Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [pron] could " in BNC.
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1 | If investors get in now while the markets are low they could do well . |
2 | Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , I am sorry you could not bring yourself to tell me about your parents . |
3 | I am sorry I could not help . |
4 | As for talkin' , I would say there are few who could talk better . |
5 | I am afraid we could not agree over certain … artistic matters . |
6 | I am afraid I could only manage part of the meal and I cut out the second and third courses completely , and only had gravy and vegetables for the third , but most people at my table went right through the menu ! |
7 | Yet if there were sufficient pressure and demand , I am convinced they could produce suitable kits . |
8 | But I suppose you 're right -we could have some sleepless nights . |
9 | He says there 's a Hovercraft every hour from Calais , so if we 're lucky we could be there to meet her . ’ |
10 | You 're all having arguments about that , you all go to the pictures , an early showing , you go home , bung a Marks and Spencer 's meal into the oven , they 're great I could live on it , O K , just bung it into the oven , pull out the cork , then you sit down , wind down the week , couple of sherbets , maybe a glass of brandy , one o'clock in the morning , here we come , and all the rest of it , sort the world out , Friday night , wind down , enjoy the weekend . |
11 | ‘ You 're confident you could do that ? ’ |
12 | As far as they 're concerned we could rot in jail . |
13 | WHILE the farce at St James 's Park continues playing to large audiences , moves are afoot which could force the show to shut down . |
14 | With Motif at large in the Sun community , IBM and DEC are confident they could make inroads into the Sun installed base swapping out Sun machines for their own . |
15 | These are all I could get . |
16 | If it were I am sure we could find a way to beat it , such as having a weaker link to the ‘ feeder so that it will break away when snagged . |
17 | Were I to meet any of you at the golf club or the Mayor 's banquet I am sure we could talk as equals over a glass of sherry and a snipe sandwich . |
18 | I am sure you could get some free advice from Amnesty International or International PEN on how to arrange this . |
19 | With a companion I am sure I could have doubled the catch . |
20 | ‘ I am sure I could have done it better . |
21 | ‘ There are many things I am sure I could say , Mr Thabane , ’ I said . |
22 | I am sure I could sting this town 's senile pensioners for a couple of quid , by selling them the old tea hut as firewood . |
23 | I am sure I could smell the sea . |
24 | ‘ I am sure I could have finished my career at Ayresome Park . |
25 | If your curtains are plain you could stencil them ( see page 378 ) . |
26 | But the Consumers Association and banks are concerned it could lead to excessive surcharging . |
27 | Since it is admitted , or rather insisted , that as far as you are concerned there could be no difference between the hypothesis that you are currently sitting reading and the hypothesis that you are a brain in a vat being fed the experiences of one sitting reading , then it can not matter to you which is really true and which is false . |
28 | I 'm sorry we could n't do it the day you arrived , but it took a little bit of organizing . " |
29 | and ask for any help in doing his car do n't go to work or can he borrow this , just say no I 'm sorry you could n't help us and I 'm your sister so now I ca n't |
30 | ‘ I 'm sorry I could n't telephone first . ’ |