Example sentences of "could [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would be glad if Miss Marsden could spare me a few moments . ’ |
| 2 | I would be most grateful if you could spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 3 | I was wondering if you could spare me an hour . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Cunningham asked if you could spare him a few minutes before leaving the hotel . |
| 5 | Well if you could spare us a few moments , we 'd be most grateful , your , it 's for a new series we 're contemplating , A Day in the Afterlife . |
| 6 | ‘ He is fully committed for several weeks ahead , but he could spare you a few minutes at the end of his list one day . ’ |
| 7 | Bannister , who has hit five goals in eight games , said : ‘ If I get 20 this season then I could earn myself an extension of the contract . ’ |
| 8 | Bowe , they say , who does impressions of Stevie Wonder , Bill Cosby and Ronald Reagan that could earn him a different sort of starring role on the Vegas Strip , has yet to prove that he 's more than a clever impersonator of a heavyweight champion . |
| 9 | By looking at the links between sea level rise and volcanic activity over the last million years , he hopes to be able to predict whether our heating of the atmosphere today could earn us a fierce and violent reprimand from the planet in years to come . |
| 10 | Apart from changing your diet , it would be a great idea if you could grant yourself a little more importance , and make sure you avoid getting overtired or missing meals , when at all possible . |
| 11 | He slammed a fist up at her as if the force of his gesture could throw her the last five feet , and screamed at her although he knew that she could n't hear . |
| 12 | you 're alright like , you could make yourself a nest in 'em and you was |
| 13 | He could make him a valuable new member of the gang , with Nancy as his assistant . |
| 14 | Walker 's ball skills could make him the ideal link between Tim Horan , who switched from centre to fly-half when Lynagh damaged his shoulder against Ireland , and Little . |
| 15 | Willsford , Riverside Boy and Richard Dunwoody 's expected mount Wo n't be Gone Long are others to look at but I feel that the class of Chatam could make him the bet of the race . |
| 16 | But his ability to avoid any obvious stereotype could make him an attractive candidate for Labour members worried that the leadership election is being orchestrated to Mr Smith 's advantage . |
| 17 | When I asked if they could make me an identical one trimmed with black fur and beading instead , they were horrified but they agreed in the end . ’ |
| 18 | But a more puritan era of egalitarian austerity could make them a lot shyer — and for some time to come . |
| 19 | You could make them the same overall diameter , you could even get the tensions to be the same , but when you play those strings they 're going to feel completely different because a string with a thin core and a heavy wrap is going to move more freely than one with a heavy core and a thin wrap . |
| 20 | SOUTH Africa 's re-entry of the rugby scene promises much extra interest ( their general approach could make them the ‘ French ’ of the Southern Hemisphere ) , but I was concerned to see that a few of them , Naas Botha in particular , were wearing shoulder pads . |
| 21 | Acting independently Tilda Swinton 's latest film role could make her a star , not just a darling of the avant-garde . |
| 22 | You could make yourselves a drink . ’ |
| 23 | As well as this , Vincent may have been influenced by Zola 's theory that one could make oneself an artist by an act of will , providing one had the temperament — ‘ Art is nature seen through a temperament ’ — and although natural talent was helpful , it was by no means essential . |
| 24 | I said , ‘ I do n't know , he has a title , I 'd be a lady , ’ and she said : ‘ Darling , nothing could make you a lady . ’ |
| 25 | Yes I 'd love to get rid of a lot of them but I 'm yo you have got two ongoing problems both of which need to be treated so I think to start er cutting things out could make you a lot worse . |
| 26 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
| 27 | ‘ I could make you an offer for it when this is over . |
| 28 | Them as who could make it a bit cheaper see , and all that . |
| 29 | I could make it a fairy-tale instead , if I wanted to , Anyway , It 's the capital of the empire ; a courtier starts a liaison with one of the princesses ; the demands she and the impersonate on his time get to be too much , so he secretly has an android made to impersonate him at the endless court rituals and boring receptions ; nobody notices . |
| 30 | ‘ maybe you and I could make it a bit bigger though . ’ |