Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] could [adv] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is certainly a procedure where one could well argue that the potential for serious abuse is endemic and inherent rather than isolated and , with due care , preventable . |
| 2 | The same is true of the altogether exceptional recording , which held my concentration so effortlessly that I could hardly believe that nearly a whole hour had passed when I emerged elated at the other end . |
| 3 | She had watched scenes like this so of ten in detective films and police series on television that she could hardly believe that this was real life . |
| 4 | The impulse was so strong that she could hardly believe that he did not feel it too . |
| 5 | No , what she found so overwhelmingly infuriating was that when he had enquired tactfully , some might say , whether she was tired , he clearly had been expecting her to say a polite ‘ yes ’ so that he could then suggest that she had an early night . |
| 6 | And then came a moment when I was aware that its personal life was dissolving , and I could somehow perceive that a greater life , a kind of group ‘ bird soul ’ was taking over , for want of a better phrase . |
| 7 | There was a click and she 'd gone , and I could hardly believe that I 'd ever doubted her as a relay post . |
| 8 | and erm if I could just mention that we had eight grammar schools , there was erm , in alphabetical order they were Bec Beccles , er Beccles Sir John the Man , er Bungay Grammar which had er small boarding house . |
| 9 | Erm perhaps no more than two hectares adrift , so if I could just emphasize that that land availability figure is round about thirty five hectares . |
| 10 | If I could only resolve that lower right hand panel though , he wrote , or even decide once and for all to leave it empty , then perhaps the boredom would disappear . |
| 11 | I enjoyed it , and you could hardly say that I was n't educated . |
| 12 | It was improbable in the extreme that Brian 's sterling qualities had come to the notice of the Comptroller of the Household , and she could only assume that the summons had been the consequence of her father 's having been an RA . |
| 13 | Rushing around the apartment like a madwoman , she 'd hastily thrown some clothes into a case — and she could only pray that she had n't forgotten anything vital . |
| 14 | Her face was hurting badly where Duvall had hit her , and she could hardly believe that a dream could be so realistic . |
| 15 | all the same , that she wants me at home , though she does n't like me , and she could never admit that she might need me … " |
| 16 | She knew that if Phoebe needed her , if she could even imagine that Phoebe might ever need her , she would have no problem , no problem at all , dealing with Fenna . |
| 17 | I have not heard back from you since then , and I wondered if you could please confirm that you are still interested in receiving a copy of the tape ? |
| 18 | Well , imagine the reaction if you could nonchalantly mention that your strings were made from magnetically active nickel steel with a reinforced twist at the ball end because you are such an animal when it comes to whammy-bar aerobics ! |
| 19 | I am also concerned that if these new unitary authorities come into effect , it seems er reasonable to assume the majority of members will be all the district councillors er whose involvement in planning of course is very different to our own and therefore their understanding of strategic planning , their appreciation of its importance will be far less and we could actually find that these planning committees authorities are really old district planning committees and the new and er there really could be quite serious implications for a whole number of things in Sussex I mean we know that the planning department is at the moment trying to erm create er a new and vibrant |
| 20 | His office at the Caterham factory is covered with pictures of Seven racing cars — and one of Patrick McGoohan , whom he persuaded to endorse a special 35th anniversary Prisoner edition of the Seven this year ; his most animated conversation is reserved for descriptions of the car and its abilities , and one could almost believe that finances and company administration took a firm back seat to the development and fine tuning of the car 's design . |
| 21 | So if we could just check that we 've all got this right . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , if you 're tellin' me that our cellar leads out to the East River , then it follows that the East River leads to our cellar , and it could just happen that somebody would leave a door open somewhere , and we 'd have the whole of the East River down round our feet . ’ |
| 23 | The hon. Gentleman would do me a great favour if he could kindly confirm that his party , if in power , would spend an extra £13 billion above what we are spending . |
| 24 | I was a little disappointed , but I could only hope that Celia was still a bit hazy from the drugs . |
| 25 | In the days before glasnost — which his fictions may be thought to have rehearsed and predicted , but which could well mean that his fictions will no longer be for the West what they have been so far , when the thing that they deplore was still there in its entirety to be deplored — Kundera was forced into exile in the ‘ free world ’ of the time . |
| 26 | But you could never predict that this was going to happen . |
| 27 | Ms Tyson may protest too much ; but she could certainly argue that at no time in the previous two administrations did everyone involved in trade policy sing from the same songbook . |
| 28 | Initially a pitch of a ♯ = 408 was chosen as being close to the Bate Collection 's recorders of the period : at this pitch it sounds fine but one could easily allow that the original use of the instrument might have been at a higher pitch than this . |
| 29 | Observers around the track might not have been able to hear my orgasmic bellowing , but they could plainly see that a mental rivet had shaken loose inside my helmet . |
| 30 | She had already fallen in love with him , her whole heart had been surrendered , but he could never know that because he would have such power over her that she would never be able to deny him her body . |