Example sentences of "say [pron] could [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You say I could make a veterinary nurse — that 's as maybe , but I 'm sure I 'd never be any good as a vet . ’ |
| 2 | But I have n't got I could n't at this stage say I could do a tap next year . |
| 3 | They say you could borrow the Walkman ? |
| 4 | The leases have brewed up a storm in Darlington as landlords say they could mean the end of many traditional pubs . |
| 5 | Labour supports the ban but Conservatives and the Tobacco Advisory Council say it could have a knock-on effect on sports like motor racing and snooker , which are sponsored by tobacco companies . |
| 6 | The Labour Pary supports the ban but Conservatives and the Tobacco Advisory Council say it could have a knock-on effect on sports like motor-racing and snooker , which are sponsored by tobacco companies . |
| 7 | They say he could have a future when he 's finished his studies . " |
| 8 | No one says you could train a monkey to use it ; but ‘ you could train a very unintelligent operative ’ . |
| 9 | Guido had said she could have a day off , just to get acclimatised , but he 'd been firm that the lessons should start immediately after that . |
| 10 | And er he , of course with him being a blacksmith , he could get a job anywhere in America , he says he could leave a town tonight and land in another town , he says and he could be sure of getting a job with him being a blacksmith . |
| 11 | He says it could mean an extra 15 to 20 pence a week . |
| 12 | He says it could fill a warehouse but he 's not going to . |
| 13 | Sooty was famous for his jokes and it was said he could make a cat laugh just by looking at it . |
| 14 | Afterwards the clergyman had said he could feel the devils leaving the body of the afflicted person , like an electrical current seemingly . |
| 15 | and it was said he could sniff a copper out a mile away . |
| 16 | Mrs Beavis had said he could use the bed at nights , if he wanted , but he 'd said no , he did n't want three rooms to look after , he was n't as domesticated as that . |
| 17 | THE first split in the Government 's ranks over the ambulance workers dispute appeared last night when it was disclosed that Mr David Trippier , the Environment Minister , had written to the Health Secretary saying he could see the logic in the ambulance workers ' case . |
| 18 | I thought no way have I got in , it was too quick but she said I could start the following Monday . |
| 19 | In the meantime , I became friendly with a neighbour , Derek Mills , and his wife Val , who said I could build an aviary on their land . |
| 20 | Yeah when I get my printer mum said I could write a book . |
| 21 | Old Crumwallis said I could have a glass of sherry . |
| 22 | Dad said I could have an order ! |
| 23 | He said I could murder a roll up I said could you ? |
| 24 | You well you asked us said you could break the journey . |
| 25 | Jack said you could hide a small army in the various wardrobes around the house . |
| 26 | So , because we were in the A A he said you could have a ba , and we had to go to court , we had a summons for court , for careless driving , your dad and your dad said oh so A A said you could have barrister , or our insurers said we could have a barrister our insurers , not the one with we 're with now Norman , he was to do all the , said we could have this barrister and it was at Liverpool Crown Court and , it was n't till a , and I was alright we we just got a bit of a shock , you know , we could drive the home it was the wing and what not . |
| 27 | I asked the man who owns it and he said you could have the Headmaster 's Study . ’ |
| 28 | She said she could feel a shard of genius enter her soul with my seed ! |
| 29 | Auntie Lou said she could sew a piece of material on the bottom to lengthen the skirt but there was nothing she could do about the top and Carrie cried a little , privately , not because the dress was no use but because her mother should have guessed how much she had grown . |
| 30 | Mrs O'Hara said she could see a gunman kneeling in the hallway firing into the room , and another gunman further along the hall . |