Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] could [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Some younger son from among Leicester 's tenants , placed by a dutiful father where he could readily get advancement . |
| 2 | He was n't even late for work , let alone under the influence of drink , so I could hardly suggest counselling in those circumstances . ’ |
| 3 | There is plenty of strategy here , but more heart and pain than you could possibly have room for . |
| 4 | Back in Ockleton 's rooms at Breakspear , seated by a roaring fire and sipping finer port than he could ever recall tasting , he had asked Ockleton to explain his reaction earlier to Harry 's revelation that Alan Dysart had once worked for him in Swindon . |
| 5 | Talking of waffling , if I could just shift ground slightly to another issue , it 's been touched on already , and that is of jargon . |
| 6 | For I knew there were English-speaking visitors in Geneva if I could only establish communication with them ; they might be induced to take up my cause . |
| 7 | She felt as if she could even feel smoke , stale and greasy , in her hair . |
| 8 | On page 13 MARY BAILEY already has the cichlids — but if she could just get hold of a six foot tank … |
| 9 | If she could only stop eating . |
| 10 | If you could just get hold of say , the rainbow |
| 11 | It would make a wonderful return journey if you could now turn south and pick up a return road by the dark green waters of the Walensee , an attractive unspoiled shore unaffected by its growing holiday business . |
| 12 | He asked if he could also have bonus money for the people below who had also contributed to his efforts . |
| 13 | This may be a difficult question to answer , and indeed these techniques may not be comparable , unless one could simultaneously measure function and visualise the squamous columnar junction , which is very difficult . |
| 14 | I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion . |
| 15 | Elizabeth listened intently , till she could practically see steam puffing out of the ears of Seumas Ban and Lady Bridhe . |
| 16 | It was a long time before we recovered from the loss , and I vowed never to have another dog because we could never replace Sorrel . |
| 17 | A proclamation was issued in 1718 against " unlawful Clubs , Combinations , etc. " of wool combers and weavers : … which had illegally presumed to use a Common Seal , and to act as Bodies Corporate , by making and unlawfully conspiring to execute certain Bylaws or Orders , whereby they pretend to determine who had a right to the Trade , what and how many Apprentices and Journeymen each man should keep at once , together with the prices of all their Manufactures , and the manner and materials of which they should be wrought ; and that , when many of the said Conspiritors wanted work , because their Masters would not submit to such pretended Orders and unreasonable Demands , they fed them with Money , till they could again get employment , in order to oblige their masters to employ them for want of other hands . |
| 18 | Some time , not that long ago , when the sun always shone , when you could still hear church bells over the roar of traffic , and when the bobby rode a bike not a panda . |
| 19 | You could feel the crowd willing it in but it did n't make it and I was beginning to feel it was slipping away , and especially when we could only make par at the 17th . |
| 20 | Similarly , the value of a reinvestigation could be weakened if , instead of co-operating , the suspect leaves his explanation for the trial , when not only can it not be investigated but when it could also cast doubt on the value of any re-investigation that has taken place . |
| 21 | He had a clean , bare style ; when writing he seemed to be able to slip the burden of his personality as he could never do face to face . |