Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] could [verb] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the most part they had been undisturbed in their magic island or resort that was closed to others but which they could leave when they pleased . |
| 2 | It might not be as easy as plotting Vologsky 's defection — and Kirov had only just reminded himself of a few of the terrors which he could face if he failed . |
| 3 | David Greenland , of North Terrace , Gainford , said Sturdy , whom he knew from school , offered him a deal which he thought would boost trade and which he could terminate if he wanted to . |
| 4 | At four hundred feet he had n't enough altitude from which he could recover if he went into a spin . |
| 5 | He could say sentences which would have been preposterous if they were seen as rhetoric but which he could carry because they were delivered with uproarious humour — ‘ Liberalism prolonged one 's youth , Liberalism did not decay ’ . |
| 6 | Unlike his brother Clarence , he acquired no ready-made affinity which he could exploit when he came of age . |
| 7 | Unlike his brother Clarence , he acquired no ready-made affinity which he could exploit when he came of age . |
| 8 | I walked slowly back up the shabby road to this now miserable room , thinking all the while of what I ought to do or what I could do if I was ever going to outmanoeuvre these cunning poisoners . |
| 9 | Tell you what I could do if I had something like U equals sine T or if |
| 10 | I know what I could say if I durst , but they are ladies and ladies may say anything . |
| 11 | That 's what Dave said what we could do if we money , you know , all get a , you know you , like you , if you had a partner to do it , you would n't be stuck at home . |
| 12 | It became important that he should go on believing the lie , for what he could do if he discovered the truth of the situation did n't bear thinking about . |
| 13 | ‘ Are you sure , Alice ? ’ he asked cautiously , uncertain what he could say if she was sure . |
| 14 | In some cases , where the childhood has been unhappy or deprived , there is no such happy occasion to build upon ; in such instances I start by asking the patient to tell me what he could see as he lay in bed at night — this often brings its own feelings of security to even the unhappiest child . |