Example sentences of "[vb past] and [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's an extension of what you do on stage and it became a full=time thing really , until after it stopped and he could change and get into the Diamond Dogs period and the other albums that he made . ’ |
| 2 | And doing afterwards I did t er See the war came and they could n't get people . |
| 3 | I was relieved when the daylight came and I could surrender to the exhaustion in my brain . |
| 4 | So sometimes the sisters would , would really sort of get it in for a nurse and she 'd and they could make your life very unpleasant indeed . |
| 5 | Robyn 's voice quivered and she could feel the tears , held back for so long , welling up inside . |
| 6 | In the dark it was impossible to see whether the curtains were drawn , but certainly no chink of light showed and she could not tell whether he was there , asleep , or whether his flat was empty . |
| 7 | He nodded and I could read more than one emotion in his face ; not just the dread of breaking the news to the famous owner but the distress of a horse-lover as he witnessed the plight of the beautiful animal . |
| 8 | ‘ Our league campaign this season was over before it began and I could offer a lot of excuses but wo n't . |
| 9 | On the one hand , as a good Irish Catholic girl married to a man she loved and who could afford to support her , she felt it her duty as well as her wish to have a child . |
| 10 | Well , he found them the best ski runs in the Cairngorms when they started and they could n't afford to give him anything very spectacular , so he said , ‘ Can I have the ski shop and the bobble hat concession ? ’ |
| 11 | Then school started and I could n't wear pyamas to school so I wore my trousers and tops … when they saw them they ( the other wives ) said ‘ Oh ! that wo n't do ! |
| 12 | But I was thankful when the summer holiday started and I could be released from duties I was finding it harder and harder to cope with . |
| 13 | For the rest of the weekend there was a downpour , and by Monday , when it finally abated and I could get back to the den , the mink had gone . |
| 14 | Er I myself went for the nearest exit which was out a window , I assume everyone else erm panicked and I could hear quite a few people running running down the corridor from the first floor . |
| 15 | However , I had a funny reaction when the taxi arrived back in Baldersdale — my legs went and I could hardly walk . |
| 16 | She 's wounded , too , in one leg , but she ca n't be moved down to Florence until twenty-four hours have passed because she cracked her head when she fell and there could be concussion . ’ |
| 17 | So since his old fella died and he could n't take it out on him , he 's taken it out on his young missis and the young ‘ uns . ’ |
| 18 | Apparently it was enough , because the heavy pressure on the back of her head eased and she could turn her face to the side , dragging air back into her lungs . |
| 19 | ‘ We got as close as we dared and we could see torches and they were using … |
| 20 | You could shrug your shoulders , put on a face that said you did n't care , but you did and nothing could ever be secure again . |
| 21 | We would n't see it coming , we could n't shoot it down when we did and we could n't even chase the fucking thing home after it had hit us . |
| 22 | I 've got everything right , actually what I did and I could n't give you , I have n't got a clue , trigonometry , well I could n't tell you how to do it , I should |
| 23 | I mentioned this to a Fetlar man who used to hunt otters for their pelts , as many crofters did and he could tell me that there had been pale-coated otters in that area for at least fifty years . |
| 24 | She hesitated and he could sense her reluctance to continue . |
| 25 | Most of the children who seroconverted and who could be located 13–17 months after vaccination remained seropositive ( table III ) . |
| 26 | She paused and I could hear her brain cells creaking into action as she reached out a hand covered in enough costume jewellery to make a decent knuckle-duster . |
| 27 | She knew she 'd been right not to trust him , guessed she had lost his support and did the only thing possible — tore at the bread with her teeth , one bite , two … three — stuffing her mouth till the bread protruded and she could hardly chew . |
| 28 | But he did n't care for his students or pull out of them what they had and what could be augmented . |
| 29 | I was busting and I was there going I said and I could n't exactly say can I go to the toilet ? |
| 30 | I had bought her for a song , then spent a fortune restoring her and , when my term of service expired and I could afford to become the gypsy-sailor I had always wanted to be , I left the Marines and made Masquerade my new home . |