Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [prep] was [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we first started with him , even when we were rehearsing properly with him , all we could think of was that he could n't sing . |
| 2 | All he could think of was that he wanted to sneeze . |
| 3 | I thought for a while and said that the only thing I could think of was that the British government did not — although it would have been slow to admit it — at that moment cut much ice with the South African government , but the United States government cut considerable ice . |
| 4 | All she could think of was that they 'd all been in on this — a kind of family Mafia , working behind the scenes to make sure that Lucenzo ended up with everything , his empire untouched . |
| 5 | All I could think of was that I knew that a Lee Metford was the forerunner of the Lee Enfield .303 rifle and almost became standard issue to the British army before WW1 . |
| 6 | Luke Calder was nothing but a ruthless manipulator who made people do what he wanted when he wanted it , yet all she could think of was that she wanted to feel again the hot urgency of his mouth ! |
| 7 | She had all that to fill her heart with but at this moment all she could think of was that the stranger had left her side . |
| 8 | The best she could hope for was that someone would come along and abuse her in various disgusting and incomprehensible ways . |
| 9 | In such cases the most that an employer could hope for was that by his treatment of his workers he could obtain some minimal loyalty . |
| 10 | But even so he stripped her without haste , all the while keeping up a slow calculated assault on her senses , until the only thought she could cling to was that she must n't reveal her love . |