Example sentences of "it [conj] [pron] could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd then take off his wrist watch and put it where he could see it as he talked . |
| 2 | But anyway , they allowed this that they did n't have any further use for it that I could have it . |
| 3 | I said there were the that county record form and this man asked me from the museum that handled it if he could send them back to erm to Wiltshire . |
| 4 | Personally , I would much rather just give it away to someone who can handle it if I could find them . |
| 5 | And er , then I should go to the bobbin shop and ask them if they could get these done today and er , well we got this on , I said no but I , we want it if you could leave them on one side and erm I used to er I , I became , if I might say so and I 'm not boasting or bragging or anything , Michael , I 'm trying to tell you the situation as it was and er I was a very important man to and er they er got me er at one time to er figure out , they , they used to make what was called Woolworths locks . |
| 6 | I would very much appreciate it if you could let me know the meaning of bass terminology ‘ bi-amping ’ and ‘ preamp ’ . |
| 7 | Paragraph , I would appreciate it if you could let me know when each unit has uplifted their allocation . |
| 8 | Some time Neville I would appreciate it if you could let me have what tonnages we received , ex the nineteen ninety one harvest which we have with exceed and seed research of Oregan stop , end of fax . |
| 9 | She did not think she would like herself in it if she could see herself and she did not think she would like to see her face bright and thick with greasepaint . |
| 10 | He 'd seen a film about it and he could remember it very well . |
| 11 | and any way went down and answer it and I could hear him talking , erm , you remember he bought this aeroplane back from Americ erm from Australia , this one of and it was Australian Air Force one that he had on Australian 's , erm came back and stayed in England for a little while and then he went back to Australia , just killed himself . |
| 12 | But nevertheless you know , if you could get it and you could manage it it will relieve the bloody boredom would n't it ? |
| 13 | If you listened very carefully and if you looked very closely , you could see it and you could hear it and you could feel it . |
| 14 | If you listened very carefully and if you looked very closely , you could see it and you could hear it and you could feel it . |
| 15 | He hung grimly on and wrestled with it until he could lower it in front of them . |
| 16 | So it helps first of all when you 're setting up the spreadsheet I suppose you can create one formula then copy it instead of having to edit each one individually , erm but later on you might accidentally or maybe deliberately in some cases overtype a cell and er if you have to put it back again and what you probably do is copy it from the adjacent cell and then you have to study the formula to try and understand it , and then edit it if it was n't the copyable formula and , er it may take a little time to edit it but it could take you a lot longer to understand it . |
| 17 | I wanted very much to give it but he could see I could n't . |
| 18 | I had in mind the possibility of a UK registered Concorde crashing into the sea just outside the three mile limit of some State while making an approach to land there and possibly the Russians or some of their friends commencing to salvage it before we could do anything about it . |
| 19 | ‘ Just picked up my yoghurt and cucumber sandwich and ate it before I could stop him . |
| 20 | She had an anonymous letter last night , and tried to burn it before I could see it . |
| 21 | She said , ‘ Mr Evans , I 've something to tell you , something important , ’ and then rushed straight into it before he could stop her and say , ‘ Clear out while I 'm eating . ’ |
| 22 | Mona reached it before he could fling it open and order Charles out . |
| 23 | She ran out and posted it before she could change her mind . |
| 24 | She did it before she could change her mind . |
| 25 | After ringing the bell several times she reluctantly pushed her husband 's letter through the letter-box — he had very meanly sealed it before she could read it — and took the holdall around to the boiler room at the back of the house . |