Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him if I could rent his cottage . |
| 2 | ‘ I really do not think I could manage my affairs without her assistance . ’ |
| 3 | Now I could set my sights on the European Championships in Stuttgart . |
| 4 | I observed this routine the day after I learned that my services were no longer required at the Oxford International Language College , and I knew that barring an Act of God I could set my watch by it thereafter . |
| 5 | My eye fell on a page she had left on the kitchen table the other day and I had noted , before I could avert my eyes , a pretty scholarly history of my conversion to double-knotting , after an incident when I was unable to get out of the train at Greenwich one evening and found myself being carried on to Maze Hill , because someone was standing on the trailing lace of my shoe . |
| 6 | ‘ Any idea where I could lay my hands on an idiot 's guide to disputes ? ’ he asked . |
| 7 | Against the farmed land , be damned , I thought , and let drive with all the most forceful arguments I could lay my tongue to . |
| 8 | In the days when I had more time to spare I would read any book I could lay my hands on and particularly enjoyed anything about foreign lands . |
| 9 | I have often wondered if Levin made a 12-string guitar and if so , where I could lay my hands on one . |
| 10 | ‘ If I had that much money and it was the first real money I had ever made , ’ said the businessman at last , ‘ I 'd put a quarter of it in government savings bonds , and with the rest of it I 'd buy as much land or property in and around Tollemarche and Edmonton as I could lay my hands on . ’ |
| 11 | I drank all the booze I could lay my hands on . |
| 12 | I spent the days and nights talking with tenants , trade unionists , blacks and whites , punks and skinheads , single parents and old-age pensioners , their neighbours , workmates and relatives — anybody I could lay my hands on . |
| 13 | If you want to have a go I could bring my violin in and you can have a go at my violin any time . |
| 14 | ‘ I could bring your views to the attention of the Vice President in charge of Overseas Operations ’ he added placatingly . |
| 15 | Alone , I could hide my inability , force myself to concentrate and to finish any given piece of work to the best of my ability , no matter how long it took me . |
| 16 | Before I could twist my face into anything faintly resembling a sneer , the vendor explained that there were four such structures in a similar state of repair and that a Frenchman had expressed great interest . |
| 17 | If I could feed my own ego I wouldnae need to feed my face ! |
| 18 | Right below the press box he tried to get past Tambay and I could swear his wheels were n't more than inches from the pit-wall as he tried , and failed , to get by . |
| 19 | ‘ In fact , I could swear your image-maker wants me to come across as a free spirit , someone who does n't need the convention of a male escort — and I do n't . |
| 20 | One other point Mr Chair , if I could crave your indulgence you will er , I think you all know that Leicester City Football Club are playing this evening at Middlesbrough . |
| 21 | I could picture my mum and the nurse , who , for some reason , I had decided was Irish . |
| 22 | I picked up a pair of combat boots from a pile in the corner , found some laces , and looked at the other people wondering with whom I could swop my uniform . |
| 23 | I could break her bloody neck ! ’ |
| 24 | Ah I wish I could lift my carpet up . |
| 25 | ‘ What would you say if I told you I could make your contract disappear ? ’ |
| 26 | I thought that I could make my contribution by joining the Trade Union movement , and improve things from there . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I could make my mark , Miss , ’ he ventured . |
| 28 | Handwriting , I could make my handwriting neater , larger , I could try joining my handwriting have the letters joined , some people are still more comfortable printing in year seven . |
| 29 | Perhaps now I could make my own bread ! |
| 30 | Said he 'd bailed me out once and he would n't do so again , I could make my own way . |