and the shields were the same : they had designs you could hardly forget if you wanted to . |
| 29 | We ca n't implement it unilaterally , but if we had reciprocation it could be negotiated upon . ’ |
| 30 | We ca n't implement it unilaterally , but if we had reciprocation it could be negotiated upon . ’ |