Example sentences of "[adv] and [pron] could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would only take a couple of houses to be knocked down and they could make it into a dual carriage way . |
| 2 | Well I put this on yesterday and I could smell it ! |
| 3 | Not as fa not the dancing but when she was working in an office you know they just needed to show her something once and she could pick it up . |
| 4 | Oh well he could ring you up and you could take them back down but at least they would be dried . |
| 5 | The boy got up and you could see he was still nervous . |
| 6 | ‘ When Kimberley divorced her husband and made off wi ’ t' other , Lorraine and she fell out and you could say I was fumin' as well . |
| 7 | Trouble is we shall lose all our vowels now and we could need them later . |
| 8 | She 'd done it before and she could do it again , especially as so much was at stake . |
| 9 | I looked in the mirror today and I could see it in my eyes . |
| 10 | ago and he could walk me at weights . |
| 11 | Here he dismounted and prayed that whatever spirit had been working within him would continue to work , that this furious feeling of benevolence to all mind — if only a beggar would pass by and he could give him a shilling ! — would not abate , that he ‘ could truly and today start a new life , O Lord , for Thy sake and in Thy name ’ . |
| 12 | and that , that 's why their er you know , Shaun , erm , Amelda brought erm Moyra down with the babies , you know she was up there and she could help her down , but Shaun is coming down now wi , this weekend in the car and of course they 'll be able to go back in the car , erm there 's , there 's gon na be a party for erm , of course should warn the girl Of course that 's the awful thing about it is n't it ? |
| 13 | So anyway she come off the phone there and I could see she was really |
| 14 | ‘ I think Harry learnt a lesson there and I could teach him a few more before he goes … |
| 15 | She got on there and you could see she was gon na throw . |
| 16 | Finally the engine gave up the ghost completely and nothing could persuade it to start again . |
| 17 | We will take it steadily and I could see him as a Festival hope . |
| 18 | She snorted softly and he could imagine her smiling in the darkness . |
| 19 | It slipped down again and she could hear him swearing as he tried to haul it up . |
| 20 | He came at me again and I could tell he was gonig to make another stab at a heavy masculine embrace . |