Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] could " in BNC.
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1 | A remedy was refused , the court holding that nothing the student could have said could have affected the decision reached . |
2 | When I look towards the Merchiston Castle here , I wonder what John Napier who lived here from 1550 to 1627 would have said could he see us today . |
3 | Nothing he could have said could have terrified her more ; it meant he wanted to take her to bed as well as take her self-respect and her father 's company . |
4 | Her ‘ after ’ photographs portrayed a very very different shaped lady — one you would not have believed could ever have been pear shaped . |
5 | Jenny had put Ted quite out of her mind and was threshing over problems and questions she would not have believed could have existed a week ago . |
6 | The trust said prices would be about two-thirds of market value and those who could not afford to buy could rent them through a housing association . |
7 | No it would n't turn me on but you could n't help looking could you ? |