Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps if I did n't know you so intimately I could be convinced , but I know your sexuality and your demands — ’ |
| 2 | Erm and they look quite good , but irritatingly I could have done with them , after the first workshop . |
| 3 | Afterwards Jared Tunstall had said to her mama , ‘ It was a question of a little hustler meeting a big one , and if it were n't that he has hurt Sally-Anne so badly I could almost admire the swine for his gall . |
| 4 | ‘ It was the most I could imagine . ’ |
| 5 | I had often rehearsed the choice phrases which I would use on this very occasion but the sight of the animal restrained me ; if he had come to consult me professionally I could hardly start pitching into him right away . |
| 6 | Luckily I could still ride the bike . |
| 7 | When her Mum undressed her to try it on I could n't take my eyes off the lovely white underclothes she wore . |
| 8 | I am not writing to discuss the subject of inflation although give a soap-box to stand on I could go on for ever . |
| 9 | This meant that we had to find somewhere I could manage on my own and that was centrally located , because I could not walk far . |
| 10 | Do I buy them from existing shareware libraries , or is there somewhere I could obtain a complete set of titles from in one go . |
| 11 | ‘ Surely there must be somewhere I could buy some . |
| 12 | I quite like somewhere I could get uhum a cover for the bed to match . |
| 13 | So no-one could have guessed really what was on underneath here . |
| 14 | So nothing could be more natural than going for a walk and holding hands with mum . |
| 15 | The parents were glad of a helping hand so them could have some time to themselves . |
| 16 | We won for a third time at Zandvoort , the first grand prix of the season : apart from the prize money , that moved us up a scale on the start money and suddenly I could see our way through the rest of the season . |
| 17 | I 'd been lying on my bed , thinking of you , and suddenly I could n't bear it a moment longer and jumped off the bed intending to phone you — and there you were , looking half drowned and so nervous I was afraid to put a foot wrong . ’ |
| 18 | If only someone could release her from the shackles of loving Adam as easily , she thought ruefully . |
| 19 | That 's the thing , apparent apparently I could n't even walk straight , and yet there 's me fucking climbing up the outside of a building , which to me sounds about right . |
| 20 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 21 | ‘ Basically I could not get enough . |
| 22 | Richards , 40 , said : ‘ I was flattered to receive the offer , but morally I could not accept . |
| 23 | One even had a flagpole and over the top of the trees below I could see the Union Jack fluttering . |
| 24 | For that last half-hour of the day , the dunes became a deeper gold and were scored with the long shadows of palm trees , whose tops were so green that I fancied that if my arm had been long enough I could have plucked a leaf and eaten it as if it had been parsley . |
| 25 | If only I could see you – just once ? all our drams , Vincent , where are they ? |
| 26 | Dammit , if only I could keep awake . ’ |
| 27 | Whatever I did I was convinced that people did n't like me , and that if only I could be slim and keep that way with sensible eating habits , they would . |
| 28 | Some temperaments hanker after blueprints — ‘ if only I could find the right formula I 'd triumph ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , if only I could win the first prize ! ’ breathed Angela . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , if only I could ! ’ exclaimed Angela . |