Example sentences of "[pers pn] could just [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Chairman I I wonder whether I could just make a sort of general statement from the department 's view before we go on to a particular issue if I may .
2 If I could just make a point about affordable housing chairman , of course the department recognizes that there is a problem of affordable housing as evidenced by minister 's statements but the view of my policy colleagues in headquarters is that this is most appropriately addresses in district wide plans and not necessarily at structure plan level .
3 I could , I could , I could just chuck a saucepan here could n't I ?
4 Ah went in to where John were working cos I wanted to borrow a spanner , he said I could just murder a cig and his , his mate said ah I could as well .
5 If I could just get a role doing some of the falls in the action replays , say , I could save him from horrible injury , or at least the odd booking .
6 The room was thick with smoke and I could just see a cot , but it was empty .
7 I wonder if I could just take a step back in conclusion and ask you a couple of rather broader questions , more general questions .
8 Beneath their shirts I could just catch a glimpse of the tassels of their tsitses or religious bibs .
9 By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child .
10 Most of the time you could just ignore a lot of the stuff you did n't know ; it 'd come in time , you 'd be told when you needed to know …
11 When we did all work together , all the different pieces worked together , and you could just have a card each and you could have just done it that way .
12 Sam ( RH ) : We could just do a year and everything but … you see … everything that might be happening then .
13 And we could just hev a lock o ’ goat 's cheese . ’
14 We could just toss a coin .
15 Perhaps we could just have a look at what sort of angles we 've got here .
16 On the twelfth floor of the hotel , from which they could just get a view of the distant river , they were delighted with their prosperous-looking aunt .
17 And even now , as he never has time off for spending the twenty-something quid a week they 'll dish him for the one-hundred-and-twenty-hour stint he puts in most weeks , he could just afford a wife and kid .
18 When he stood up he could just see a fire engine as if on the high seas diving and heaving towards him .
19 Though he was a little surprised , he smiled and said with alacrity that he could just use a cup of coffee , and he lounged after her as she bustled around the kitchen .
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