Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] could [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He still feared polarisation and the creation of monochrome dioceses where clergy opposed to women priests would leave dioceses where they were ordained , and women ordinands and deacons would leave dioceses where they could not become priests . |
| 2 | Just as with a cash ratio , the authorities could impose a statutory liquidity ratio or they could merely allow banks to set their own prudent liquidity ratio . |
| 3 | Some younger son from among Leicester 's tenants , placed by a dutiful father where he could readily get advancement . |
| 4 | He could fly around , measuring the pheromonal concentrations , and then orient in the direction where the concentration increased ; or he could simply turn upwind . |
| 5 | ‘ For I wanted the opportunity to talk to you privately , ’ she told Theda quietly , ‘ although I could not see Araminta allowing it . ’ |
| 6 | I had already got some friends who came from my primary school but I realized that I could n't stay friends forever with them . |
| 7 | ‘ I told the police I would take them off in this country , but that I could n't give confirmation I would n't use them abroad . ’ |
| 8 | At the back of my mind was a small , warning voice , telling me it was ridiculous to go on with this , that I could n't change Nonni 's mind , nor would it alter anything if I could . |
| 9 | I 've got a very stubborn streak and I discovered that I could n't bear people telling me what I could and could n't eat . |
| 10 | I had no wish to marry anyone now that I could n't marry Nour , but I was particularly averse to the idea of marrying my mother . |
| 11 | I explained to the man that I could not carry cheese to my appointment but that I would be back another day . |
| 12 | The simile was so striking and no doubt so apt , and one that was so delightfully Eliotish , that I could not take offence , though a critical word from that quarter could deal a heavy blow to one 's morale . |
| 13 | He apparently forgot that I could not understand German or else decided that what he wanted to say could not be left unsaid , for he began to talk fast and seriously . |
| 14 | When I tried embroidery I was ashamed that I could only produce ugliness from the beautiful silks . |
| 15 | She emphasised that I could only share rooms with someone Tata would have considered ‘ acceptable ’ . |
| 16 | He was n't even late for work , let alone under the influence of drink , so I could hardly suggest counselling in those circumstances . ’ |
| 17 | She had never thought that she would ever travel on such a thing , although she could not tell Rose that . |
| 18 | It was not that she could n't contemplate marriage to anyone other than Will . |
| 19 | She knew she was falling in love with this man ; she felt certain that she could n't resist him ; but she also knew that she could n't treat Louise in this way . |
| 20 | It was then that she could n't put Fen out of her mind . |
| 21 | Breeze turned to her sister , realizing that she could not shield Roger much longer . |
| 22 | Once she was there it would require a tremendous effort of will to get her back to London — except that she could not leave Holly in charge for more than a day ; and except that she was avid for information about the murder inquiry ; and except that there were any number of good stories she wanted to pursue for the column and any amount of private gossip she wanted to hear . |
| 23 | Her father had a chronic heart condition as a result of which Pamela had come to feel that she could not discuss problems with him . |
| 24 | It terrified her , that she could so lose control in the arms of this man who was everything she despised , who despised her , who wanted her for what he thought she was . |
| 25 | ‘ Of course I 'll come back to the Dordogne to see you , ’ Jenna promised , knowing as she said it that she could never face Alain again . |
| 26 | She once told me that she could never commit suicide because of her curiosity about what was going to happen next . |
| 27 | He had been warning Matilda , reminding her that she could still threaten Edmund 's safety to ensure Isabel 's obedience . |
| 28 | Except that she could still see Julius in every drawing . |
| 29 | Sean , you could n't have been that shit-faced that you could n't go upto the Roger and ask him whether he was Roger or not ? |
| 30 | ‘ It encouraged drivers to limit their drinking because there might have been the conception that you could n't tell people not to drink at all , ’ says the DoT spokesman . |