Example sentences of "and [pron] could [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My lips are not yet unsealed , but if these troubles were over and I could make a full case I guarantee there is not a man that would go into the lobby against us . ’ |
| 2 | I know about market gardening and I could make a go of that . |
| 3 | ‘ Our league campaign this season was over before it began and I could offer a lot of excuses but wo n't . |
| 4 | I would n't be able to live with myself for putting him through that , but then he would nicker to me and I could breath a sigh of relief . |
| 5 | ‘ But ask me the same question tomorrow and I could give a whole litany of things . |
| 6 | ‘ And I could do a cookery and household tips column , ’ piped in Ginnie . |
| 7 | Sarah 's house was at the other end of it and I could see a couple of cars parked outside what I was sure was their home . |
| 8 | Mr Parsons looked down at me at last , and I could see a different embarrassment replacing the first as he met my ironic eye . |
| 9 | All the time Lucille was talking , my mind was covering the side roads , and I could see a glimmering in the distance that might be the approach of daylight . |
| 10 | There was another door and I could see a smaller room , next to the office . |
| 11 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 12 | just gon na have to you know be stopped there anyway this young lad after the first fast bend he went to overtake and I could see a car coming the other way and he was like er running along side this pick-up but it was like he could n't drop back and he could n't make it either |
| 13 | The stars were clouded over , the gas lights were dim then grew a bit brighter , and I could hear a tinkly organ out of tune , the sound came from the direction of the Iron Pier . |
| 14 | All of the sources on the on the network look like so for instance I can do joins across two heterogeneous R D B M Ss. you can have a table with departments in , employee 's in Oracle , and salaries in D B two and I could use a single select statement and join all that information together in a single request to the Omni SQL Gateway . |
| 15 | Lots of times , and I could put a date to it … near enough anyway . |
| 16 | . And I could join a new image club if I wanted to . |
| 17 | And sh excuse me but what I do not want happening on records of achievement as regards cos we are totally honest and I could name a school not too far from us |
| 18 | The colour of the duns varies from dark to silvery pale dun , and in fact is dun rather than red which is the common recessive in the breed and which could suggest a link with Scandinavia , where dun was a common colour . |
| 19 | Mr Groenewald claims to have discovered an area — mainly in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State — where whites are a majority , and which could become an Afrikaner homeland . |
| 20 | ( 2 ) Serious litigation or disputes in which the target is involved and which could have a serious effect on the business should be considered . |
| 21 | And you could inherit a couple of million and go to Oxford . |
| 22 | ‘ And you could answer a question , too , if you will . ’ |
| 23 | And you could collect a substantial cash sum free of personal taxation under current legislation in the year 2001 . |
| 24 | And you could waste an awful lot of time on it . |
| 25 | BLINK at the wrong moment on Christmas Eve and you could miss a new world record being set . |
| 26 | All you had to do was write about it afterwards , and you could make a real fast buck . |
| 27 | Considering the amount of Pistol-packing product available ( and you could print a booklist here ) , ‘ Kiss This ’ does actually add more , if only for the sleevenotes . |
| 28 | They wo n't mind if it 's a false alarm , and you could prevent a burglary . |
| 29 | And you could put a line in |
| 30 | I mean you could go out , and you could put a little bit of money in the building society , or the bank , or you could have a gamble on the Stock Exchange , but we have two advantages . |