Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bradl also found he could cope with pressure last season . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a great shame because every year the prize-wining pumpkin is used in the seeds contest by a local pub and I 'd already said they could have it . ’ |
| 3 | She 'd thought at one time that it might be serious , be love or something weird like that , she 'd even thought they could get married . |
| 4 | I 'd naively thought they could mount some low-profile operation to catch Andy watching his own funeral ; I 'd imagined cops slinking through the undergrowth , whispering into radios , gradually closing in . |
| 5 | It was Miss Honey this and Miss Honey that and Miss Honey I do honestly feel I could move almost anything in the world , not just tipping over glasses and little things like that … |
| 6 | The millions he had earned from Formula One added to the money he must be making now meant he could provide Thomas with cast-iron financial security , an exceedingly comfortable home and a first-class education . |
| 7 | The damage will run into thousands of pounds but the couple who live here say it could have been a lot worse . |
| 8 | The staff have now put forward plans which could save the jobs . |
| 9 | He had n't been thinking anything of the sort and last night he had only suggested he could settle her business for her with a phone call to the manager , whom he knew well , because he wanted to take her out today instead of waiting outside hotels for her . |
| 10 | The landlord had obviously decided he could make a lot of money out of this rehearsal room lark . |
| 11 | She prided herself on her strength — and yet this man , who had already proven he could stand up to her verbally , was holding her off as she if she were a feather . |
| 12 | On every woman Cara had ever seen one could do something to enhance what Nature had given , or cover up what had been left out . |
| 13 | He had honestly believed he could take the place of everything she had ever known if only she was willing to give him the chance . |
| 14 | After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely . |
| 15 | Even those who had never met her could tell from her letters and articles that she had something special ; an eye for the kind of colourful details people would remember . |
| 16 | More than that , Mosley had completely out-manoeuvred Balestre in an election campaign which the great Gallic dictator had never believed he could lose . |
| 17 | Vi had never imagined she could think kindly of any submarine again , but if it was one of your own then surely it was right and proper to wish it well , and raising her hand she had traced a blessing on the early morning air . |
| 18 | Mother Francis the celibate nun who had never thought she could know the joy of seeing a child grow up in her care had loved Eve in a way that might well have made her blind to the feelings and sensitivities of other people . |
| 19 | I remember trying to help one of the sisters dress a badly wounded back — something I had never thought I could do . |
| 20 | He had never thought he could share his life with anyone . |