Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] could [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There was a click and she 'd gone , and I could hardly believe that I 'd ever doubted her as a relay post . |
| 3 | I enjoyed it , and you could hardly say that I was n't educated . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Her face was hurting badly where Duvall had hit her , and she could hardly believe that a dream could be so realistic . |
| 7 | 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 … " |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | I was a little disappointed , but I could only hope that Celia was still a bit hazy from the drugs . |
| 11 | But you could never predict that this was going to happen . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This may not help the market go up , but it could well ensure that any setback is only modest , ’ says Mr Tora . |
| 16 | The sentence ‘ We have only shown that A is justified if B and C are ’ could mean , as was pretended above , that we have shown A 's justification to be conditional on that of B and C ; but it could also mean that if B and C are in fact justified , we have shown that A is , i.e. that the success of our demonstration is conditional , not the justification we have demonstrated . |
| 17 | But it could also mean that erm they were getti that it they had been successful in getting taxation from what they 'd done since the beginning of cos they felt they could go even further . |