Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pentagon would have been furious at losing an agent as well as a major mission , but there was little or nothing it could say or do to put things right without acknowledging that Coleman was an agent and thereby admitting that , for the better part of two years , the DIA had been spying , not on the country 's official enemies , but on other agencies of the United States government . |
| 2 | He asked a scout to search through the turmoil and pick out Tiguary , if possible , or someone who could give him a message . |
| 3 | but , but that 's , that 's that 's easily remedied if you could get a er a driving licence holder to take them oh a volunteer driving licence holder among one of the parents or somebody who could take the children , er , periodically in the bus to visit the hospital to do this sort of thing . |
| 4 | But that 's that 's perhaps easily remedied , if you could get a er a driving licence holder to take them , who , a volunteer driving licence holder , among one of the parents or somebody who could take the children at periodic intervals to visit the hospital to do this sort of thing . |
| 5 | Mr Bangemann explicitly appealed to other European leaders not to suggest that German reunification was an immediate political issue or one which could be decided without dramatic changes in the political and security situation in Europe as a whole . |
| 6 | This option allows a measure of latitude to opt for jury trial on indictment to a person accused of a more serious offence , or one which could have profound effects on him if found guilty . |
| 7 | And this conception leads inexorably to the view that experience is like a kind of screen , something which could perhaps be painted if only we had the skill and reflective capacity , or something which could be captured by language or music . |
| 8 | Unless there 's a special fluid or something they could put it in there to wash through |
| 9 | And he only had to wait a couple of erm points left on his licence so if I 'd taken the dangerous thriving or something he could have lost his licence but erm that 's besides the point . |
| 10 | And probably a book or a crossword puzzle or something you could do when you were down there , you know . |
| 11 | There 's always something you think you could have done or something you could have said . |
| 12 | Be nice if you could get it , get it then if you felt like it afterwards about half past four or something you could just get out to get fresh to quick walk . |
| 13 | she said if you started off with cereal porridge or something you could have perhaps two rounds of cheese on toast for your break |
| 14 | Are you suggesting that apart from this relief you 've been set you might see Wogan tonight or something you could think |
| 15 | You have n't got a number or something I could always go in and ask his teacher she 's never interested in if you 've got a a tape or anything . |
| 16 | She criticised the showing on television of ‘ pictures of young black teenagers taking calculated — and cheerful — running kicks at plate-glass shop windows , coolly helping themselves to the goods inside , shoes , shirts or whatever they could lay their hands on ’ . |
| 17 | Or what we could do , well , what I mean is , maybe would n't do any harm going down to the pub tonight to see if the others are there , only a quick drink mind , we ca n't be sure what they 're like yet — ’ |
| 18 | Or what we could do , if you say these this dose makes you a bit drowsy , we could give you the same stuff but in a lower dose . |
| 19 | ‘ We know what this means , or what it could mean . |
| 20 | I walked slowly back up the shabby road to this now miserable room , thinking all the while of what I ought to do or what I could do if I was ever going to outmanoeuvre these cunning poisoners . |
| 21 | It would , moreover , be inappropriate for the judiciary to be associated with any series of talks or anything which could be fairly interpreted as entertainment … |
| 22 | Reporting restrictions were not lifted and the magistrates made an order preventing publication of the boys ' names or anything which could identify them . |
| 23 | The sources from which the children could find information enabling them to make fullest use of the church study were not confined to what they saw in the booklet nor what they could see and think out for themselves ; a number of people , both inside and outside the school , were enthusiastic and available for consultation . |
| 24 | Everyone knew that a breaking point had to come ; and everyone who could took extraordinary measures to protect himself . |
| 25 | There was nothing to say and nothing we could do . |
| 26 | And then it was mammoth time and nothing she could do about it . |
| 27 | And nothing she could think could raise her arm |
| 28 | The shiny black eyes were wide with fear , and nothing she could say made any difference to the racing heartbeat . |
| 29 | She would not return to you because you believed her to be a fallen woman , and nothing she could say would convince you otherwise . ’ |
| 30 | And nothing he could do . |