Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [pron] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of herself she watched his departing back , hating him for that supple arrogance in his walk , the way that simply by walking away from her he could fill her with an inexplicable , infuriating urge to run after him … |
| 2 | The group of gentlemen who prepared the list and signed the covering letter to Panmure , however , emphasised that unless Panmure wrote the letters in favour of James Milne which they had requested , then their friend would withdraw ‘ & let your declared oposers run away with what they could not , were you either present or your intrest heartily interposed ’ . |
| 3 | far I drive away from them it could it could be twe |
| 4 | ‘ Yet you are the only man , ’ insisted the abbot mercilessly , but without pressing the suggestion to an accusation , ‘ who is known to have had reason to fear his coming here with what he could tell . |
| 5 | The spacious boot coped admirably with everything they could cram into it in one week — picnic hampers , the weekly shopping , even the latest buys from Sue 's visits to the garden centre . |
| 6 | The order of events was the same each year : first , the bus or train ride to whatever town The Walk was to be held in ; then being stationed somewhere from which I could see the parade . |
| 7 | But if he thought he could get away with it he could think again ! |
| 8 | If they 'd come straight to me we could have quietly got it done . |
| 9 | Then he saw others , similarly bent , all working away at something he could n't make out . |
| 10 | They were accordingly satisfied that the trial judge misdirected the jury when he stated that the case against the first appellant depended solely upon what they could find proved that he himself did . |
| 11 | This would give them a period of study and experience abroad after which it could be decided whether to offer them permanent appointments . |