Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm masquerading , playing fashion games , ’ she whispered so they could all hear , ‘ unlike ma belle Katherine , who will never feel the need to . |
| 2 | And he got so he could gradually do without it and he never stuttered again . |
| 3 | As he staggered on he could visualise the young Julie running alongside him , red faced and tight lipped . |
| 4 | George moved so she could get out of the chair . |
| 5 | His mum , Jacqueline , of Cardigan , said : ‘ When I bent down I could see that the metal mesh had been cutting in to his scalp . ’ |
| 6 | As we moved along I could n't help feeling apprehensive as I looked for newly disturbed ground that could contain a box mine , or glancing at the trees and hedges for signs of booby-traps . |
| 7 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 8 | But I did it through the love , fo , that I had for the couple , and that because they had waited sixteen year before they eventually found out they could n't have children ! |
| 9 | Sometimes I would have a gull and a crow but , whether they were the same species or not , they quickly found out they could n't fly properly — though the twine was long enough in theory — and ended up ( after a few hilariously clumsy aerobatics ) fighting . |
| 10 | I have read of a good bishop that was to be burnt for his religion ; and he tried how he could bear it , by putting his fingers into the lighted candle : so I t' other day tried , when Rachel 's back was turned , if I could not scour a pewter plate she had begun . |
| 11 | He tried how he could bear it by putting his fingers into the lighted candle , so I the other day tried if I could scour a pewter plate . |
| 12 | As he drew closer he could see the outlines of people sitting down under the shade of a tree near the river . |
| 13 | When I got downstairs I could see the drawing-room light was on so I thought they must still be up , I 'll go and see if they want a snack . |
| 14 | ‘ If she married Mr. Gordon she 'd live at Longreen , so she could still be our Brown Owl , ’ argued Anita , ‘ but if she married somebody else and lived away she could n't go on being . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ So do I. I liked the way she muttered so you could hardly hear when she was being funny . |
| 16 | These changes may seem small on paper , but added together they could be quite fundamental ’ , added Rutherford . |
| 17 | He watched Geraci walk all the way down the corridor before going back to his office , leaving the connecting door open so that if anyone came in he could see them reflected on Pertini 's portrait . |
| 18 | He watched Geraci walk all the way down the corridor before going back to his office , leaving the connecting door open so that if anyone came in he could see them reflected in Pertinis portrait . |
| 19 | So he , when he came in he could of gone round that way and talked to you , or gone round that way and talked to Louise ? |
| 20 | ‘ If you came over I could give you all the assignments . ’ |
| 21 | Highlands and Islands Enterprise estimated yesterday it could mean £20 million a year until 1999 . |
| 22 | The hard core of helpers worked on through the week of almost continuous sunshine and good fortune , and were supported by the essential ‘ reliefs ’ who came whenever they could to sell and to carry . |
| 23 | I mean they take if you , if you filled up you could put I think it 's about twenty six gallons in that car . |
| 24 | But when she woke up she could n't tell them because they might take the meanings away . |
| 25 | As he came nearer I could see that he was wearing a velveteen suit which was full of holes and splattered with wet clay . |
| 26 | ‘ Hoskyns ’ , said one of the astringent colleagues who disapproved of him , ‘ went to Berlin and they muddled his mind and when he came back he could never get it unmuddled . ’ |
| 27 | She was still tingling with pleasure and her cheeks burned when she realised that if he came back he could just take up where he had left off and she would not do a thing to stop him . |
| 28 | And I learnt how we could organize to improve our conditions through sharing as a community . |
| 29 | When she partially woke again she could smell honeysuckle and new-mown grass in the churchyard . |
| 30 | She was intelligent , attractive , but you believed again she could be a school teacher . |