Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean nothing could catch my imagination fantasy . |
| 2 | So as soon as it began to move back , I gave it the biggest push I could manage . |
| 3 | Through one of the glass panes in Plover Hide I could see a twite : a plump little linnet-like bird , brown , streaky-breasted , with a bright yellow stubby bill . |
| 4 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
| 5 | You know or , but I mean I could make , you could make anybody sandwiches ca n't ya ? |
| 6 | Mm , ah I mean if it was the question I mean I 've got that material we 've got it , I mean if it was question of sending out , I mean I could do that . |
| 7 | I mean that 's the only thing in here you ca n't put I mean I could do away with me birds and have another single chair standing there , but it shortens your room |
| 8 | I mean I could do I think they 're fascinating and important — but I would prefer instead actually to talk about Darwinism Darwin as a biologist , rather than Darwin as a philosopher or as a influencer of morals and religious beliefs and so on . |
| 9 | That 's the point , I mean I could do it . |
| 10 | I mean I could choose not to do an album , but when they asked me to an album that was exciting to say yes . |
| 11 | There 's no blooming so I mean I could drink something like that , which is purely chemical and never seen as li a damn orange That 's all it is is flavourings and water and |
| 12 | I mean I could sit down and write a piece of doggerel about what we 're doing now that rhymed and was comic and so on . |
| 13 | " You mean I could break down altogether ? " |
| 14 | I mean I could stay if you were , it would n't be too much for me . |
| 15 | Erm , I mean I could generate P H D theses for you by the dozen out of all this . |
| 16 | I mean I could understand when we had to climb up the belt which was damn dangerous , but now we 've altered all that . |
| 17 | ‘ You mean I could use them to help in the search ? ’ |
| 18 | Er , you there 's no offend that I can cover with you , I 'm just having a wee chat with you on it in general terms on it , but I mean I could fill pages and pages |
| 19 | I mean I could find out more about this Bella . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You mean I could have been discussing it with some of your clients , like the Contessa Mantero ? ’ |
| 21 | I mean I could have made it up it was that easy . |
| 22 | I mean I could work at the for three pound an hour . |
| 23 | I mean I could get this whole place so tidy and the kids come home from school and it 's like a bomb 's exploded and nothing 's appreciated about it , whereas if you 're decorating or teaching children there 's something always gained out of it … as far as actual housework goes , I do n't see how anyone can like it . |
| 24 | now if I was to go there and back that 's eighty pence , I mean I could get , for , for that e extra eighty pence I could get a few things in there that are dearer but I mean I like going down the town anyway and just wander and go back but I do get a few more bits in there now than I did . |
| 25 | ‘ You mean I could say anything at all ? ’ she asked with a mischievous smile . |
| 26 | I mean I could say well I could go on a diet , but , er and keep on this sort of thing like Margaret does you know |
| 27 | But they , you got ta have I mean I could say oh I paid erm what shall I say erm off the top of my head , what can I think ? |
| 28 | I mean I could say well like Elsie I could say ooh well I mean she comes , she leaves him I mean nine o'clock in the morning |
| 29 | But it was I mean I could hear it over the telly . |
| 30 | W well if it wou if it would help I mean I could produce the list that we have in mind . |