Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came home with a heavy heart and wondered how on earth I could foster vocations . |
| 2 | ‘ I could manage stockings out of what you 've given me . ’ |
| 3 | At Eton I had read every book I could lay hands on about the Zulus , about Abyssinia and about the rise and fall of the Dervish empire in the Sudan . |
| 4 | I realised there were periods of time when this pool is hardly used , so I approached the management and asked if I could bring parties of residents here from Conway House . |
| 5 | Eventually I had the other repeat to make the three parts , so then I could make harmonies by playing along with the tape . ’ |
| 6 | If she does , I could make cakes for it , could n't I , and jam — ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I could make costumes . ’ |
| 8 | If I could draw members attention to the supplementary papers erm and it 's page three which is the second report and it will become I will make it clear with regards to the er linking up of the two reports , both museums and Essex committee linked up to the museum registration . |
| 9 | Then the lady in charge asked if I could alter garments that were too long or too short and , mug that I am , I agreed . |
| 10 | You work it out in stages , little bits , and then you add the bits together and then you add the bits together , so you say , well I could do a hundred times seventeen and then I could do ones times seventeen . |
| 11 | I let myself think I might adopt him — oh , not altogether , but just so that he could come and stay with me sometimes and I could do things for him . |
| 12 | Th'did n't know I could do tricks did thee ? |
| 13 | Yeah , yesterday I could smell things first time for ages and ages ! |
| 14 | I could feel things , pieces of metal , sharp spiky things , nothing living . |
| 15 | I could feel tears welling up in my eyes . |
| 16 | I could talk lengthily about food without longing for it , and at home I could cook meals without tasting and without my mouth watering . |
| 17 | Once it is running , I 'm sure I could delegate parts of it , such as transfers to someone else . |
| 18 | Today I felt I could leave things no longer , so I had a word with a colleague in the Home Office . |
| 19 | A lot of the members told me I was very good — I could pull clubs well and read greens — and I should try going to the Bing Crosby to work for a pro in the tournament . |
| 20 | I could do the same thing with rich people I suppose , I could paint yuppies . |
| 21 | I could do the same thing with rich people I suppose , I could paint yuppies . |
| 22 | I could give examples of how people have been pursued beyond the grave to pull back a few miserly pounds of poll tax payment . |
| 23 | I do n't think I could eat chips . |
| 24 | I could eat men like you for a dud half-a-crown . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm so hungry I could eat flies and worms , ’ she said , intensely , and laughed . |
| 26 | I 'd go to the SS Great Britain and sit by the breezy river , and I 'd compose my stupid self and compose my story so that I could tell lies confidently instead of giving myself away . |
| 27 | If only I could spell resources , number of resources . |
| 28 | I feel I could topple tables and chairs , Miss Honey … |
| 29 | I felt that I would be able to work more efficiently if I could refer patients in my care to any of the A&E doctors . |
| 30 | I could explain changes in the sovereign states as consequent upon the evolution and interaction of the world-system . |