Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [adj] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am so sorry I could not revert to the ‘ phone at the very moment you rang on Thursday . |
| 2 | Distinctively tinted , the aromatics are so strong you could confuse it with cologne as it glugs out of the bottle ; there is almost a lavendery quality . |
| 3 | It is so aerodynamically perfect and the down forces are so strong it could travel upside down across your ceiling at 150mph without falling off . |
| 4 | HUNDREDS of swimming pools are so dirty you could end up with a rash or tummy bug , health chiefs cautioned yesterday . |
| 5 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |
| 6 | I am not sure she could actually have gone so far as to say things like : ‘ these errors may be trivial in themselves , but you must yourself realize their larger significance ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ They gave me no specific reason why they stopped me and I am just worried they could stop any innocent people , ’ he said . |
| 8 | We can not remember anyone ever asking us these questions and we are not sure we could have given a reasonable answer until we had been married nearly twenty years . |
| 9 | If your mare has a problem and you are not sure it could be passed on , then talk to your vet . |
| 10 | " I 'm glad for you , my lord , but I expect that as you 're so rich you could have had any woman you wanted . |
| 11 | We 're so glad you could make it . |
| 12 | But inside you 're so angry you could kill her , you really wish she were dead . |
| 13 | You know , you 're so pretty you could have anyone , but you 've got to go and pick one of the Feltons . |
| 14 | If you are under eighteen you could join a pony club , which involves you going to at least two meetings a year . |
| 15 | ‘ Rob 's often spoken about you , and I 'm so pleased you could come . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh Celia I 'm so unhappy I could kill myself . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm so glad you could make it tonight , Stefan . |
| 18 | ‘ Ah Major , I 'm so glad you could come . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Welcome to the Wood ménage , I 'm so glad you could come . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm so happy you could make it , my favourite jockey . ’ |
| 21 | God , I 'm so happy I could dance ! |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm so happy I could burst , ’ she whispered . |
| 23 | Apart from the ‘ George And James ’ and ‘ Stars And Hank Forever ’ album , Goldmine claims that the project got no further than the ‘ It 's A Man 's Man 's Man 's World ’ video and 45 , adding : ‘ It 's not quite clear whether or not The Residents ever got to work on Volume Three — which would have featured the compositions of Bob Dylan and Sun Ra — but leftovers from the earlier volumes occasionally crop up as rare treats , such as ‘ I 'm So Lonesome I Could Cry ’ on the ‘ Potatoes ’ folk song composition . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm so hungry I could eat flies and worms , ’ she said , intensely , and laughed . |
| 25 | There 's the ‘ I 'm so fat I could be a turkey ’ type of robin ; the ‘ Is n't there more to life than standing on this stupid twig ’ robin ; and , the special favourite , the robin with the ‘ How come the cattle always get to go in the stable ? ’ look . |
| 26 | But I 'm not sure we could catch her if we tried . |
| 27 | Sure but , but is it , well I 'm not sure one could say he wants his ideas to be accepted not necessarily , it 's not a a bid |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not sure she could n't go to ten , and she 'd certainly be ten in looks if she smiled more often . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm not sure you could take a tabloid in this direction I 'm about to propose that would also appeal to some popular customers , but it 's like , last night everyone was reminiscing about Type ninety and the high points and one of the things that came out in conversation was that there was enormous amount of sex going on which I suppose there is at all conferences , you know , but this one seemed to be , you know , the randiest conference in recent memory . |
| 30 | Someone recently said to me ‘ I 'm gradually getting over the death of my husband , but if I had realized all the extra work I would have I 'm not sure I could have coped . |