Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [pron] could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want you to note that I am not singing just ‘ Take my back , because it is my best feature ’ ( in the mirror we could see her beautiful strong back in the low cut of the dress , and of course we could see ourselves too ) . |
| 2 | ‘ The man spoke in German , so he could not understand , but of course he could see I was getting upset . |
| 3 | And of course he could use it up in subsequent years , he could move some of this into a P E P . |
| 4 | So I told the press the next morning who were mega grumpy at all of this and I do n't blame them , so when the ceremony started Pat took the stills photographer round to the front and the television guys as the Princess began to inspect er the crew pulled all their gear through the Band of the Royal Marines over their toe caps under the tubas and pressed their cameras under the nose of the Princess Royal which would n't have happened had the Lieutenant Commander been prepared to listen to us and of course you could see him getting angrier and angrier |
| 5 | Of course she could say it was for the children , as people always did … |
| 6 | She replied that of course she could trust me , but that this time she would like us to meet . |
| 7 | You 've got your questions and of course I could answer them Nicodemus I could tell the why 's and the wherefore 's of this , and of that , I could give you all the details and all the the the things that you want to know but , they 're not really important the real issue for you , Nicodemus , is that you have got to be born again ! |
| 8 | ‘ Of course I could believe it . |
| 9 | I gave Rex the kind of nod you could tell your grandchildren about . |
| 10 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
| 11 | With so much of interest to discover and such a wealth of magnificent coast and countryside to explore , within even an hour or two of home you could find yourself in a beautiful new world . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's better , ’ said Joe , ‘ in that kind of mood I could put you on a horse and let you join in the charge of the Light Brigade . ’ |
| 13 | erm and it 's malleable , you can hammer it , you can hammer it into shapes and panel beat it a car or bits of lead you could dress it , you can tap it with a . |
| 14 | Consider the size , structure and special features of the hotel and what special type of event it could lend itself to , e.g. mediaeval banquets etc . |
| 15 | There was a pardonable note of doubt if not outright disbelief in Carrington 's voice : Lieutenant Denholm did n't look like the type of person who could fix anything . |
| 16 | Marx believes that the individual is socially constructed but never provides or even attempts to provide the theory of knowledge which could support his claims . |
| 17 | It has polarised popular opinion such that sick people tend to use only conventional medicine or complementary medicine , thus failing to reap the benefits of knowledge which could help them . |
| 18 | What he meant by mysticism was belief in a direct , immediate experience of God ( or of Jesus ) which dissolved the distinction between God and man or between Christ and ourselves , a rapture of union which could carry us beyond time and history and the challenge and responsibility of the present . |
| 19 | The sort of man who could have his pick of women , so why had n't he picked any ? |
| 20 | ‘ You could install it and with five minutes of training you could use it . |
| 21 | And that was why she was allowing herself to become sucked into a whirlpool of corruption which could destroy her career , or worse . |
| 22 | So I mean from a couple of bits of information we could tell they had sheep , they probably ate them , teeth marks on it , things like that . |
| 23 | But Hoey feels Anderson ( 31 ) , desperately unlucky to be left behind four years ago , has hit the sort of form which could thrust him into the reckoning . |