Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [pron] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could only hope he was grateful , and truly so , for all she was forced to suffer on his behalf . |
| 2 | That summer I could only think he was mad as he set off around the town and I dozed in the dark heat and stillness of the garden . |
| 3 | And if Oreste was growing so fast it could only mean he was healthy . |
| 4 | Her momentary horror at seeing the unmistakable form of General Etienne was only slightly dulled by the realization that the stiff posture he was in could only mean he was dead . |
| 5 | Hawick secretary John Thorburn said : ‘ From a personal viewpoint I could not see there being sufficient Saturdays for five successive sevens tournaments to be held in April if the Five Nations were to be moved . |
| 6 | Supernaturally strong though the monster was , I could not visualize its being able to scale the sheer outside wall of the tower . |
| 7 | Even were he able to persuade her to marry him , somehow he could not envisage her being content to live on a ranch among a whole lot of strangers and without the luxuries she took for granted . |
| 8 | I could not believe somebody was prepared to pay so much for me . |
| 9 | She could not believe he was serious . |
| 10 | It could hardly complain it was unexpected . |
| 11 | She could n't decide which was worse . |
| 12 | I could n't think what was wrong . |
| 13 | They could n't make head or tail of me , could n't think what was wrong with me . |
| 14 | His wife , much as she might boast of the intellect of her pick-ups , could n't pretend they were pleasing to the eye . |
| 15 | I could n't pretend I was ill . |
| 16 | I could n't understand what was wrong with him until Frankie pulled out the other two from behind the boiler and found them in a similar state . |
| 17 | I was intrigued , I still could n't see what was wrong with having your underwear bought for you . |
| 18 | I could n't find what was wrong and in the end I gave up and started to walk home . |
| 19 | I could n't say it 's new , but then could blue be said to be royal ? |
| 20 | " But you could n't say I was pretty , could you ? |
| 21 | I could n't say there was one happy morning when I awakened to the realisation . |
| 22 | And I could n't remember it was forty four and my mind went totally blank and I had to walk out of the exam for over half an hour with a and I could n't remember a thing and went back in . |
| 23 | The problem is , they 've got this parametric EQ and when I first toured with it my guitar roadie could n't figure what was wrong , because it was cutting out and crackling . |
| 24 | I could n't believe they were Irish . |
| 25 | She could n't believe he was guilty of anything really bad . |
| 26 | Steelworker hero Jeremy , 25 , said : ‘ I could n't believe he was daft enough to run straight into a castle . |
| 27 | They could n't believe it was all real — that the nightmare was actually happening to them . |
| 28 | I could n't believe it was true . |
| 29 | I just could n't believe it was true for a start — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I could almost think she were real if I did n't know better , but unfortunately for you and your tales my detective is an expert . |