Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] could [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brazil is a eventually in Mexico I could become a Mexican , way up to a Mexico , how do we get to a Mexico , jump to a Mexico ! |
| 2 | ‘ Then in a few months you could have a thriving business here , Mr Robinson . |
| 3 | You could interrogate me , at least , and if you thought I was a double agent you could put a bullet in my head . |
| 4 | Famous for its marketing campaign that guaranteed bug-free software — if you found a bug you could claim a VW Beetle from the company — Ready Systems embarked on an ambitious project two and a half years ago to build a completely new tool suite . |
| 5 | I used to go to these houses with all the other kids , and you could hear the parents , someone would say , but he 's not very like his father , and then they 'd all explain in voices you could hear a mile away , and I would get funny looks from all the rest . |
| 6 | just breathing ; a dry electric wind you could hear a mile off . |
| 7 | ‘ We could share the driving and drive sedately through Germany , ’ she amended with a smirk of a glance to where Fabia was grinning , ‘ and once I 've done my interview we could make a holiday of it — stay longer , have a tour around . |
| 8 | On form the little centre is one of the best attacking players in the country , and with captain Tiaan Strauss they could spark a revival down Newlands way . |
| 9 | If he now loses at home to Portugal it could prove a mortal wound . |
| 10 | By the watchfires ' waning light he could discern a handful of ghostly figures flitting about nearby . |
| 11 | ‘ If the Governor set aside four hours every day for two months he could spend a minute on each decision package , not enough time to read it , let alone make an analysis of its merits ’ ( Anthony , 1977 , p. 19 ) . |
| 12 | I moved so quietly I barely stirred the dust , yet now in the English winter I could hear a spectral echo of angry laughter and I thought it was my own . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Through the window I could see a group of men walking away . |
| 15 | From my place on the gallery I could keep a watch on Claire 's door and on what was happening in the hall below . |
| 16 | If you feel more comfortable having at least a visual dividing line between sitting and dining areas you could make a dividing ‘ wall ’ with a low storage unit . |
| 17 | If two people had some disagreement she could find a way of softening that situation . |
| 18 | Outside the window she could hear a strong wind blowing . |
| 19 | Elizabeth , do you think on behalf of the forms committee you could do a tour around accounts and dig out the forms . |
| 20 | If you 've the stamina you could fill a week with different ‘ sights ’ , but there 's also a lot to offer the more sedentary visitor . |
| 21 | As they flew over the house and looked down on colourful gardens she could see a pool of some considerable size , glittering greenly in the sun , tubs of geraniums around it . |
| 22 | A passageway crossed left and right before her ; a little way along the right-hand corridor she could see a wide opening in the wall , and through it the first few steps of a wide staircase leading upwards . |
| 23 | The surrounding fields were full of rabbits — the buzzards ' favourite food — and from their perch on the goal posts they could spot a rabbit three or four fields away . |
| 24 | It did not require much effort on Gehlen 's part to convince the Americans that the real enemy was Russia and with his help they could have a ready-made intelligence organisation . |
| 25 | On approaching the pub they could see a figure in a black T-shirt with white lettering through the opaque glass of the gents ' toilet . |
| 26 | At the end of the promenade they could take a flight of steps down to rocks that were slippery with seaweed , and clamber over them until they reached the shingle . |
| 27 | Through one purple window he could see a soft light , and sweet music was coming from inside the church . |
| 28 | In that instance you could issue a B one so that he would have some money coming in . |
| 29 | Thus , for the question about the slow pace of educational change you could set a paragraph to answer the following questions . |
| 30 | If you deploy with a unit of Orcs you could put a unit of Black Orcs next to them , then Goblins , then Trolls , then more Orcs , and there will be no two animosity-suffering units next to each other . |