Example sentences of "[pron] could [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I could also support Chris 's resolution if I thought it was realistic to hope for an adequately funded public transport system in , in the foreseeable future . |
| 2 | I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion . |
| 3 | I could easily write paragraphs in tender praise of that young girl 's pouting lower lip , but the end result would be to make her appear ludicrously deformed . |
| 4 | I could even see Conchis , who was sitting where we had sat on the terrace the night before , apparently reading . |
| 5 | Perhaps I could just advise members , Chairman , that erm , that the timescale for that would be fairly tight , erm , and my recollection is that when we er , we went out to consultation previously in the sphere of learning disability on an issue that I well you should know , erm , I think there were some thirteen plus consultation meetings required in , in order to , erm , to get a fair spread of , of , of opinion . |
| 6 | Talking of waffling , if I could just shift ground slightly to another issue , it 's been touched on already , and that is of jargon . |
| 7 | But having I could just tell councillor that the main problems which he felt he had to bring into this debate , the main problem is parking across the driveways in Harvey Goodwin Avenue , both the residents get very fed up because the parking . |
| 8 | There 's no point in me doing it I mean if I could just hear Ben going ah ah ah |
| 9 | I was sitting on a chair near the door , and I could just hear Greta Ross 's voice speaking on the phone . |
| 10 | I could just hear Mr Rhys saying , Run away . |
| 11 | If I could just have Mr. Pertwee 's address … ’ |
| 12 | I mean there 's times I could just take Billy and just but then you have to think , no . |
| 13 | I could partly understand Sally 's comments because I heard at second hand from Jack Mason about the bickering that went on between manufacturers and the players ' agents about contracts . |
| 14 | You could of course opt for the new Marshall JMP-1 MIDI preamp , which would almost certainly do the job ; I could equally recommend Boogie 's TriAxis , but that breaches your £1,000 ceiling . |
| 15 | Well I ca n't place very many , all I 've placed are the ones in the middle that I used to live in I could probably place Zambia , Malawi Zimbabwe whatever the Conga is now called , I do n't even know what that 's now called that 's about my limit , Ghana Nigeria , might be able to place if it 's geographical features I could place more how many countries have you given then in Africa ? |
| 16 | I could perhaps mention titles only : technology , choice of technology and the link with the again the unemployment problem ; fields like rural development planning and erm the associated questions of rural industrialization of the balance between town and country , of migration from the country to the town and it 's implications for both country and town . |
| 17 | I am afraid I could only manage part of the meal and I cut out the second and third courses completely , and only had gravy and vegetables for the third , but most people at my table went right through the menu ! |
| 18 | There was a figure on either side of him but I could only see Charlie Vaughan . |
| 19 | All I could do was to mumble that I regretted not taking my degree , and , though I could see it was irritating of me to whine , to feel stale and bored was not such a trivial thing ; that though we might have the vote now , meals still had to be prepared and children looked after and since this kind of drudgery was despised by society as not being ‘ real work ’ , we were in the hideous position of being both exhausted and imprisoned by it and also looked down on for doing it ; that I had honestly tried to be the sort of wife Richard wanted — and the sort of wife I felt I ought to be — but it was like being in a kind of airless cell and I could only see Richard as a jailer ; that I saw myself becoming progressively more and more incapable of doing anything , not just mentally , but from some kind of paralysis of will . |
| 20 | and so I could only have marmite or fruit to eat and |
| 21 | When I tried embroidery I was ashamed that I could only produce ugliness from the beautiful silks . |
| 22 | She emphasised that I could only share rooms with someone Tata would have considered ‘ acceptable ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ Two nights ago my telephone rang , but very softly , and I could only hear whispers . |
| 24 | For I knew there were English-speaking visitors in Geneva if I could only establish communication with them ; they might be induced to take up my cause . |
| 25 | I could now forget Bill for hours , even days , then one sniff of wet plaster and I went straight back to Marcus Small Ward Two . |
| 26 | I could now see Malc on the front row quite clearly . |
| 27 | ‘ You mean , I could now have cancer of the lung ? ! ’ |
| 28 | I could then buy food and give Mom the change , so ensuring we ate adequately . |
| 29 | I could certainly smell coffee brewing . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ Having become heartily sick of my private life myself , I could hardly expect others to take a more charitable view . ’ |