Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] could [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried re-dialling two or three times , but either it was a long conversation or he could n't time it right to slip in between calls . |
| 2 | I found that I could say things with colour and shapes that I could n't day in any other way — things that I had no words for . |
| 3 | It seemed to me that you could not edge in a word ! ’ retorted Theda . |
| 4 | Do you have any recollections of any particular disputes and maybe an answer that you could possibly sort of , make a few comments on whether you felt the the procedures were worked out so finely that they in fact prevented disputes because they were so long and drawn out perhaps or er it took the fire out of disputes if you like ? |
| 5 | Er we moved over to using ASCII so that we could actually hand edit them and and look at them . |
| 6 | He was accustomed to conventional envy from some of his contemporaries ( although it could still distress him — Joseph Chiari recalls him leaving a party in Edinburgh because of the atmosphere of jealousy which he sensed there ) . |
| 7 | The acussed alledged that he could not forsee the harm he would do , and proceeded to argue that since he acted inavertently , he did not committ the offence . |
| 8 | But Selznick knew that he could not hand over the selection process to assistants . |
| 9 | Yet his family was totally dependent on him , not just his brothers but his mother and his father , so he could n't buck the system ; the pressure to rein him back in and continue the status quo and what was making money won over . |
| 10 | books , and you could n't sort of swop the |
| 11 | Since it was Dane 's name on the hoardings which had sold out the theatre on opening night and for several weeks to come , Josh 's kindness brought a painful lump to her throat , and she could only gaze at him in mute gratitude . |
| 12 | and the other one was erm a mother of two and she said that even when she was younger she was always overweight and she could never sort of go out with anybody nice and she just settled for anybody sort of thing , I felt sorry for her husband , mind you saying this like , cos he looked a bit thick and er |
| 13 | And they could n't sticks |
| 14 | Yes , I just wondered if they could n't sort of do a , a deal , you know to get them by air , the only thing about it is if they got to sort of |
| 15 | Aisha 's insistent words in the grain store , as she shook her gold earrings and the bangles on her wrist , urging me to stay at home , but I could only gaze at her shoes and marvel at how exactly they matched her handbag . |
| 16 | understand the meaning behind the sentence but you could n't word for word . |
| 17 | But she could not distance herself from her friend 's tragedy . |
| 18 | Parker , he was all caught up ; for he could not ward what he had himself created , fumbled for the door-bolt . |