Example sentences of "could [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I could 'ear everyfing they was sayin' . |
2 | because if you could eat smoke you might think |
3 | Then she said , ‘ Well you could 've asked her . ’ |
4 | ‘ He 's your picture , Jake , ’ she used to say over the laddie 's cot , laughing like a witch ; and I could 've killed her for it . ’ |
5 | I did n't blame her , I told you I did n't , but when she told me I could 've killed her … |
6 | That 's so awful she could 've killed you . |
7 | She could 've killed you . |
8 | Mentioned the D S S and I think you could 've disturbed him more , do you really want to go down there and be means tested and , and er that 'd be a , a possibility er to disturb him a wee bit more . |
9 | I could 've throttled them after dinner . |
10 | I mean in , in , in retrospect they probably could 've achieved it because they , they got the military er they , they , they did get the military security and you probably could 've afforded actually to , to mobilize the peasants through land reform . |
11 | If we had n't got you up here pretty quick you could 've lost it , you know . ’ |
12 | We could 've done it really , but it kept him in with the people like and er . |
13 | So anybody could 've done it ? ’ |
14 | when you said they could 've done it |
15 | And they want to come and see the factory , they want to go to yeah , it fell down cos Richard was too busy at the end of last year , fine get that sorted and i Sally was dropped in the crap by right at the end of last year , came on five sets of bearings , I could 've done 'em in two weeks . |
16 | You could 've made it work if the peasants if the peasants were revolutionary , if the peasants had changed their value system and were n't and that there were very few who were still working within the economy . |
17 | Could 've showed you that could n't I ? |
18 | I wish you could 've seen them , ’ said the housekeeper , her arms akimbo , her plump face flushed with indignation . |
19 | So I did it anyway cos later on you would have said well you could 've taped me if you want like you always do so I did it anyway . |
20 | She says no you ca n't , I might do and then when she 's ready to go out she 'll say you could 've taped it . |
21 | I mean they could 've given them a wee , a wee two bedroom around our w our way rightly . |
22 | Well not , somebody else could 've ate it , there was a piece in the fridge for three days . |
23 | Do n't suppose he had the strength left in that little body to fight back no more , though you 'd have thought they could 've saved him with these new pills they got . |
24 | You could 've fooled me , ’ she lashed at him on a half-sob , her arms crossing her chest while her hands made an effort to massage the shoulder soreness caused by his gripping fingers . |
25 | ‘ I could 've said you . |
26 | First time I see him in his uniform , he looked that lovely I could 've eaten him alive . |
27 | I mean , they could 've filled it in . |
28 | There 's only one person could 've sent it and he — he 's dead . |
29 | But she could 've brought it . |
30 | ‘ I doubt if you could 've found him , ’ said Constance . |