Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] [pron] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , he told him he must live his life his own way , and advised John , when he spoke of having fallen in love with a ‘ straight ’ boy at school , to try to save his love for someone who could return it . |
| 2 | We were always looking for someone who could give us help . |
| 3 | I always regret that as a youth it never occurred to me to ask why they chose Easingwold and how they knew of a vacancy for someone who could combine the saddlery trade with being the landlord of the Jolly Farmers pub . |
| 4 | What has upset Brian is the knowledge that within hours of Joanna disappearing from the leisure centre car park eight days ago , he was being ‘ fingered ’ as someone who could have been responsible for kidnapping her . |
| 5 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 6 | We 're always looking out for somebody who could cause er problems in Wolverhampton and problems generally . |
| 7 | May I , once again , ask anyone who knows of someone who could benefit from a grant to please let us know . |
| 8 | Elizabeth took no part in this discussion and Lydia wondered whether it was her imagination or whether Elizabeth had the air of someone who could say a great deal if she chose . |
| 9 | POLICE were reconstructing yesterday the movements of the couple murdered in a ‘ lovers ’ lane ’ in Epping Forest , Essex , in the hope of jogging the memory of someone who could help find the killer . |
| 10 | Incidentally , mooning is n't one of my habits but for another canoeist to refer to the ‘ dork2 who owns a red Escort van is a rather nebulous description of someone who could fall into that category simply because he owns a red van and whose hobby happens to be canoeing — it makes one feel guilty without trial . |
| 11 | ‘ It is just impossible to understand the sick , perverted mentality of someone who could stab horses in this way , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ Now you think of someone you could marry , miss , ’ said Liddy , ‘ then read aloud the words on that page , and if the Bible moves , perhaps you 'll marry him . ’ |
| 13 | His explanation is simple : ‘ Of course , I could have done better , but I enjoy the friendship of running and would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race ’ |
| 15 | As yet , I know of nobody who could beat me . ’ |
| 16 | As yet , I know of nobody who could beat me ’ |
| 17 | There were three attics and through the open door of one he could see Fox sorting the contents of a huge cabin-trunk while his assistant was foraging in a cupboard beside the chimney breast . |
| 18 | So he would use the charm and the lies on the old lady in her grief , and cheat her out of everything he could get . |
| 19 | If either one of us wanted to sleep with other people then that should be OK and it was a question of something we could work out and that would not necessarily break the relationship even if in fact it actually did . |
| 20 | He noted that the Canberra meeting ‘ is the start of something which could grow into a very significant development not only for the region but for the global economy . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I was going to say that I do n't know of anybody who could have killed my uncle . ’ |
| 22 | So in a group you do n't need one of everybody you could have just half of these but everybody could fall in maybe two roles within that group . |
| 23 | I have a fitting on Sunday for the ‘ New Faces ’ final — one gown with three jackets to ring the changes over the ninety minutes of live T.V. It 's imperative that I do the show as I ca n't think of anyone who could step into the breach should I become ill . |
| 24 | At the time I was involved in various things at Philips Records and I asked someone if they knew of anyone who could get David out of his contract , and was told that he knew a man called Tony DeFries who was actually not allowed to practise at the bar — he was a consultant , a trouble-shooter , divorce cases . |
| 25 | One would n't normally suspect the credentials of anyone who could afford to stay at such a place . |
| 26 | Some sort of private grudge would seem to have been responsible ; Do you know of anyone who could have wished him harm ? |
| 27 | He began by giving official passports to Jews who could claim some vague connection with Sweden , and ended by thrusting , in defiance of the Gestapo , cyclostyled papers bearing his signature into the hands of anyone he could reach , in the cattle trucks in railway sidings or along the road as the tragic columns struggled by . |
| 28 | • If you do n't know of anyone you could share a job with , try approaching employment agencies who might be able to match you up with someone . |
| 29 | Russian designers have certainly taken advantage of anything they could learn from the West . |
| 30 | It was disappointingly empty of anything I could comprehend ; mainly there was local news , with a great deal of editorializing about the German Constitution . |