Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been all she could do , as she wrote to Ellen : |
| 2 | Ah no ours are just you could n't tell you 'd got it on . |
| 3 | Here are more you could have in the FFL ex-Leeds team : |
| 4 | ‘ Surely there must be somewhere I could buy some . |
| 5 | Er Chairman I 'm perhaps I could also suggest that we change the word suggested erm because that i i it , perhaps you are looking for something slightly stronger erm er so it could just say in accordance with paragraphs two four to two nine or the points made in paragraph two point |
| 6 | It might well prove to be all they could do to find their way across the heather to some quiet field or copse-bank like those they had been used to . |
| 7 | Not , thought Robert , that there would be much anyone could do should the Twenty-fourth Imam decide to loon around SW19 behaving like a negative version of Superman . |
| 8 | There did n't seem to be much he could say . |
| 9 | See that also epitomizes what I was saying before , you know I mean if I 'm there you could be stuck there for the remainder . |
| 10 | If Jasper had been here she could not have done this , she would have had to adapt her pace to his … sometimes , very seldom , the thought came into her head : If I were alone , if I did not have Jasper to worry about … |
| 11 | If only Silas had been there she could have consulted him , but although she looked along the corridor and outside there was no sign of him . |
| 12 | There are sometimes I could find this quiet little place somewhere and just think , you know , it 's really nice . |
| 13 | What is the point of arguing that justified belief is impossible , for if you were right there could be no reasons for your conclusion ? |
| 14 | I often think er and then of course you see if , if they er the airmen , their wives used to try and get er digs near where the aerodromes were so they could see their menfolk . |
| 15 | Here is an extract from the minutes of January 10 : ‘ J Peeke brought to the attention of the committee that she only had one set of keys , not two like stated at the Christmas Party when a councillor asked where the Space Invaders keys were so they could have a few free games . ’ |
| 16 | It is probable that it was during the period which is termed the ‘ dawn of civilisation ’ that the first primitive acts of homage or deference to a ‘ god ’ occurred , and if this were so it could be an indication that the need for a ‘ god ’ is fundamental to the civilising process . |
| 17 | You see in those days i people i servants were so you could get servants so easily ev even if you did n't have somebody living in er you , you 'd have a daily person . |
| 18 | There is a consideration on one side , and it is said the consideration on the other is the agreement itself : if that were so there could never be a nudum pactum . |
| 19 | If only Charles were here he could deal beautifully with this extraordinary turn of events , tell Charity how unimpressed he was , laugh the whole thing off . |
| 20 | Durance said : ‘ I believed that if I were there I could control what she told you . ’ |
| 21 | But there had been nowhere she could run to , no place to hide . |
| 22 | If that is so it could constitute theft . |
| 23 | He was in a filthy mood , first because I 'd suggested he sleep on my floor instead of at Sorrel 's so we could get an early start , then because I 'd made him wear a suit and tie to go with our Yuppie cover ( and because I 'd insisted on the shirt as well ) . |
| 24 | It is worth noting that there are not a few cases where constructions containing postverbal adjectives are equivalent to different structures having the same subject and the same adjectival and verbal properties , but with the former now in ordinary predicative position and the latter replaced by an adverb : ( 61 ) Mario seemed regretful Mario was apparently regretful ( 62 ) the sharks remain dangerous the sharks are still dangerous This is exactly what could have been expected , given structure ( 47 ) . |
| 25 | I think they both actually probably work it 's just they could n't figure out the programming on them . |
| 26 | The Greeks have a very large problem because there are so many important sites , but I think there is more they could have done , and could be doing now . |
| 27 | to there hiatus , hiatus hernia , ooh terrible you 're stitched all inside ooh it 's like you could sit down to a beautiful tea tonight and enjoy it and then you could sit down to your breakfast in morning , one bite and that was you finished |
| 28 | Yeah , it 's like you could actually , I mean once my mum had pointed it out , I 'd never had noticed , but you walked into the bathroom and you thought , yeah , |
| 29 | It 's like you could do , that but this quality , and you could do this and that really |
| 30 | Now , you see , in Rafferty 's here we could be sittin' on a gold mine . ’ |