Example sentences of "that [indef pn] could [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this stage , one member of staff understood to record everything said on a flipchart , so that everyone could check its accuracy . |
| 2 | A buoyant Mr Clarke told reporters that no-one could doubt his commitment , and that of the leader John Smith , to the establishment of a Scottish parliament . |
| 3 | To know that somebody could read your mind , or move an object without touching it , seems unbelievable . |
| 4 | His first ministry was brief , but when his government was defeated it was clear that nobody could take his place : for three months George II had to run the administration without any parliamentary ministers — an operation that was not as impossible as it would have been seventy years later , though not nearly as normal as it would have been seventy years earlier . |
| 5 | I could n't believe that anyone could live their life and not be surrounded by brilliant objects and colours . |
| 6 | She blushed guiltily as she realised he had refused a sweet , opting just for coffee , but then , she doubted that anything could test his willpower and not lose . |