Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The room was thick with smoke and I could just see a cot , but it was empty . |
| 32 | ‘ If I could just see the Master I could explain to him . |
| 33 | I wonder if I could just take a step back in conclusion and ask you a couple of rather broader questions , more general questions . |
| 34 | If I could just use the phone , I 'll get a taxi . ’ |
| 35 | Beneath their shirts I could just catch a glimpse of the tassels of their tsitses or religious bibs . |
| 36 | I wonder if I could just raise an issue on item two three D on page four referring to horse riding because there is a concern about a , a lot of walkers , that horse riding on footpaths creates problems for them erm in , in terms of chewing up the path in , in such a way that they 're difficult to walk on , people even wearing boots . |
| 37 | I could just imagine the conversation at the other end . |
| 38 | I could clearly hear the roar of engines above me , and distinctly heard one long burst of cannon fire . |
| 39 | To cap all I suffered a physical hallucination as I staggered up the road beyond the inlet of Enard Bay : I could clearly see a row of cottages at the top of the hill but when I got there , they had vanished . |
| 40 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 41 | He showed me one , magnifying 520 times , made of yttrium-aluminium-garnet , an artificial gemstone , mounted against a microscope slide , through which I could clearly see the tadpole-shaped trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness . |
| 42 | What was fascinating to me at the time , was their naming of teachers whom I also recognised , from familiarity with the five or six schools in that particular area of south Oxfordshire : I could immediately apply a cross-bearing as it were of confirmation that what indeed singled out these teachers was a vividness of personality , a cheerful infectious enthusiasm and an unusual energy and commitment . |
| 43 | I was subsequently paid to fly by the RAF ; after a lapse of 33 years I returned to the skies five years ago , when I could finally afford a share in a Cherokee which I now fly regularly from Ludham . |
| 44 | I presume that Eliot , perhaps overestimating my powers , had thought that I could somehow write a piece which would have avoided causing offence . |
| 45 | ‘ I 'll come up this evenin' , ’ said Linda , ‘ and if 'er shoes want a polish , I fink I could find some spit for 'er , I expect I could easy find a penn'orth . ’ |
| 46 | I think I could probably send a return on Tuesday erm but I 'd rather wait because if I can send stuff properly done rather than you know done to the latest or or the the pre-latest system then I will . |
| 47 | And when Travis seemed absolutely stumped for words , she could do no other than fill what would have been an awkward silence with , ‘ I could probably make the lasagne go three ways if … ’ |
| 48 | I take a deep breath , ‘ I said I could probably write a story about my own death . ’ |
| 49 | If I could perhaps have a picture my father painted ? ’ |
| 50 | And I could occasionally wear a dress instead of paint-stained jeans . ’ |
| 51 | I found that I could quickly discard the handbook in favour of striking out on my own and was quite satisfied with the results . |
| 52 | But I could only feel the sun on the back of my head and a sad , frightened sensation , as if something inside me was crying . |
| 53 | ‘ I have an 18 month old son so I could only leave the conditioner on for three minutes but I was still very impressed . |
| 54 | I could only resolve the confusion by refusing to be involved with any political activity . |
| 55 | They are erm it was er steak and kidney pie , brussels sprouts , carrots and bo plain boiled potatoes I could only eat about half the kidney and meat , I cou I could only eat about a third of the pastry , could n't cope with the carrots at all or the brussel sprouts , they were beautiful brussel sprouts like little cabbages , you know I could only eat a couple of them ! |
| 56 | I could only manage a whisper . |
| 57 | Granny was seated in her rocking chair facing the fireplace , but her back was to me and I could only see the paper curlers she had in her hair . |
| 58 | ‘ I could only find a bottle of bourbon and some after-dinner liqueurs , ’ she told him , being careful to avoid contact with his hand . |
| 59 | I suppose I could only use the word tons . |
| 60 | And when I picked it up , I could only hear a whisper . |