Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean nothing could catch my imagination fantasy . |
| 2 | Things that upset them could be an uninvited intruder through the cat flap , a row with another cat , even the arrival of a new three-piece suite . |
| 3 | So as soon as it began to move back , I gave it the biggest push I could manage . |
| 4 | Through one of the glass panes in Plover Hide I could see a twite : a plump little linnet-like bird , brown , streaky-breasted , with a bright yellow stubby bill . |
| 5 | ‘ I could never do that to her , ’ I said , ‘ or perhaps I mean I could never do it to myself . |
| 6 | ‘ You mean I could use them to help in the search ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You mean I could say anything at all ? ’ she asked with a mischievous smile . |
| 8 | I mean I could stay if you were , it would n't be too much for me . |
| 9 | I mean I could find out more about this Bella . ’ |
| 10 | I mean I could get this whole place so tidy and the kids come home from school and it 's like a bomb 's exploded and nothing 's appreciated about it , whereas if you 're decorating or teaching children there 's something always gained out of it … as far as actual housework goes , I do n't see how anyone can like it . |
| 11 | I mean I could n't care less , as long as it was something |
| 12 | I did n't know , I mean I could of spoken to . |
| 13 | I mean I could n't have , what with being sick and everything , but still I would have liked to tell everyone that I was pregnant . |
| 14 | Erm again when I have bad days with these wrists they just give way , and this is not a mental thing at all , I mean I could be holding a , a glass or a cup in my hand or a , a , a dish of something for that matter , and the er the nerves just relax the muscle and out it goes , it 's n n I do n't know it 's going to happen , but it can happen . |
| 15 | ‘ You mean I could have been discussing it with some of your clients , like the Contessa Mantero ? ’ |
| 16 | You 'd really need to see them to I mean I could n't explain it to you really . |
| 17 | " You mean I could break down altogether ? " |
| 18 | Erm , I mean I could generate P H D theses for you by the dozen out of all this . |
| 19 | Mm , ah I mean if it was the question I mean I 've got that material we 've got it , I mean if it was question of sending out , I mean I could do that . |
| 20 | W well if it wou if it would help I mean I could produce the list that we have in mind . |
| 21 | No it 's alright there might be a way I mean I could be wrong , I could be wrong |
| 22 | No it 's alright there might be a way I mean I could be wrong , I could be wrong . |
| 23 | I mean I could understand when we had to climb up the belt which was damn dangerous , but now we 've altered all that . |
| 24 | I mean I could quite easily delegate it out , but I ca n't because it 's a management function , so , I 've got to be the one that 's got to walk round the branch for half an hour , taking twelve blocks off , checking all the sealed . |
| 25 | But it was I mean I could hear it over the telly . |
| 26 | There 's no blooming so I mean I could drink something like that , which is purely chemical and never seen as li a damn orange That 's all it is is flavourings and water and |
| 27 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
| 28 | she , she was , no , I do n't see why they had her on last night , terrible I mean I could n't even tell what |
| 29 | Well I mean I could |
| 30 | I mean I could n't walk for any great distance with it but I 'm going to have taxis . |