Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , since the anticodon point mutations used in these cases were not affecting the three-dimensional structure of the tRNA-molecule nothing could then be said if the tRNA conformation was important to the recognition by the anticodon modifying enzymes . |
| 2 | Although during the years I worked there I had the opportunity to meet many people , mainly the farmers who were our principal customers , I can honestly say that my job was the most boring and monotonous I could possibly have had . |
| 3 | It 's possible I could s if I walk from Newcastle catch a bus to Newcastle then walk from Newcastle . |
| 4 | Ma and Pa Pickering tried to probe , but I was sorry I could n't help them . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry I could n't telephone first . ’ |
| 6 | Sorry I could n't get some basic staples up at the house for your arrival . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sorry I could n't see you earlier , Inspector , ’ Nicholson said . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sorry I could n't stay longer but it was getting rather boring . ’ |
| 9 | " Sorry I could n't ring . |
| 10 | I am sorry I could not help . |
| 11 | ‘ I mean , I 'm sorry I could n't get through to you on Thursday evening , but I did try , and got cut off . |
| 12 | ‘ Sorry I could n't get the vase , ’ she breathed , ‘ did you manage ? ’ |
| 13 | I am so sorry I could not revert to the ‘ phone at the very moment you rang on Thursday . |
| 14 | Sorry I could n't be of more help . |
| 15 | ‘ Sorry I could n't have been more help . ’ |
| 16 | No I 'm s no I 'm sorry I could n't er . |
| 17 | Sorry I could n't quite get that . |
| 18 | I 'm sorry I could n't hear everything that the Maxwell people were saying , sitting behind me , you you 've lost their , their voice and you you know , I could n't hear what they were saying . |
| 19 | Sorry I could not help about your friend . ’ |
| 20 | Erm , oh the raffle coffee morning I 'm sorry I could n't come , but I was laid low erm how did it go ? |
| 21 | This was something so endearing I could n't speak for a moment . |
| 22 | Were my feelings not so strong I could not bring myself to say goodbye . ’ |
| 23 | If Dad was alive I could talk to him . |
| 24 | Because my hair is dry I could really see and feel the difference and the fact that it did n't leave a coating or residue on my hair was great for me . ’ |
| 25 | I do n't know if it was the Irish temper in me or the Mexican , but I leapt on to the first marine I could reach . |
| 26 | ‘ I made it clear I could not comment in case I prejudiced proceedings . ’ |
| 27 | As I had no access to the Swansea accounts during that time , it was clear I could n't have embezzled anything from the company . |
| 28 | the water stood so clear I could not gauge |
| 29 | By all the normal rules I should have pulled away before that , but if the road was clear I could let things get more serious before doing anything , and if it was blocked it was already too late . |
| 30 | You 've been very gentle with me , which makes it even worse ; perhaps if you 'd been more brutal I could have managed to stop … but then you would never be brutal . |