Example sentences of "[pron] could [vb infin] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the agreed rate of 10¢ per column inch it meant that if I could provide two 25-inch columns per day , which was relatively easy for me , I could earn about $30 per week which was $6 more than I was getting when I gave up the staff job . |
| 2 | ‘ I could make tomorrow evening for dinner , though . |
| 3 | A slim attractive girl in jeans hovered near , her pose suggesting I could approach her ; but before I could do so Señora Sanchez accosted me . |
| 4 | If you , if you like , I could speak now Chair ? |
| 5 | I tell you , I went up those steps faster than a scalded faggot , propelled by a barbarous diuretic terror on behalf of my exposed rear end The heavy door at the top did n't give until the fifth push , but by then I had turned , and seen the shrugging figures as they retreated into the light , and now I could hear only laughter . |
| 6 | I could imagine only blackmail . |
| 7 | I could buy anyway Shel ! |
| 8 | And in his yellow eyes I could see only hate and evil . |
| 9 | FIVE BANKS , which could lose over £100m if money market transactions by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham are ruled unlawful , should not be allowed to appear at the hearing into their legality , the High Court was told yesterday . |
| 10 | She could detect only agony : her eardrums rupturing under the pressure ; something cracking and tearing free , deep in her chest . |
| 11 | She could visualise only dimness and silence , and Hywel in a state of wrathful wonder at finding that alien woman , his wife , in his mother 's house . |
| 12 | Then the boat went down between the waves and she could see only mountains of wild water everywhere . |
| 13 | What sort of creature was she after all who could feel only loathing for a woman who had suffered so ? |
| 14 | The Premier League , rather than seek one major sponsor , have been looking towards the World Cup/European Championship idea of group backers who could contribute around £25m a year . |
| 15 | One bedroom was ready as a classroom , desks and typewriters had been installed , and Miss Aitchison , who could teach both shorthand and typing and had diplomas to prove it , had been hired . |
| 16 | You could borrow there stock , is that what you 're thinking and then take back what we did n't sell . |
| 17 | Yeah you say you you you could go probably weeks and never go into it . |
| 18 | ‘ You could buy there skiers in glass bottles … clockwork marmots , goat horns … sunglasses , imitation butter-churns , my books . ’ |
| 19 | By amortising your editorial expenditure over the extra 33 per cent of product in-fill you could save approximately £82.68 on your per-page cost . |
| 20 | We could modify either LA or SEGLAB to reduce this problem . |
| 21 | This change came about not because we were getting too big for our binding , rather we felt we could do better justice to the rich pageant of life at Sainsbury 's with more elbow room . |
| 22 | ‘ But they will never take you , Don — I will hide you here — no , I will hide you up at the old shieling hut — or we could run away west into Rannoch — ‘ There are forts everywhere . |
| 23 | And then with the five pennies we could say well penny between you two , penny between you two , another penny between you two , between you two , an . |
| 24 | This is three elements out of about nine or ten , now if they could be persuaded that if people phoned us up and said blah blah blah I want to learn this we could say well Telford will let you do this one unit of the course , they learn the one unit of the course , they say right I 'd now like to learn about let's say photography and we find out that Queen Margaret 's College in their course have an element on photography so we point the student in that direction and then they do this hold on a second |
| 25 | We could see neither station nor buildings . |
| 26 | Perhaps we could ring tomorrow afternoon when the children are up ? |
| 27 | ‘ If we simply sit back and do nothing , we could lose both mother and baby . |
| 28 | As a social group they could record both gains and losses from war , and there has been some debate among historians about how far a balance sheet can be struck for the country as a whole , whether England gained or lost from its military operations . |
| 29 | While Tayside Region and Perth and Kinross District Council indicated they could afford only part of the survey , estimated at £80,000-£100,000 , the Scottish Office reply was unequivocal . |
| 30 | They could see only darkness from the invisible bars of their prison . |