Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I could make ginger snaps . |
| 2 | When I know I could make valuable contributions to the business … ’ |
| 3 | It meant that , by carefully counting and scoring different animal actions in given time periods , I could make complicated analyses that helped to unravel the intricate behaviour patterns that existed in so many species . |
| 4 | And how it fits into your life , I have the feeling that er if I could fix it so that I could do it sort of in the house , by the way , I could , I could do certain things and I could stick to them , and I would see that I 'd do them . |
| 5 | I would n't mind doing that , if there was , if I could do secondary teaching . |
| 6 | Even as Rachel flitted before us down passageways and galleries , I could feel other presences , as if ghosts hiding in the shadows watched her pass then trailed behind us , looking for some weakness they could exploit . |
| 7 | Inside the churches I could feel intense devoutness , and recalled the ejaculations shouted after La Macarena in Seville , so truly reverent yet passionate , reminiscent of medieval mystery plays ' earthy realism and at the same time resembling the way men call after girls in the street . |
| 8 | ‘ If you like , Scott , I could suggest quarterly accounts , although that 's an expensive business . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I could eat old Hagen 's hoss wi' two pennorth o' chips , ’ said Bob as we went our merry ways . |
| 10 | I could meet English boys at home . " |
| 11 | Big hat I could wear big hats . |
| 12 | I had thought I could have complete trust in you to get your charge safely home . |
| 13 | ‘ I could have married cousin Freddy 's best friend Gerald , ’ she said . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I nivver said I could read Indian signs , but them 's some make of jeep thing . |
| 15 | Okay if I could say good evening and welcome to the theatre this evening the reason the meeting has been convened this evening quite clearly is part of the process and art structure for Harlow having undertaken by the Council , the Playhouse is keen as it says quite clearly on the leaflet is to get the publics view on how best to plan this programme and it 's , and facilities for the future . |
| 16 | I could find genuine analogies between the [ Peruvian ] Indian and what I imagined the Russian muzhik to be ’ ( Ravines : 1951 , p. 13 ) . |
| 17 | I could hear vague noises for a bit , but even straining I could n't make out what they were , and they could have been just noises on the line . |
| 18 | After a time I could hear distant shouts . |
| 19 | I could hear foreign voices raised in the kitchen and stopped listening to my companions . |
| 20 | As soon as I entered the room I could hear little pockets of chatter coming from various parts of the audience . |
| 21 | I could hear Kaptan whimper as he pushed the dead woodchuck frantically from him . |
| 22 | I could hear impatient noises , but I was n't really paying close attention . ’ |
| 23 | It 's about er ten years ago nearly that I er stopped being a teacher and when I was a teacher er up having to do assemblies er it was always something that I did with great reluctance and er was er pleased if I could get other people to do it er it seems rather odd then er that I 've actually said yes coming to do er an assembly here today and it 's perhaps a sign of mental instability on my part . |
| 24 | I could get fresh fish from the quay if I hurried . |
| 25 | Hall , annoyed at being seeded No.2 to Baddeley even though he is the present No.1 , refused to labour the point : ‘ I wanted to prove to everyone that I could play good badminton , not to show the seeding committee to be at fault , ’ he said . |
| 26 | The ‘ official ’ operating system could read nothing , but ‘ unofficially ’ I could play genetic engineer and examine all the text on the disc . |
| 27 | I could resume light training but I must undergo further tests . |
| 28 | I could understand other people 's language but not my own . |
| 29 | I could describe crowded bank holidays with troops of walkers on the high tops of Scotland and the ugliness of the skilifts . |
| 30 | But when having finished I switched it off again , I could see early daylight at the edges of the curtains . |