Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe if you told me , I could kind of suss her out . |
| 2 | I explained as succinctly as I could Archie 's difficulty . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Or maybe I could guts it out with penicillin , from my personal supply . |
| 5 | I could nay of told the |
| 6 | If I could Chairman erm just a little bit erm about the erm conservatives erm proposals . |
| 7 | I could ABAB ABAB or even ABAB CDCD . |
| 8 | I was petrified , but there was nothing I could d . |
| 9 | Erm if I could sir , refer you to your ordnance survey plan which shows the the highway network as it enters the City . |
| 10 | ‘ I could hole nothing on the run home ’ sighed Dymphna . |
| 11 | ‘ I could hitch-hike , ’ she retorted . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He says being a little forgiving I could praps forgive them a little for us on the 1952 test , the first , but I ca n't forgive them for what they did to these other lads on the later tests , they must have known something from Nagasaki , Hiroshima and Bikini atoll tests . |
| 14 | I told myself going to the 18th today that if I could birdie it I could win the tournament . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I do remember buying books of halfpenny tickets , so I could practice on my own in addition to the visits with the school . |
| 16 | I took a mug of coffee up to the pathologist so I could earwig what was going down . |
| 17 | Course I 'd like it , if I could June I would like it for Friday . |
| 18 | For many years , I have wished more than words can say that I could unburden myself , unbutton my secret . |
| 19 | Our Irish priest was not a person I felt I could unburden myself to . |
| 20 | I learnt to speak French and German fluently , and had passed as much leave as I could travelling about Europe . |
| 21 | Although I had a mouthful of sour grapes I thought it was worth going so I could corner Polymers football club chairman , Stan Bates . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I could walker , I were a walker . |
| 25 | Old-fashioned tablespoons are much larger in size , and using them could imbalance the final result . |
| 26 | By returning to Ockham House , she could distance herself from events and reclaim a reassuring degree of privacy . |
| 27 | She cringed back from him , pressing herself against the stove , wondering if she could edge past and make for the door . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | None the less her experiences with those other professionals led her to believe that she could nut affect the result of their deliberations . |
| 30 | She squatted down to his level , and he stuck his chin up in the air so that she could rebutton his coat for him . |