Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [pron] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stewards inquired into his running but Richard Dunwoody could only tell them that the favourite was ‘ never going . |
| 2 | She told him if he could not face her and the baby , he must let them leave this place . |
| 3 | He could not see her because the grey London light was all his end with a dab of amber from his desk lamp . |
| 4 | But if he could not persuade her when the time came to move , Jean-Paul could . |
| 5 | But the bishops would not apologise for nor retract the letter , and Mr Tembo could not convince them that the Congress Party had the right to pass death sentences upon them . |
| 6 | ‘ Or I could simply beat you until the blood runs . |
| 7 | He 's got dog to walk tonight cos we could n't bring him cos the car was full of gear . |
| 8 | One of the men tried to jump on board , but could n't make it as the Jeep was travelling too fast . |
| 9 | ‘ Like , maybe your parents were just fattening you up until you would make a decent meal for these dragons , or it was an intelligence test ; the kids smart enough to have sussed out the fact there were dragons around were the ones that would survive , and the ones that just lay there , trusting , each night , deserved to die , and their parents could n't tell them or the dragons would eat them , and stories about dragons were the only clues you were ever given ; that was all the adults could do to warn you … |
| 10 | Anyway we went up there but we could n't do anything because the ground had taken fire do you see , all this peat . |
| 11 | and he could n't do it and the worse thing was everybody in the pool had gone go on |
| 12 | Among the more imaginative excuses were ‘ I could n't do it because the dog was pining , ’ ‘ the file fell in the bin and the cleaners came ’ and ‘ my wife wanted to make love ’ , finanacial recruitment consultants Accountemps found . |
| 13 | But he could n't see Bertha because the bushes were too thick , and he could n't smell her because the smell of the myrtle was too strong . |
| 14 | Waistcoats or sleeveless pullovers sometimes worn with suits , though you could n't see them when the top button was done up . |
| 15 | But we could n't get it because the no gas . |
| 16 | She could n't help it if the spider came to her . |
| 17 | I 'm sorry I could n't hear everything that the Maxwell people were saying , sitting behind me , you you 've lost their , their voice and you you know , I could n't hear what they were saying . |
| 18 | ‘ I could n't believe it when the ball went in . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I could n't believe it when the letter came , ’ she said . |
| 20 | Doreen could n't believe it when the letter popped through her letterbox from the council . |