Example sentences of "[pers pn] could just [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , if I could just bring the committee up to date on one or two things that have happened in relation to the district auditor 's report . |
| 2 | It had a red and yellow band on which I could just read the word Cubana . |
| 3 | ‘ If I could just see the Master I could explain to him . |
| 4 | If I could just use the phone , I 'll get a taxi . ’ |
| 5 | I could just imagine the conversation at the other end . |
| 6 | She could just hear the silence filling with exasperation , but when he answered he was quite in control of his temper and his voice . |
| 7 | She could just imagine the welcome she was about to get from her workmates ! |
| 8 | Across the way she could just glimpse the motorspeeder . |
| 9 | so , sh oh she said you , oh first of all she said you can go and get the key , so I said oh no I 'm not bothered about the key I said if you could just leave the side gate open , so erm |
| 10 | Do you think you could just open the door for me please ! |
| 11 | Well after a while the bricks got hot enough that you could just adjust the valve to where the stove would get almost cherry red and it was a very nice fire . |
| 12 | The tide was already on the turn , you could just see the stone margin of the path they had walked . |
| 13 | The fabric was so delicate that if she wore it without a brassiere you could just see the outline of her nipples . |
| 14 | It tells us that if we could just advance the intimacy of our relationship to the next step we would be satisfied to hold at that level until the wedding . |
| 15 | It 's just that two people asked if we could just print the form relating to what is in the master job file and it on the same colour paper or card as the erm , job files . |
| 16 | And now , you see , the thing was that we could see Boy walking into our bar , pausing in the doorway , and we could just say the line and laugh . |
| 17 | Now we could just take the pattern of responses out of there as being some classes . |
| 18 | ‘ If we could just cross the street safely I do n't care what we do . |
| 19 | I wonder if we could just consider the question of what is meant by the term general location . |
| 20 | ‘ They could just follow the truck ; after all the hijackers have to stop sometime . ’ |
| 21 | Except that the mattress had smelt musty , and that as they lay in bed through those long cold mornings they could just see the spire of the Congregational church through the window . |
| 22 | ‘ Sometimes when I take him to the local toddler group and watch him playing with the other children , I think it would be great if he could just feel the sand in the sandpit between his toes and know what it 's like to get his hands all messed up with play dough or paint — the things other children take for granted . ’ |
| 23 | Far to the south he could just glimpse the roof of Scudder 's Cottage . |
| 24 | Beyond the soft sounds of the garden he could just hear the noise of London . |
| 25 | He could just see the top of his mother 's head , right at the front … |
| 26 | The noise became louder and he could just see the outline of a lorry . |
| 27 | She was mostly turned away from him ; he could just see the curve of her cheek , the line of her nose , and as he watched she put her head down very slightly . |
| 28 | He could just imagine the Woman hitting him , smashing at his face in the dark with the butt of her gun . |