Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I could rent a place like this next year . |
2 | ‘ I just assumed I could rent a plane and fly over . |
3 | I could substantiate the information that Mr. Docherty gave me through contact with the West Yorkshire metropolitan police . |
4 | I 've gained a great deal of experience these psst two and a half years and I think I could manage a stud farm quite easily now . |
5 | ’ I could manage an hour . ’ |
6 | I could set the man trap at dusk and let the police interview him in the morning . ’ |
7 | It meant I would n't be perceived as another girl singer — and I could set the look and feel and energy of what I was about . ’ |
8 | I could set the wine glasses also , Emil said . |
9 | He said , ‘ I could pass the money to them . |
10 | Out of the drone of insect life around us I could distinguish the sound of an aeroplane engine . |
11 | He tried how he could bear it by putting his fingers into the lighted candle , so I the other day tried if I could scour a pewter plate . |
12 | in my view thrown off without any reasonable excuse , because I felt that I could bring a lot of expertise to the health authority . |
13 | ‘ I realised I could influence the situation by saving resources and helping to keep the environment as clean as possible . ’ |
14 | ‘ You know , Sapt , ’ I said sadly , ‘ I could marry the Princess and let my people kill Duke Michael — and the King . ’ |
15 | Then I could measure the speed of the wind inside me and know where on the scale I was in general located . |
16 | With tracing paper overlays I could measure the paddle shaft angle during the stroke in each photograph ( Fig 3 ) . |
17 | I did everything I could to save the boy 's life , but to no avail . |
18 | Since John 's abduction I had kept a diary , hoping somehow that I could capture the time John was missing , to keep things from fading so that I could share them with him when he came back . |
19 | I could make no sense of it . |
20 | I could make no comment . |
21 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
22 | So I thought well perhaps I could make a basket then . |
23 | I know about market gardening and I could make a go of that . |
24 | I could make a hole in the lid and feed balls of string through . |
25 | You 're so plausible that I could make a case for you . |
26 | I could make a mistake at any time , and , if I do , we 'll all die . |
27 | ‘ Tonight I could make a strike , tonight I could be lucky . |
28 | I could make a floor plan of Father 's study , and I 'm good at listening behind doors . |
29 | So if I could make a plea to anyone who wishes to buy a pony whether from a private owner or ‘ saved ’ from the meat man , to make sure they know the commitment they are taking on . |
30 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |