Example sentences of "[pron] could [adv] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could easily write paragraphs in tender praise of that young girl 's pouting lower lip , but the end result would be to make her appear ludicrously deformed . |
| 2 | ca just can play that , I could n't do recorders that well ? |
| 3 | I had already got some friends who came from my primary school but I realized that I could n't stay friends forever with them . |
| 4 | I could n't make friends so I went around by myself , did things by myself . |
| 5 | Then school started and I could n't wear pyamas to school so I wore my trousers and tops … when they saw them they ( the other wives ) said ‘ Oh ! that wo n't do ! |
| 6 | Obviously I could n't wear tops that were short which would show where the belt was , so that summer was terrible . |
| 7 | ‘ I wanted to know why I could n't have children and what was wrong with me , rather than talk to other people who could n't . ’ |
| 8 | And every time I told him I could n't hear voices , you should have seen the look of disappointment that came into his face . |
| 9 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 10 | The reason I started writing tunes was because I could n't find tunes that set up the kind of guitar playing I wanted to do as an improviser . |
| 11 | ' I could dance but I could n't turn corners . |
| 12 | I could not swallow pills until I realised that it was a psychological problem ( ’ Sticky pills ’ ) Monitor , 13 January , p 88 ) . |
| 13 | They said outright what I could not find words for . |
| 14 | At first I thought I could not have children because of my age . |
| 15 | Although there were four possible exits from the balcony , and three different walkways for my pursuer to choose from , I could not take chances . |
| 16 | Perhaps I could just advise members , Chairman , that erm , that the timescale for that would be fairly tight , erm , and my recollection is that when we er , we went out to consultation previously in the sphere of learning disability on an issue that I well you should know , erm , I think there were some thirteen plus consultation meetings required in , in order to , erm , to get a fair spread of , of , of opinion . |
| 17 | I could perhaps mention titles only : technology , choice of technology and the link with the again the unemployment problem ; fields like rural development planning and erm the associated questions of rural industrialization of the balance between town and country , of migration from the country to the town and it 's implications for both country and town . |
| 18 | She emphasised that I could only share rooms with someone Tata would have considered ‘ acceptable ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Two nights ago my telephone rang , but very softly , and I could only hear whispers . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ Having become heartily sick of my private life myself , I could hardly expect others to take a more charitable view . ’ |
| 21 | As I was unable to see how I could realistically expect students to take responsibility for classes after only six weeks in the School of Education , I decided ( after much self doubt ) to put the students on their first teaching practice in the fourth and fifth years of schools offering our joint GCE O Level/CSE French for Communication syllabus where they would be expected to work with the teachers in a variety of roles . |
| 22 | ‘ If only she 'd clear off into the dower house , ’ she told herself , ‘ I could really improve things here . ’ |
| 23 | My best feature was my big , black eyes ; I could really melt hearts . |
| 24 | Not loving myself I could never love others . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got a tiny head and I could never find hats to fit . |
| 26 | When I went to Roundhay first I could still see fairies . |
| 27 | ‘ We have n't got that far , ’ smiled Phil , ‘ but I do n't think I could ever leave Tullivers . |
| 28 | I could almost hear voices . |
| 29 | When the Mirror confronted him over the damning documents , he said : ‘ Somebody could easily falsify records . ’ |
| 30 | Such assessments have to contend with other factors which could potentially produce misclassifications , such as inconsistency of teacher judgement . |