Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] could [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flying from London to Los Angeles I could make New York a genuine intermediate target by taking a stop-over or I could simply score the halfway mark on the total journey . |
| 2 | You could organise a large event at your local park or a sponsored ramble in the country ; or you could simply leave the car at home and get people to sponsor your walk to the station . |
| 3 | Or we could always do the Aqua Suite . |
| 4 | They ca n't consider everybody or they could never make a decision . |
| 5 | Either it would not or it could not observe the policy . |
| 6 | And I could even make an educated guess what that might be . ’ |
| 7 | He lifted the rug easily , and I could just imagine the muscles rippling under his shirt . |
| 8 | The room was thick with smoke and I could just see a cot , but it was empty . |
| 9 | But luckily enough I got up and walked round the back and I could just see the lights on in the living room downstairs . |
| 10 | So this song sort of sprang to mind and I could hear it as I wanted it to be and I could also hear a few little modifications that would suit their purposes , too . |
| 11 | From there I could see the other islands , and I could also see a boat , far out to sea . |
| 12 | That took about half an hour , and I could n't feel a thing from the waist down . |
| 13 | ‘ I know it 's silly , I mean she 's dead , but it 's so cold and I could n't bear the idea of her just lying there . ’ |
| 14 | And I could n't bear the way she was there and not there , the way I was present to her and yet not present . |
| 15 | I saw it happen , and I could n't do a thing to help them . |
| 16 | And I could n't tell a triple Axel from a double Salko in a million years , let alone perform one ! |
| 17 | And I could n't remember it was forty four and my mind went totally blank and I had to walk out of the exam for over half an hour with a and I could n't remember a thing and went back in . |
| 18 | It tasted dry , like pasteboard , but it was food and I could n't remember the last time I had eaten . |
| 19 | They had turned back to Sicily and I could n't see a formation but spotted a straggler who , curiously enough , was flying diagonally across our line of approach and not heading pell-mell for home . |
| 20 | Mental arithmetic and reading and I also had er er take an eye test because they said if there was a train accident and I could n't see the signal whether it was red or green or whatever , you see , you never know . |
| 21 | I was split between boxing and football when I was 16 and , at one stage , I wanted to turn professional boxer and thought that , as I was on Norwich 's books and I could n't get a pro boxer 's licence till I was 17 , anyway , I 'd play football for twelve months and then steam into boxing [ he was a double ABA junior finalist ] . |
| 22 | I wanted one for er saying granddad one from the kids and I could n't get a decent one |
| 23 | It only came out a couple of times , and I could n't get the words apart the end where it sounded something like ‘ scores off the bar , F*CK CANTONA , Brian Deane , Brian Deane , Brian Deane ’ . |
| 24 | I had an extremely important appointment in town and I could n't find a parking space anywhere else . ’ |
| 25 | I should have reported it first , but I thought I could always plead urgency if I was disciplined again , and I could n't take the risk of being denied access . ’ |
| 26 | And I could n't buy a packet of Woodbines cos they could no shops , nothing . |
| 27 | I could n't buy a Christmas pudding , and I could n't buy a hot cross bun . |
| 28 | Teacher never had a moment 's peace with him , and I could n't count the number of times I 've seen him waiting outside the headmaster 's study . |
| 29 | The island dialect was difficult , even for other Greeks , and I could n't understand a word . |
| 30 | I thought it was murder , and I could not forget the five orange pips and the strange letters to my uncle and my father . |