Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 31 | I replied rather coldly that I had not drunk alcohol since 1939 , and that it had been my hope that we should stop somewhere where I could wash up generally , relieve myself and have a little rest . |
| 32 | Several times in the next few months I went up to the top floor again , where I could look out of the high windows in the roof to see the surrounding countryside and be alone with my thoughts . |
| 33 | It was my ex who got me fixed up with the job ; Dizzy owed him , and he owed me maintenance for Jed , and I wanted to get away from town and get involved in something where I could start to 69 respect myself again … everything kind of fitted into place . |
| 34 | As I walked across the gravel to the colonnade , where I could see Conchis was already sitting , his back to me , I decided on a course of action — or rather , of reaction . |
| 35 | I would have liked to have gone to Venice , where there was a faculty of languages , or Bologna , where I could have read Economics and Commerce ; but the war was on , and the expense of keeping me in a distant town was beyond the means of my parents . |
| 36 | There were times when Joanna 's somewhat footslogging performance made me long for the thoroughbred feel of Lisa , but I had an affection for Joanna and she had one advantage over Lisa — her small cuddy where I could cook and sleep , and be independent of the land . |
| 37 | Also , there was a pleasant inn about a quarter of a mile away where I could get a room if the tide — in the way of tides — served at some merciless hour of the early morning . |
| 38 | Can you let me have a phone number where I could get you this evening ? " |
| 39 | I just wanted a business where I could be independent — ’ |
| 40 | After a while I became so deep in my cups I grew surly , said I felt unwell and trotted off to bed where I could nurse my hurt as well as conceal my bad manners . |
| 41 | I did n't care if it was raw , if the pangs of birth were ugly ; I wanted to be somewhere I would n't be defined by what I 'd been , where I could fashion a new notion of myself and impose it on others as the truth . |
| 42 | I would sing to myself , perfectly content to be alone in my own dream world , imagining myself on television receiving an award for beating a world record and I would see my name and picture in the ‘ Guinness Book of Records ’ on the high bookshelf in my brother 's room where I could not reach it , and yet , through all those mornings of endless riding round the yard , I never once counted just how many times I had ridden around to see if I had beaten the previous morning 's record , so sure was my conviction of success ! |
| 43 | You wore a damnably provocative outfit , made sure you draped yourself where I could n't help seeing you . ’ |
| 44 | ‘ I wanted him where I could keep an eye on him , ’ said Mr Malik through his hands . |
| 45 | There is no place you could go where I could n't reach you . |
| 46 | I do n't suppose you 've any idea where I could find her ? ’ |
| 47 | What I needed was something like a slightly battered Ford Transit van , and I knew exactly where I could borrow one . |
| 48 | I waited a minute or so then got up , leaving my almost clean plate , and went through the house to the lounge , where I could see the path leading away through the dunes towards the bridge . |
| 49 | I would phone twice a day , and , of course , I would leave you a complete itinerary where I could be reached if you needed me . ’ |
| 50 | He expects a place in a Labour cabinet : Chief Whip for a short time , perhaps , then a portfolio of his own ‘ something where I could really help the North . ’ |
| 51 | Where I could also spend a great deal of time talking about our common enemies , our mutual friends and some of the similarity and our aims for world peace and again , I 'm gon na leave that for the statesmen and the politicians . |
| 52 | ‘ Go ahead , ’ said Jay , enjoying this objective discussion where she could focus entirely on the delirium and dilemma of Lucy . |
| 53 | The underground was still working , and brought her near the church , where she could see the crowd and the candles outside . |
| 54 | Seconds later she shoulder-charged the door , and found herself in an eerie moonlit room where she could distinguish nothing , except the deafening howls which seemed to reverberate off the walls . |
| 55 | Worse still , she had married into a life so public that at times she felt there was no place on earth where she could escape from the prying eyes . |
| 56 | Left home as soon as she could , McLeish observed , instead of starting where she could work from home . |
| 57 | Once it was dark , Jane went out to sit on a low wall where she could have a good view . |
| 58 | Jinny found some nearer the top , in the open , where she could stand and peer down at the cottage . |
| 59 | She felt she had created a little peaceful corner where she could sit and feel close to both her late mother and her cat . |
| 60 | Patrick , much better but still weak , had become a paying guest ( Jack paid ) at Moxie 's house , where Moxie had a self-contained flatlet , often let to a student , and where she could ‘ keep an eye ’ on Pat . |