Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] that [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr James Munby , who is representing 21-year-old Tony 's interests , told Lords Keith , Goff , Lowry , Browne-Wilkinson and Mustill that he could live on for decades . |
| 2 | The most upsetting thing for me has been to see her medical notes and realise that she could have got the right treatment at home … that is if her country was n't being torn apart by war |
| 3 | The PA report was supposed to justify the Government 's programme and ensure that they could press ahead with what they wanted to do . |
| 4 | It might not matter in the end — Forester fully expected to be traced and caught-but every difficulty and delay that he could strew behind him could make a final difference of hours or even minutes that might determine the distinction between success or failure . |
| 5 | It did not occur to him to propose to Emily and assume that he could live off his wife . |
| 6 | Therefore they would welcome bus lanes and feel that they could get things shifting a lot better . |
| 7 | She did turn her head then , but only to smile at David and marvel that he could look so happy ; but even as she watched his face seemed to grow colder and he nodded . |
| 8 | I used to gaze at it and wish that I could have a dog just like the one in the picture . |