Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] could [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And neither of us could be happy deceiving him could we ? ’ |
| 2 | well you think that ca n't be right , because , can you work out what this bearing 's going to be , and instead of measuring it could we have calculated it ? |
| 3 | Yeah I mean I do n't know if I , I do n't , I 'm not saying I could I 'm just saying I bet if you had all that pressure then you would think of it differently . |
| 4 | But anyway , some lawyer I think in New York , working for Rockefeller Brothers , sent a piece of slate to my Uncle Jonathan , asking him could he tell , what quarry in Wales , this particular tile had come from . |
| 5 | Well I was thinking we could you know , leave it on while we 're on the job ! |