Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [indef pn] [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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1 | The outer stood up to everything I could throw at it until a wicked Gogarth chimney thrutch resulted in a nicked sleeve , while the fleece has resisted all but a hot cylinder from the Snowdon Railway ! |
2 | The shadow on the step , the wind in his eye , the very fact that Fly was here when he never came into the city on weekdays : it all added up to something he could n't quite catch hold of . |
3 | On the surface Dana was hard and self-assured , out for everything she could get , but Claudia knew that exterior was n't completely genuine . |
4 | Upstairs , alone , feeling left out of something she could n't define , she looked through a pile of books left by his door . |
5 | So he would use the charm and the lies on the old lady in her grief , and cheat her out of everything he could get . |