Example sentences of "[pers pn] could just [vb infin] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks . |
| 2 | I could just make out a figure wheeling a bicycle up the drive . |
| 3 | Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell . |
| 4 | You know like , if I 'm really thirsty , I could just gulp down a glass of water or a glass of orange , just like that , but with fizzy drinks , I do n't know , I ca n't swallow them very easily , just sort of er , |
| 5 | G Chairman , if I could just pick up a deliberate accuracy rather than |
| 6 | The design was n't very clear , but she could just make out a building shaped like a tower , she thought , tracing the outline with her fingertip , and beneath it a flower which might or might not be a rose . |
| 7 | If you could just jot down a few ideas that . |
| 8 | If you could just pick up a load of scrap iron and shove it on the bill under metalwork you would n't be turning up your nose at the subject . |
| 9 | ‘ AT THE top of Wears Hill we could just make out a signpost , pointing inland to Ashley Chase . |
| 10 | The cubicle was thick with fragranced fog but he could just make out a dark hunched shape on the floor near the door . |