Example sentences of "could [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stretched and picked up the phone , but before he could dial he realised he had cut in on a conversation . |
| 2 | Before she could answer he grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her against him , his fingers biting cruelly into her skin . |
| 3 | Before she could answer he pulled her close again and any thoughts of answering fled as she gave herself up to the excitement . |
| 4 | And once he was on stage , no one could make him do what he did not want to do . |
| 5 | I longed to prove you were unfaithful to him so I could make him throw you over — I felt like a monster with every ungenerous thought that flickered through my mind . |
| 6 | Nothing I said could make him change his mind . |
| 7 | " Yet if I could make him notice me perhaps he might consider my suitability as a wife . |
| 8 | You could make them see it so clearly if only you 'd try . ’ |
| 9 | Whatever could make you think I wanted to silence Hilda Machin ? |
| 10 | That kind of damp , chill August day only Blighty can produce , a large , scrubby field , a bill that could make you weep it was so poor . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I could make it werf yer while , ’ she said fluttering her eyelashes at him . |
| 12 | You know we could 've We limited They were limited to the intake , but we could have er increased I think . |
| 13 | I said that if she would leave it with the bill at her hall-porter 's desk , she could trust me to take it and leave the money without attempting to see her . |
| 14 | He knew he could trust her to say nothing to their mother . |
| 15 | You know you could trust him to do everything properly . ’ |
| 16 | When she confessed to shooting Martin no one could doubt she had it in her to pull the trigger . |
| 17 | Lime and leather assailed her nostrils in a tantalising cloud as he bent his head , and before she could object he pressed his lips lightly on her mouth and stepped back . |
| 18 | If his luck held , nothing could prevent him using it . |
| 19 | Finally , if felling is the answer , then do make sure that your tree is not protected by a Tree Preservation Order , which could prevent you cutting it down . |
| 20 | Resolutely she kept her eyes from Travis , although she could sense his watching her . |
| 21 | Jenna stopped and faced him angrily , but before she could speak he tilted her face with a strong brown hand . |
| 22 | Before he could speak I introduced myself as a friend of the family . |
| 23 | Okay so what what who do you think we could send them to tell us what we want to know about them ? |
| 24 | ‘ Surely if it was thrown overboard there was no guarantee that it would finish up on shore where the Man could send someone to fetch it . |
| 25 | It would be crazy to leave it empty , and I do n't think I could bring myself to sell my old family home . |
| 26 | The battle now shifted to parliament , where the second reading was carried by a huge majority on 22 May ; many Unionists spoke against the Bill , but few could bring themselves to oppose it in principle , and so Sanders could mobilize only forty MPs to go with him into the No lobby . |
| 27 | If you could bring yourself to examine them , I would be grateful . ’ |
| 28 | I think I would love you more , if that were possible , if you could bring yourself to do it . |
| 29 | She had felt quite peculiar and quite , quite shocked ; how Lucinda could bring herself to do it was a complete mystery . |
| 30 | Through all of this there was a shadow falling across the conversation , and it was a while before Alina could bring herself to give it a name . |