Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] could [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , oh I do n't think I could do the travelling now that I used to do , but er |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't think I could face the idea of someone else having the job , ’ she laughs , ‘ but it was also a great opportunity for me . ’ |
| 3 | I really do n't think I could tolerate the loss of it all . ’ |
| 4 | Oh I see that , that 's how you remember , oh the other day I went to look at Asda you know , put my card in the machine and my mind just went totally blank , do you think I could remember the dam number . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you think I could see the earlier implant ? |
| 6 | D' you think I could use the hospital phone ? |
| 7 | I have no objections in talking about it , but I really do n't think I could recall the events in any form of sequence with any accuracy . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think I could take the excitement , doctor . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I realised I could influence the situation by saving resources and helping to keep the environment as clean as possible . ’ |
| 10 | W well if it wou if it would help I mean I could produce the list that we have in mind . |
| 11 | From where I lay I could see the repeated pattern of the sleepers slowly passing beneath the train . |
| 12 | If I strained I could see the world as others did , stereoscopically , but if I relaxed binocular vision would ensue , and while one ‘ eye ’ would remain focused , the other would slide away into the clouded periphery where The Fat Controller and his machinations held sway . |
| 13 | Eventually , I found I could hang the slide on my index finger and doodle around that way . |
| 14 | I found I could force the steering wheel a quarter of a turn and flex all sorts of things , like the casting for the gearbox mounting . ’ |
| 15 | I was fully clothed , how come I could feel the warmth through my sweater ? |
| 16 | When it comes to motor sport Central South boasts the best in Britain … the world … this coming weekend could see Nigel Mansell and the Williams team from Didcot in Oxfordshire win the formula one championship … while from Banbury comes news of a revolution in rally driving which could take the Prodrive team to the top … |
| 17 | It could be the sour smell of misfortune rather than the suspicion that he does n't know what he really wants which could mock the prediction that here is the next Conservative Prime Minister but one . ’ |
| 18 | She found she could get the attention and praise she wanted only by achieving , being good and caring for that pretty little monster she so resented . |
| 19 | Dot found she could read the letters and was surprised . |
| 20 | The Ocean is calm , so calm you could believe it to be lacquered wood rather than water and that if you were in a hurry you could leave the boat and walk to shore . |
| 21 | They say you could borrow the Walkman ? |
| 22 | But even as she fumed she could see the sense in his ploy — nobody would be suspicious of his frequent presence in the nightclub if they thought he had something going with Rory . |
| 23 | As we approached we could hear the real Chairman of the Ontario Jockey Club welcoming everyone to the adventure and we could see Zak and the other actors waiting for him to finish so that they could get on with the mystery . |
| 24 | ‘ We intended to sponsor the match ball but we found we could afford the whole match . ’ |
| 25 | In the 1960s , when bank credit was tight , companies found they could use the services of a broker to lend to one another . |
| 26 | Earlier in the decade ‘ propaganda ’ among a few chosen workers had been rejected in favour of mass agitation as revolutionaries found they could articulate the detailed grievances of workers in specific factories and print them in agitational leaflets . |
| 27 | The leases have brewed up a storm in Darlington as landlords say they could mean the end of many traditional pubs . |
| 28 | Sweat had stained his shirt and as Doyle approached he could smell the effort on the man 's body . |
| 29 | He found he could dowse the ‘ charge ’ in a stone , the wavelength being in the radio section of the electromagnetic spectrum , that this became fixed by electromagnetism , and that the germination of plants could be affected if they are on one of the ‘ charge lines ’ . |
| 30 | Eventually MacPhie found he could break the spell of the magic thread if he cut it with the woman 's magic hatchet . |