Example sentences of "someone [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the exit was at the foot of the screen , and I was being borne up towards that great and drooling hag , away from safety , pinioned by someone I could n't see , and the witch was laughing . |
| 2 | His explanation is simple : ‘ Of course , I could have done better , but I enjoy the friendship of running and would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race ’ |
| 4 | Of course it 's early days yet , I suppose , but I do so wish there was someone I could tell the whole story to . |
| 5 | A long conversation followed with someone I could not see . |
| 6 | I wish there was someone I could talk to about the problems — someone who 'd keep an eye on him and watch for him getting bad and get the doctor to do something , sooner ; someone who 'd help him with money , a job , get him out of the room for a bit , give us a break too . |
| 7 | Someone I could look after . |
| 8 | I thought that at last I 'd found someone I could share my life with . |
| 9 | Someone I could n't see . |
| 10 | Another senior personnel manager said : ‘ It would not be a moral judgment , but we have to consider the practicalities of appointing someone who could be off work for long periods . ’ |
| 11 | How could Ma look like that at someone who could n't even speak English ? |
| 12 | Foolish in that it gave a great deal away to the other woman , and she could tell the woman looked at her as someone who could be aggressive and perhaps a bit vulgar , someone who said things which ought never even to have been thought . |
| 13 | In a statement read to the court , Shooter described his crime as ‘ a cry for help from someone who could no longer handle the pressures of life ’ . |
| 14 | In the darkness I felt in the hands of God , someone who could do anything He liked with me , even though that someone was more likely to be Mr Slieman , the manager , who with his pencil moustache looked more like a used car salesman and was constantly trying to show Louise , the cashier and kiosk girl , his collection of prophylactics . |
| 15 | It was strange not being able to communicate but someone who could speak English was always on hand to translate and often all I needed were those wonderful smiles and greetings from people . |
| 16 | Novello , who had initially developed The Rat for Brunel , was to join with Cutts ' assistant , Alfred Hitchcock , in demonstrating that adapted stageplays did n't need to constrict cinematic invention as long as script and direction were entrusted to someone who could convey ideas in visual terms . |
| 17 | We were always looking for someone who could give us help . |
| 18 | POLICE were reconstructing yesterday the movements of the couple murdered in a ‘ lovers ’ lane ’ in Epping Forest , Essex , in the hope of jogging the memory of someone who could help find the killer . |
| 19 | All she had to do was push that door and she might find a friend , someone who could understand . |
| 20 | But what Jan was also looking for was someone who could spark off the right romantic chemistry with Jason Donovan . |
| 21 | I listened with fascination to this insider viewpoint , and the moody Miss Brickell suddenly became a real person , not a pathetic collection of dry bones , but a mixed-up pulsating young woman full of strong urges and stronger guilts who 'd piled on too much pressure , loaded her need of penitence and her heavy desires and perhaps finally her pregnancy onto someone who could n't bear it all , and who 'd seen a violent way to escape her . |
| 22 | It had to be someone who could follow instructions to make an effective bow and sharp arrows , who had time to lie in wait , who wanted me gone , who had a universe to lose . |
| 23 | Someone who could n't forget that it was nearly , but not quite , that height , was one Malcolm Ferguson who in 1878 became so incensed by Ben Lawers being declared officially under the 4,000-foot mark by means of new surveying techniques , he decided to do something about it . |
| 24 | Instead , he told him he must live his life his own way , and advised John , when he spoke of having fallen in love with a ‘ straight ’ boy at school , to try to save his love for someone who could return it . |
| 25 | Incidentally , mooning is n't one of my habits but for another canoeist to refer to the ‘ dork2 who owns a red Escort van is a rather nebulous description of someone who could fall into that category simply because he owns a red van and whose hobby happens to be canoeing — it makes one feel guilty without trial . |
| 26 | If the wife is unable to take a nap in the afternoon when the children are napping , then possibly there is someone who could look after them for a few hours at least one day a week for her to regain her strength . |
| 27 | His line of chat , and a bonhomie which could at times border on insensitivity , marked him out for her as a survivor ; someone with whom she could risk herself ; someone who could both carry and withstand her . |
| 28 | Even if she is not someone who could easily enter into discussions of this nature , in which her feelings are explored , it is possible that she could benefit considerably from advice and comfort delivered to her in a less personal way through the pages of a book . |
| 29 | Instead , he gambled on finding someone who could play the last card in the British deck — independence — and then , with nothing further to offer , keep sufficient control of the situation to extricate Britain from India with honour and possibly with glory . |
| 30 | We did six tracks with Chris , but we did n't gel with him at all , we needed someone who could offer more inspiration . |