Example sentences of "[pron] could [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe if you told me , I could kind of suss her out . |
| 2 | When he was first with me I could belt up about seven in the morning , but , recently I 've noticed that I feel unwell if I get up and rush out . |
| 3 | I could nay of told the |
| 4 | If I could Chairman erm just a little bit erm about the erm conservatives erm proposals . |
| 5 | Erm if I could sir , refer you to your ordnance survey plan which shows the the highway network as it enters the City . |
| 6 | ‘ I could hole nothing on the run home ’ sighed Dymphna . |
| 7 | ‘ I could hitch-hike , ’ she retorted . |
| 8 | I I I I think that 's one of the options that I could sort of er I could still be the li , cleaner over here . |
| 9 | I told myself going to the 18th today that if I could birdie it I could win the tournament . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do remember buying books of halfpenny tickets , so I could practice on my own in addition to the visits with the school . |
| 11 | I took a mug of coffee up to the pathologist so I could earwig what was going down . |
| 12 | For many years , I have wished more than words can say that I could unburden myself , unbutton my secret . |
| 13 | Our Irish priest was not a person I felt I could unburden myself to . |
| 14 | I learnt to speak French and German fluently , and had passed as much leave as I could travelling about Europe . |
| 15 | Although I had a mouthful of sour grapes I thought it was worth going so I could corner Polymers football club chairman , Stan Bates . |
| 16 | Anyway , I had enough to save up to buy a Raleigh bike one pound it cost — which meant I could cycle over to Middleton in Teesdale on my night off . |
| 17 | I read in the paper about the gales where you are , and I wish I could magic you away and into the warm front room of our house . |
| 18 | I could walker , I were a walker . |
| 19 | Never leave toys on stairs where someone could trip and fall . |
| 20 | By 1808 the unpopularity of Godoy had spread beyond these circles to embrace all classes and the revolution prophesied in 1798 was turning against the court that supported his power : a monarchy which could disgrace itself and by its foreign policy plunge Spain into inflation , dear bread , commercial depression , and the loss of the American market must be limited by a constitution . |
| 21 | Although this programme has not yet started if you feel you have an initiative which could quality contact your representative and have a chat . |
| 22 | Not only do the World Cup organisers have to keep England 's and Holland 's supporters apart , they will also have to cope with Ireland 's peaceful ‘ green army ’ , which could number 20,000 . |
| 23 | Obviously the activity of a pair of adult foxes feeding a family which could number as many as eight cubs has a quite drastic effect on the local rabbit population . |
| 24 | And that same yron man which could reueale |
| 25 | And they will see , now that is appropriate , this is something which could interest , could concern my readers , and yes , they will be drawn in and they will read more of it . |
| 26 | Old-fashioned tablespoons are much larger in size , and using them could imbalance the final result . |
| 27 | By returning to Ockham House , she could distance herself from events and reclaim a reassuring degree of privacy . |
| 28 | She cringed back from him , pressing herself against the stove , wondering if she could edge past and make for the door . |
| 29 | Like Diane Barker , of Bishop Auckland , a deaf teenager who passed her test first time in 1984 after having special mirrors fitted so she could lip read commands from the driving instructor without taking her eyes of the road . |
| 30 | None the less her experiences with those other professionals led her to believe that she could nut affect the result of their deliberations . |