Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] could [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards Jared Tunstall had said to her mama , ‘ It was a question of a little hustler meeting a big one , and if it were n't that he has hurt Sally-Anne so badly I could almost admire the swine for his gall . |
| 2 | I had often rehearsed the choice phrases which I would use on this very occasion but the sight of the animal restrained me ; if he had come to consult me professionally I could hardly start pitching into him right away . |
| 3 | Luckily I could still ride the bike . |
| 4 | In order to reassure himself , he might question the stranger about things from my own past , recalling occasions which only I could possibly remember and comparing his answers with those that I would be likely to give . |
| 5 | Anwar asked Changez and me to wash the floor of the shop , thinking that perhaps I could successfully supervise him . |
| 6 | £ Well , I think I really had better stop there , and then if you want to ask any questions erm we can go into them , but perhaps I could just mention two things that I would like to have said more about , one was , that you probably know , there were three or two major epidemics in Oxford , of what they call plague , but it was probably a form of typhus , in 1643 and 44 , and a good deal of sickness , I think , still in 1645 , and the other was that there was a very serious fire , which almost certainly arose from these kind of living conditions , because Anthony Wood says it was a soldier roasting pig , erm and I think a lot of cooking went on in very unsuitable situations . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We do n't need all that much from each club to keep us afloat but if we do n't get your help , I am very concerned that in the present recession we shall not be able to keep up our work and in conclusion Your Royal Highness perhaps I could just say that the Seamanship Foundation is very grateful to the R Y A , to the Treasurer , Chris and particularly to the Senior Managers who have done everything they can to help the foundation , thank you . |
| 9 | The other thing perhaps I could just say , chairman , is that I did meet a representative of the district auditor last week to bring you up to date on the work which the education committee was doing . |
| 10 | Perhaps I could just add something to the the the item about the data processing . |
| 11 | Perhaps I could just inject here the the one of the more recent elements of the discussion which was the er issue of er changing worker densities er to calculate land requirements . |
| 12 | And since the frozen peas and firm bandaging were applied by the fair hands of a comely maiden , I began to think that perhaps I could reasonably update my views on the ankle , Eros-wise . |
| 13 | Perhaps I could yet do better . |
| 14 | Er Chairman I 'm perhaps I could also suggest that we change the word suggested erm because that i i it , perhaps you are looking for something slightly stronger erm er so it could just say in accordance with paragraphs two four to two nine or the points made in paragraph two point |
| 15 | Perhaps I could even invent some spurious sexual peccadillo to ensure maximum coverage and boost sales . |
| 16 | And that stuff , usually , so I could just delete |
| 17 | Do n't forget So I could actually start and do the ba , bacon actually could n't I ? |
| 18 | So I could always go up there and I used there little drill for one thing and another in the first place and er built that premise for me there did and I did er |
| 19 | You can make pleas for extra schemes but if you do so I could only suggest that you also accompany it with one that you would rather er is not done , so there are actually replacements rather than additions . |
| 20 | and so I could only have marmite or fruit to eat and |
| 21 | Well I ca n't place very many , all I 've placed are the ones in the middle that I used to live in I could probably place Zambia , Malawi Zimbabwe whatever the Conga is now called , I do n't even know what that 's now called that 's about my limit , Ghana Nigeria , might be able to place if it 's geographical features I could place more how many countries have you given then in Africa ? |
| 22 | Then he smiled , and thanked her in that tearingly familiar voice , and suddenly she could hardly bear to think that she had lost him . |
| 23 | Suddenly she could almost hear her mother giggling . |
| 24 | If only she could just go home , hide away and never have to see anyone again — but she had promised to stick with Paula and there would be all kinds of awkward questions and recriminations if she arrived home alone . |
| 25 | Because as soon as it starts to die down you could probably go back on to Betnovate to keep it maintained . |
| 26 | Perhaps she could actually pick out a suitable house and rob it ? |
| 27 | And er perhaps you could briefly confirm what information he gave to you . |
| 28 | Perhaps , from those remarks , it 's hardly a question but perhaps you could just clarify |
| 29 | Craig : Perhaps you could just lose what 's left of the book , forget about it . |
| 30 | The er issue of stock lending if you heard the Maxwell pensions earlier on comment on stock lending , whether you think pension funds should do that er in the case of Maxwell as you 're probably aware a lot of the stock lending was off market rather than on the market and perhaps you could also comment on the use of independent custodians in terms of the custody of investment . |