Example sentences of "[pron] could [adv] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possibly I could just have another word with her |
| 2 | Surprised I could fucking walk this morning Ah ? |
| 3 | A human touch was added to Nash 's report : ‘ I could heartily wish more respect were paid to the remains of this amiable though unfortunate Queen , and would willingly , with proper leave , have them wrapt in another sheet of lead and coffin , and decently interred in some proper place , that at least after her death her body might remain in peace ; whereas the Chapel where she now lies is used for the keeping of rabbits , which make holes and scratch very indecently about her Royal corpse . ’ |
| 4 | I could only confess that loss in sounds |
| 5 | I thought to myself , if I could only get that back to 2020 , how much would it be worth ! |
| 6 | Of course , I could never tell any woman these thoughts . |
| 7 | I could never forget that face — the face of my favourite singer . |
| 8 | I think in vitro fertilisation is wonderful for childless couples , but I could never consider that option for us . |
| 9 | She knows , Ruth thought , that I could never take another bite from her . |
| 10 | ‘ Seawitch is worth a great deal of money , but , if anything happened to her , I could always build another yacht . |
| 11 | I could always get another horn out of hock and Esmonde stayed open to I .0 a.m . |
| 12 | If that policy were applied throughout Britain , as was also said by the right hon. Gentleman , it would cost £1.2 billion — an additional cost to the taxpayer which could only mean less investment in roads . |
| 13 | Why did n't he just go while she could still maintain some degree of composure , this deliberate distancing of herself from the rapture that had possessed her before the telephone rang ? |
| 14 | He suggested once to Blanche that she could perhaps feel such chill draughts blowing from the past when others could not . |
| 15 | After her experience in Africa she could almost do that standing on her head . |
| 16 | She sat immobile for a long time , staring into the embers of the dying fire , her thoughts so chaotic that she could hardly make any order out of them . |
| 17 | On the other hand , why should a successful man , who could doubtless have any woman he fancied , be interested in her — plain Alice Pritchett from a simple working-class background ? |
| 18 | His and Charles 's lives were to run closely parallel — brothers who could never ignore each other , whether as colleagues , or competitors . |
| 19 | The whole truth of course he had not sussed out , for who could possibly imagine that luck of hers , which had caused the telephone to ring at precisely the right moment . |
| 20 | To hypothesize , it was as if the king of France held the earldom of Cornwall or Lancaster from the king of England , who could therefore exert some degree of control over the foreign policy and behaviour of the king of France . |
| 21 | And you could just differentiate each term quite simply then . |
| 22 | I suppose you could just imagine that ring had slipped off your finger , that would bring a few tears . |
| 23 | ‘ As all this money comes in ’ — he pointed to his list of contracts due for completion — ‘ you could progressively withdraw that money and … er , ‘ practise ’ with it . ’ |
| 24 | I think you could probably eat that sausage . |
| 25 | You could probably use any part of your body for this exercise , but I suggest you start with your hand , your writing hand . |
| 26 | It would set this soldier 's mind at rest if you could kindly cancel this debt . ’ |
| 27 | Another idea would be the lace anniversary , when you could perhaps arrange some cow parsley over a fabric lace background . |
| 28 | You could never do that voice justice , but here goes . |
| 29 | ‘ It never occurred to me , given I 'd already got your agreement to be my woman , that you could possibly have any objection ! ’ he tossed back toughly , and , if she wanted more , ‘ You can say ‘ no ’ whenever you like ! ’ he hurled at her aggressively . |
| 30 | You could certainly take that view of Freud , and it would have been true , perhaps , if Freud had died er , before , er , nineteen eighteen , shall we say , or in fourteen . |