Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no place you could go where I could n't reach you . |
| 2 | Although it 's interesting to hear the difference between these amps with a signal source as stable as the A2 , there was n't one where I could n't produce the desired sound simply by tweaking the combo 's own EQ . |
| 3 | You wore a damnably provocative outfit , made sure you draped yourself where I could n't help seeing you . ’ |
| 4 | I think you need to look again at the bit I 've marked above where I could n't understand it , and try to clear up the problem . |
| 5 | He braked in the slow corners , where I could not overtake , then on the straight , he accelerated and drove away , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I would sing to myself , perfectly content to be alone in my own dream world , imagining myself on television receiving an award for beating a world record and I would see my name and picture in the ‘ Guinness Book of Records ’ on the high bookshelf in my brother 's room where I could not reach it , and yet , through all those mornings of endless riding round the yard , I never once counted just how many times I had ridden around to see if I had beaten the previous morning 's record , so sure was my conviction of success ! |
| 7 | If I could get a home where my kids could grow up with daily fear and where I could also help my father , I could push this hell out of my mind and start afresh with my family . |
| 8 | Where I could also spend a great deal of time talking about our common enemies , our mutual friends and some of the similarity and our aims for world peace and again , I 'm gon na leave that for the statesmen and the politicians . |
| 9 | He expects a place in a Labour cabinet : Chief Whip for a short time , perhaps , then a portfolio of his own ‘ something where I could really help the North . ’ |
| 10 | Or I could just stuff them down that wrinkled old gullet . |
| 11 | Flying from London to Los Angeles I could make New York a genuine intermediate target by taking a stop-over or I could simply score the halfway mark on the total journey . |
| 12 | ‘ Or I could simply beat you until the blood runs . |
| 13 | The position had been reached where she could not make out the labels on the cans of food she was heating up . |
| 14 | Briefly , as she followed Lucenzo across the marble floor , she caught a glimpse inside a dark , spacious room where she could just make out the shape of elegant furniture and banners hanging from a painted ceiling lit by the light from the hall . |
| 15 | Dorcas pointed to the shadows at the far end of the shed , where she could just make out something big and indistinct . |
| 16 | Well , he might have succeeded in getting her where she could n't run away , but getting her to talk was something else . |
| 17 | My mother , having been deprived of one prospective son-in-law , Cedric , now got it in to her head that I might meet an American , and decide to marry him and live the rest of my life in the USA , where she could n't get at me and see what was going on . |
| 18 | The male domovoi traditionally lived by the front step and the female in the cellar , where she could best supervise the family 's food supply . |
| 19 | There was the frightening sensation of being sucked into an invisible vortex , some dark cavern of the senses where she could no longer stand back and resist , where she could only feel … |
| 20 | Is there not a Stanley blade knocking about anywhere where you could just pare it down a wee bit ? |
| 21 | To be sure you are Lucifer himself in the shape of my master or you could not use me thus , and I beg you 'll send me out of my way to my poor parents . |
| 22 | I , I got stuck in , I used to bring stuff home at night to work on and er there were no exams to sit then , you just sort or did it by , you either could or you could n't do it . |
| 23 | You 've never loved anyone or you could n't say that , ’ she exclaimed . |
| 24 | You could organise a large event at your local park or a sponsored ramble in the country ; or you could simply leave the car at home and get people to sponsor your walk to the station . |
| 25 | You either go along with me until this is over or you could soon find yourself out of a job , although I suppose you could always see if Lewis had an opening for you on his paper . ’ |
| 26 | Back in Hinterzarten there are festivals , spa concerts , guided walking tours , tennis classes , canoeing and mountain biking — or you could just sit in the company of delicious pastries at one of the peaceful cafés . |
| 27 | Or you could just stay here and rest . |
| 28 | So you 've put your marks every two squares , but you do n't need to write all the numbers in you could just write say erm two , four , six , eight or you could just write five , ten , fifteen , twenty , twenty five . |
| 29 | Or you could just write about how you enjoyed the story or you did n't enjoy the story , or you think it 's a great story , or what actually happened in the story . |
| 30 | Or you could just multiply them out if you liked . |