Example sentences of "be [pers pn] could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How steady this was to be I could not have known . |
| 2 | I mean she wo she says pardon me or excuse me , but it 's so matter of fact that I 'd be I could never burp like that if I tried , you know . |
| 3 | Who this might be he could not tell , but if it was Balliol he had donned more clothing , which seemed unlikely , in the rush . |
| 4 | Where she might be he could not imagine and the gap between them seemed perceptibly to widen as he sat waiting in his car for a doleful hour of encroaching twilight . |
| 5 | He says all the signs are it could soon be as bad as last year , which would be a great pity . |
| 6 | A self adhesive stamp is now undergoing a six month trial — and the signs are it could soon have the traditional postage stamp licked . |
| 7 | There were I could n't see none . |
| 8 | The one position I had trouble with was keeper , were I could n't find anyone as truly awful as the outfield players , so suggestions for the keeper are welcome . |
| 9 | The one position I had trouble with was keeper , were I could n't find anyone as truly awful as the outfield players , so suggestions for the keeper are welcome . |
| 10 | But what they were she could not quite put her finger on . |
| 11 | ‘ The thing about Rich , ’ she said , the face still lovely , the voice still pure , ‘ is I could n't help myself . |
| 12 | Wh what I mean to say is I could n't in advance guess which field it was that you were going to want at any particular moment . |
| 13 | But it was er you know , it was a lot of wee thriving community you know , ju just wee individual shops you know , but they were nearly all There was an awful lot of Jews that you know , that what you 'd term the Gorbels that 's I could n't get the name , the Gorbels area . |
| 14 | And here 's me with one eye and here 's I could fucking see our William , here 's me round the back then me I 'm away in here to waken up , fuck ten past seven |
| 15 | Erm is it , It 's not an atom but it 's You could n't break say a piece of uranium or into an atom , but you could break it up into an isotope . |
| 16 | They like training which they can actually apply , that has practical applications so say if you 're thinking of something like erm motivation styles or something like that , if you were gon na introduce Lounslow I du n no at the motivation there are loads of them one 's Lounslow one 's Hertzberg if you were introducing our training to a pragmatist what would be essential is you could actually show the practical application of it , if you just put forward C V and no practical application the pragmatist would say well this is all very well in theory , but how can I apply it to my job and if they ca n't they think well what 's the value of this . |
| 17 | She said to me when they find out what it is she could soon have you on your feet , but she thought it were that shadow on me lung . |
| 18 | Only thing she were n't chuffed about is she could n't cash cheque , it had to go all through bank and everything . |
| 19 | Can I remind you we will not be sitting after lunch tomorrow , but what I would hope is we could probably deal with C and E in the morning , b by one o'clock . |
| 20 | Well he 's been very remorse throughout the interview anyway he 's you know he said sorry throughout and he regrets doing it now he 's he could n't understand why he did it . |
| 21 | whether a man 's or a woman 's he could not tell , |
| 22 | If you actually put that up to near where he is it could even . |
| 23 | But I think it is it could well be counter-productive to put bans on buying tropical timber , particularly blanket bans , on the other hand , I think there 's a lot of case to be , a lot of point in asking people and pressing people to say whether the folk that the timber is coming from sustained yield forest . |
| 24 | But what date it was I could n't tell you but if you like to mind when when they first started . |
| 25 | ‘ I told myself that , but the truth was I could n't betray you . ’ |
| 26 | No , she was I could n't reach . |
| 27 | But Fred was saying , er because , erm the dreadful thing was I could n't remember his name to start with I think I could try if I knew but I could n't remember what his christian name |
| 28 | And one of the things that is happening and mortified when I first came to this company was I could n't see a straight line through . |
| 29 | He was being sick , right , and I could n't all his face was I could n't stop laughing . |
| 30 | Trouble was I could never run very quickly , and I can not imagine what I would have done if I had been chased by the bull . |