Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chairman placed a large digital clock on the conference table where everyone could see it . |
| 2 | I do n't suppose you 've any idea where I could find her ? ’ |
| 3 | Can you let me have a phone number where I could get you this evening ? " |
| 4 | Leon always opened his door after that and , standing in the same spot where I could see him , he would play . |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't do it ! ’ she had to tell her , and , when her sister 's look suddenly became hostile , ‘ I 'm sure if you wrote to Mr Gajdusek , or phoned him — or I could do it for you , ’ she volunteered hastily , not wanting to be bad friends with her , now of all times . |
| 6 | Or I could carry you . ’ |
| 7 | Well exactly , yes , she can give you a ring erm or I could give you a ring for that matter erm . |
| 8 | I could put it into Event , or I could give it to you for Time Out … |
| 9 | Or I could make it into a puppet . |
| 10 | As neither Marcella or I could sing we spoke along to the music in what we felt , somehow , was Good Old Cabaret Style … |
| 11 | ROS : Or I could lick yours , of course . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a damn good job you do n't , laddie , or I could see you being hauled up before the old man . ’ |
| 13 | I could help these lunatics or I could fight them on behalf of Stok ; neither of those ideas appealed to me . |
| 14 | Or somebody could tell me . |
| 15 | Spun me a good story about her husband , Malcolm , and how he 'd died , and she was going to stay with a friend in Birkleigh until she found a living-in job where she could keep you . |
| 16 | I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe . |
| 17 | She noted everyone in the choir , indeed , as part of a determined effort not to gaze all the time at Giles Carnaby , who was in the back row , in the middle of the tenors , straight ahead of her , where she could consider him in detail — silvery hair , grey herring-bone tweed jacket , greenish shirt , paisley patterned silk tie ( so much for not gazing … ) |
| 18 | There was probably a night service bus , but she had no idea where she could catch it , or where it stopped in Yonder . |
| 19 | I could meet you somewhere where you could show me . |
| 20 | Erm what , what I said to you earlier was that er at the very beginning where you could help me was if , if you found this of value to you , this service that I 've just provided , erm perhaps you could erm th there might be er some friends of yours that er you might find that this might be of beneficial to . |
| 21 | You bought it as somewhere where you could keep me , and that 's something quite different . |
| 22 | Or you could leave it on it 's own , could n't you cos it 's got the white things like dad 's |
| 23 | Or you could make it into a picture for a baby or toddler to hang on their bedroom wall . |
| 24 | Or you could make it the positive , but you ca n't have both . |
| 25 | or you could think it also true that I think wh what you think you 're supposed to like as well . |
| 26 | has written the comment , i.e. the member of staff has written it , you could then have something underneath if you wish to , that is the pupil 's , that will be obviously the pupil 's from the different writing , or the style of the writing er or you could open it up with we have agreed , if you wish to one make it a joint |
| 27 | So miles per hour per second , or you could measure it per hour if you wanted . |
| 28 | It costs eighty five p , and you can get it from any of the H M S O — Her Majesty 's Stationery Office — or you could order it , I should think , from most bookshops , and that 'll give you a pretty good overview of what Warnock is trying to do , and then , of course if anybody 's interested enough in comparing that with the Act , you 'll see the kind of things that were in the Warnock Report have n't actually come through in the act . |
| 29 | or we 'll get you one , or you could get it through your local news agency . |
| 30 | If there is not room for this you might utilize the space by making slots in the counter top to take your cooking knives , or you could suspend them from a magnetic bar just above out of reach of children . |