Example sentences of "[pers pn] could just [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 It 's just that two people asked if we could just print the form relating to what is in the master job file and it on the same colour paper or card as the erm , job files .
32 And now , you see , the thing was that we could see Boy walking into our bar , pausing in the doorway , and we could just say the line and laugh .
33 Perhaps we could just have a look at what sort of angles we 've got here .
34 Now we could just take the pattern of responses out of there as being some classes .
35 ‘ If we could just cross the street safely I do n't care what we do .
36 I wonder if we could just consider the question of what is meant by the term general location .
37 They could just follow the truck ; after all the hijackers have to stop sometime . ’
38 On the twelfth floor of the hotel , from which they could just get a view of the distant river , they were delighted with their prosperous-looking aunt .
39 Except that the mattress had smelt musty , and that as they lay in bed through those long cold mornings they could just see the spire of the Congregational church through the window .
40 ‘ Sometimes when I take him to the local toddler group and watch him playing with the other children , I think it would be great if he could just feel the sand in the sandpit between his toes and know what it 's like to get his hands all messed up with play dough or paint — the things other children take for granted . ’
41 And even now , as he never has time off for spending the twenty-something quid a week they 'll dish him for the one-hundred-and-twenty-hour stint he puts in most weeks , he could just afford a wife and kid .
42 Far to the south he could just glimpse the roof of Scudder 's Cottage .
43 Beyond the soft sounds of the garden he could just hear the noise of London .
44 When he stood up he could just see a fire engine as if on the high seas diving and heaving towards him .
45 He could just see the top of his mother 's head , right at the front …
46 The noise became louder and he could just see the outline of a lorry .
47 She was mostly turned away from him ; he could just see the curve of her cheek , the line of her nose , and as he watched she put her head down very slightly .
48 He could just imagine the Woman hitting him , smashing at his face in the dark with the butt of her gun .
49 Though he was a little surprised , he smiled and said with alacrity that he could just use a cup of coffee , and he lounged after her as she bustled around the kitchen .
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