Example sentences of "[that] [pron] could understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no way that I could understand whereby he could exist . |
| 2 | Instead I smiled sweetly and asked if he could try to explain so that I could understand . |
| 3 | And Les said I ca n't believe this he said , I he said if you 'd have been in business ten years that I could understand but he said to do it your first |
| 4 | That I could understand , yeah something that was sort of that shape , even if it was only just at an angle , but it , I would of said that was much to big for it . |
| 5 | ‘ Craark ! ’ it said , and to Mildred 's delight , she found that she could understand what the creature meant . |
| 6 | She told Anne that she could understand how she felt as John had been born when his father was in France during the First World War . |
| 7 | Mr when he gave evidence , assessed the parent 's contribution as quote absolutely amazing really , not just what they did to help the nurses but also in insisting that she was n't stupid , she just could n't talk they made it clear to the nurses and doctors that she could understand and we were n't to treat her like a vegetable . |
| 8 | Caroline closed her ears to the conversation , not that she could understand the swift , musical Italian . |
| 9 | This would certainly have been within the power of an omnipotent being , but if he had started it off in such an incomprehensible way , why did he choose to let it evolve according to laws that we could understand ? |
| 10 | The aim of the gist-listening session was to try and break down this hostility by showing the group that they could understand two native speakers talking ‘ naturally ’ , in this case about a shopping expedition . |
| 11 | However , before the visit ended the husband and wife both admitted to being charmed with Annabel 's friend , and that they could understand their daughter 's feelings towards her , for the girl was not only as beautiful as Annabel had described her , but also she had the most pleasing and cultured voice . |
| 12 | They wanted quite simply " a return to the Apostolic Life " , a more simple Church and a Church that they could understand . |
| 13 | I think it 's true to say that , certainly at my school , about the age of fourteen of fifteen the girls suddenly decide that they ca n't do maths and there 's no way that they could understand anything scientific , but that , I think , is a lot deeper than just encouragement at school anyway . |
| 14 | For while our dog soon learns to recognize his , owner , s , car or house , and certainly experiences fear and contentment , it seems unlikely that he could understand the meaning of democracy ; though he certainly reacts to unjust treatment ! |
| 15 | He told me that he could understand the objections to the scheme by the residents , due to the fact that the width of the road was four feet less than the width of the road in Loraine Crescent . |
| 16 | How do I begin describing myself so that anyone could understand where my politics were coming from ? |