Example sentences of "[that] [pron] could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought when he died that nothing could ever hurt me so much — now I 'm not so sure . |
| 2 | He seemed to have got so immovably entrenched in the short trouser stage of life that nothing could ever arouse him to a sense of adult realities . |
| 3 | To actually meet a man she did n't find boring , a man who could make her feel , and to know that nothing could ever come of it ? |
| 4 | Because it had features so distracting and so inexplicable that no-one could simply explain them away ? |
| 5 | Well , Mrs. Jewkes , if it were not for the thought of that cursed parson I believe in my heart , so great is my weakness , that I could yet forgive this intriguing little slut and take her to my bosom . |
| 6 | I could not write anything here yesterday because I was too desolate at the thought that I could hot come and talk to you . |
| 7 | But when she came up to me after that third seminar I was so shocked and embarrassed that I could barely speak . |
| 8 | ‘ I also found that I could n't sit down properly , ’ says Otis . |
| 9 | Except that I could n't sit up straight . |
| 10 | That I could n't tell you . |
| 11 | I replied that I could n't dance . |
| 12 | Well that women in yours other week that I could n't do this save , I 'm sorry sir but you 're under sixty five . |
| 13 | No , I ju I just had a look at that I could n't do anything . |
| 14 | Because when I read the leaflet on that crucial afternoon , it turned out that I could n't start swallowing the pills on any old day : the course had to begin at a particular point in my menstrual cycle . |
| 15 | Except that I could n't move . |
| 16 | No harm done , or anything — I had a bet with a friend that I could n't con you . ’ |
| 17 | It was n't only that I could n't lift myself off the ground but that I was stuck to it in some way . |
| 18 | They did n't know what he was so excited about , and his father was disgusted to find that I could n't draw a footballer ( an unKerridgean species ) . |
| 19 | I felt like shit and I was trying so hard not to think of Lewis and Verity that I could n't think about anything else , but the day was fabulous ; clear and cold , the sky crystal blue and reflecting in the waters of hill-cupped lochans and the glinting length of Loch Add . |
| 20 | Which is why I made up my mind to come and tell you first thing that I could n't think of anyone I 'd rather Naylor married . ’ |
| 21 | Erm he , he then obviously goes on to erm to erm talk about peasant bans and prohibitions erm and for some incredible reason the peasants suddenly take a disliking to gaming , gambling and opium smoking , three things that I could n't think of anything I 'd like to do more , erm |
| 22 | One thing I can remember about that evening was that I could n't eat anything . |
| 23 | Before my first evening class in English I was no nervous that I could n't eat ! |
| 24 | The classical piece Cale always claimed was in him never emerged , mainly because the showman in him would n't let it go : ‘ there was just so much chaos going on , in my personal and creative life , that I could n't finish … |
| 25 | I 'd told him before that I could n't sing a note but he 'd obviously ignored it . |
| 26 | I had already got some friends who came from my primary school but I realized that I could n't stay friends forever with them . |
| 27 | ‘ Nobody believes it was my idea , ’ he sighs , ‘ But about eight months ago I explained that I could n't carry on working those hours . |
| 28 | ‘ As a senior director , I 'm used to having complete creative authority while making a film and I found that I could n't carry out my job in the manner to which I had become accustomed . |
| 29 | ‘ Nobody believes it was my idea , ’ he sighs , ‘ But about eight months ago I explained that I could n't carry on working those hours . |
| 30 | I thought we 'd been getting on pretty well but as Father 's Day approached , Joe made it clear that I could n't hope to be any more than just second best |