Example sentences of "that [pron] could [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time , it seemed that nothing could break Ceauşescu 's hold over a servile and cowardly Party élite . |
| 2 | The friend felt Levi had survived ‘ so that I could bear witness ’ . |
| 3 | I was stupid to think that I could bring reason and truth into their lives and thoughts . |
| 4 | And of course I was also born almost with the , with one very important advantage , which was that I could speak German erm from birth , as well as English . |
| 5 | Well it 'd probably be the June or July before I went in for this exam , which they did n't hold very frequently and er then I had to pass this exam and that I could leave school in the August , Bank Holiday . |
| 6 | I know I could win the title again and I know that I could do Britain proud . |
| 7 | ‘ So that I could welcome Isabelle 's daughter to my house in person . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd go to the SS Great Britain and sit by the breezy river , and I 'd compose my stupid self and compose my story so that I could tell lies confidently instead of giving myself away . |
| 9 | I knew that I could achieve results despite the difficulties , and I knew that I had been able to demonstrate the ability to work with people of other countries . |
| 10 | Six months in Switzerland was the first suggestion but later it was decided that I could combine business and health by making a trip to New Zealand and learning the pelt fur business from the practical source in the fell-mongeries there . |
| 11 | I decided that I could find space for a few really large trees and decided to stock fence in front of the spinney and put in an oak and two beech and three ash well away from the fence . |
| 12 | It may surprise you to know that I could see things from your point of view there . |
| 13 | I was so green I did n't know what was behind it and boasted that I could become Judge 's Baby when I got back to the dressing-room . |
| 14 | And actually , one day , because she knew it was my favourite , she said that I could have permission to have it copied and gave me the name of the jeweller , which I thought was so sweet . |
| 15 | Oh Dave , my journey , running about early in the morning to leave everything tidy for the chaps , came out without anything inside their tum , provided that I could have coffee on the , in the buffet car on the train from Stow Market , no hot drinks madam , we have n't got enough power in the batteries , I thought well you know it 's all , we got to Liverpool Street on time |
| 16 | It needs a very large orchestra and I needed a lot of rehearsals so that I could have time to explain the piece fully to the orchestra . |
| 17 | I catapulted the tiny beasts across the creek and into the mud on the far side so that I could have funerals . |
| 18 | I simply phoned them and erm they put , they put it up so that I could buy things on Access that I could get , well I mean those were the days when I knew that you could sell a house like |
| 19 | Next door to that I could buy carrot cake ice-cream . |
| 20 | I found that I could say things with colour and shapes that I could n't day in any other way — things that I had no words for . |
| 21 | Yet she was the only sane grown-up I knew now that I could cross Anwar and Jeeta off my list of normals . |
| 22 | I had also proved to myself that I could play football at least as well as the other boys , if not better . |
| 23 | Er er always played football or tennis and I I played all sports that I could get hold of . |
| 24 | I knew that I could put life into a body that was not alive . |
| 25 | I really did n't feel capable of returning to work , but was persuaded to by one of my managers with the promise that I could take things easy . |
| 26 | There must be something in this : when morning came , amid some laughter , my husband re-enacted the closing chapter of the old year by going up into the rafters and suspending himself through the hole so that I could take photographs . |
| 27 | So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us , who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to think that I could oppose God ? ’ ' |
| 28 | It points to truth which has become wisdom born of experience : This is Rolle 's version of 1 Corinthians 13:2 : And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries , and all knowledge , and if I should have all faith , so that I could remove mountains , and have not charity , I am nothing . |
| 29 | It was the only house on the drive that I could imagine Syl 's mother living in . |
| 30 | Then I felt that people cared about me , and that I could ask things of them , ask their advice . |