Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wayne , Ricky 's favourite pony , had such a low threshold of boredom that he had a special manger hooked over the half-door so he could eat and miss nothing in the yard at the same time . |
| 2 | Roman caught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee . |
| 3 | If mothers had money of their own earmarked for childcare , they could choose whether to use it to ‘ pay ’ themselves or pay someone else — workers in day-care centres , for instance . |
| 4 | We called friends in Australia and amazingly , they found a cylinder we could rent and shipped it to Darwin . |
| 5 | The thought which came most readily was to restrict the amount of paper which each student could use and to force them to be more economical with it . |
| 6 | If you ca n't get your own way or what you want by openly and honestly asking for it , do n't use sly or surreptitious methods because they could backfire and land you in the soup . |
| 7 | If you ca n't get your own way or what you want by openly and honestly asking for it , do n't use sly or surreptitious methods because they could backfire and land you in the soup . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose I could try and make them like me , ’ Jessamy said doubtfully . |
| 9 | I 'll have a word with her when she 's awake , she 's still on a third dream I should think at the moment but she 's er , certainly good talking , I could , I could try and get her without her knowing about it and see what happens , just dinner time I 'll take it down and try it , oh you 're gon na take it round Steve 's ai n't you ? |
| 10 | I would be most grateful if you could recommend and advise me on the aforementioned , plus compressors . |
| 11 | Music had been important to her and the shelves held a catholic collection of records with which he could refresh or console himself during the two weeks ' holiday . |
| 12 | I stared around , sweating , wishing I could go and lock myself in my nice safe ship . |
| 13 | Cos after all a coin was a , had a monetary value that meant you could go and buy something with it . |
| 14 | ‘ If there was a war , ’ said Camille , ‘ a real one , I mean with Germany — Brian could wear a uniform and Mum could go and kiss him on the station platform and cry a bit . ’ |
| 15 | When he was a couple of streets away from the pensione Aldo tore up the letter into pieces as small as he could manage and dropped them in the gutter . |
| 16 | A pledge on which a loan of more than ten shillings had been made would be put up for auction , but its owner could come and redeem it on any day up to that of the sale . |
| 17 | But you see , the Reverend has a distant relative whom he means to put in my place and so I was granted sick leave over the holiday in order that his dear Jonathan could come and assist him with the Christmas services . |
| 18 | Sturt was about to proceed upon a new expedition into the interior of Australia I beg to send for your perusal a Letter I have lately received from him and from which you will perceive that he has written to Lord Stanley ; as I know no one better fitted for such a purpose than this enterprising and persevering Gentleman I do hope the Government may be disposed to second his views ; perhaps , your Lordship , could obtain and favour me with some information on the subject ; from the manner in which you referred to him in your Letter I am led to believe that some arrangement has already been made ; pray say if such be the case . |
| 19 | Probably we felt they were the sort of client that we wanted or that there was already er a connection that we had er or there was a particular service that we thought we could offer and penetrate them in that way . |
| 20 | He moved along the hedge , feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk . |
| 21 | In Mahal [ 1991 ] Crim LR 632 ( CA ) , it was held that a jury could find that pushing someone through an open window 22 feet from the ground could lead to " the risk of some harm " . |
| 22 | That the Assembly could depose and fine them at no notice , as happened to Pericles himself towards the end of his life , shows that the Assembly was theoretically and actually master . |