Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chairman placed a large digital clock on the conference table where everyone could see it . |
| 2 | What I needed was something like a slightly battered Ford Transit van , and I knew exactly where I could borrow one . |
| 3 | And in another light-year or two I was through the word-barrier , and the book had suddenly reached the stage — the wonderful moment to get to — where I could walk right into my imaginary country and see things that I had not consciously created , and listen to people talking and watch them moving , all apparently independent of me . |
| 4 | So it was easy , I was bathing in a calm sea where I could swim freely ; you ca n't swim freely when you get tangled up in roots . |
| 5 | ‘ Any idea where I could lay my hands on an idiot 's guide to disputes ? ’ he asked . |
| 6 | I have often wondered if Levin made a 12-string guitar and if so , where I could lay my hands on one . |
| 7 | There were times when Joanna 's somewhat footslogging performance made me long for the thoroughbred feel of Lisa , but I had an affection for Joanna and she had one advantage over Lisa — her small cuddy where I could cook and sleep , and be independent of the land . |
| 8 | At that time I believed that the United Kingdom would be facing severe economic problems in the future , and I decided that I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community , and make a contribution to the resolution of those problems . |
| 9 | ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 10 | I replied rather coldly that I had not drunk alcohol since 1939 , and that it had been my hope that we should stop somewhere where I could wash up generally , relieve myself and have a little rest . |
| 11 | I tried to find myself work ( such as washing dishes or mending clothes ) , where I could observe without being too noticeable . |
| 12 | After a while I became so deep in my cups I grew surly , said I felt unwell and trotted off to bed where I could nurse my hurt as well as conceal my bad manners . |
| 13 | I had gone , as the doctor had ordered , where I could feast my senses . |
| 14 | Here , where I could 've done better , if only I 'd understood , if only he 'd helped me ; if only this , if only that . |
| 15 | I did n't care if it was raw , if the pangs of birth were ugly ; I wanted to be somewhere I would n't be defined by what I 'd been , where I could fashion a new notion of myself and impose it on others as the truth . |
| 16 | It was my ex who got me fixed up with the job ; Dizzy owed him , and he owed me maintenance for Jed , and I wanted to get away from town and get involved in something where I could start to 69 respect myself again … everything kind of fitted into place . |
| 17 | It was a matter of discovering which day centres offered what services — where I could go , for example , to have a shower or clean my clothes , or maybe have a cheap meal . |
| 18 | It was n't like working here , where I could slip into Spanish when things got ropey , and afterwards we 'd all go to the bar and tone up the group dynamics over a few drinks . |
| 19 | Several times in the next few months I went up to the top floor again , where I could look out of the high windows in the roof to see the surrounding countryside and be alone with my thoughts . |
| 20 | I do n't suppose you 've any idea where I could find her ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I wanted him where I could keep an eye on him , ’ said Mr Malik through his hands . |
| 22 | If you could find me a garret somewhere near you , where I could live for the next three months , I could finish it , and perhaps get it Published . |
| 23 | ‘ I took her to Anglesey , ’ says Christine , ‘ where we have a house , and where I could concentrate on her completely . |
| 24 | The navigator had survived with head injuries but the third crew member was O.K. I signalled to Athens asking them to designate the nearest airfield where I could pick up Brown and White in a Maryland . |
| 25 | The next year , 1965 , he had his choice of three F1 teams competing for his services and chose BRM : as he has said , he wanted to be in a team ‘ where they would n't rush me , a team where I would n't be battling for my place every time I took the grid , a team where I could learn from a man like Graham Hill ’ . |
| 26 | I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep . |
| 27 | We had another seventy miles till London and at least another fifteen until the next junction where I could get out . |
| 28 | Also , there was a pleasant inn about a quarter of a mile away where I could get a room if the tide — in the way of tides — served at some merciless hour of the early morning . |
| 29 | Can you let me have a phone number where I could get you this evening ? " |
| 30 | Anyway the second school favoured scarlet cross-overs , the lady in charge directing me to a local wool shop where I could buy the yarn and a ( hand knitting ) pattern . |