Example sentences of "that [pers pn] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were to ask a school-teacher to choose for me a sample which she considered to be a fair cross-section of her pupils so that I could interview them for a survey , there would almost certainly be a personal bias in the sample given to me . |
| 2 | And I can assure you that I did n't shine the torch on her longer than I needed to satisfy myself that she was beyond any help that I could give . ’ |
| 3 | I also needed to be knowledgeable about the procedures , likely outcomes and prognosis so that I could give full and accurate explanations to Mrs Allen . |
| 4 | I just wish that I could give more . |
| 5 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 6 | In September 1938 , when I was sixteen , I went back to my native country for a holiday ; partly because 1 wanted to see my friends in štanjel , and partly so that I could visit my uncles , aunts and cousins on my mother 's side of the family in Mavhinje . |
| 7 | Everyone needs to earn a living , and when I went to New York , I was glad that I could earn mine by my playing . |
| 8 | That I could express nothing if I did n't have the technique to do so . |
| 9 | It certainly was the last point that I understood ; I remember lying awake thinking about it , seeing that I could move any four edges into the working locations and realising that this completed the general method for restoring the cube to its original state . |
| 10 | I believed for many years that I could move towards the future and leave the past behind , that there was no need for me to return home . |
| 11 | Although my paralysis was pretty well complete , I did find that I could move my eyes . |
| 12 | And in fact , I get an awful lot of support from friends erm , not family because my family are n't , were n't aware of it , erm but I mean , really it came from fre , really close friends that I could sit down and talk to and that could understand me and accept me , just like what the girl said as well . |
| 13 | I remember that we sat opposite each other — the arrangement I most preferred — so that I could observe evéry modification of his countenance ; and I have to say that never in all our acquaintance had I witnessed such patience and sheer kindness . |
| 14 | I made visits at the most relevant times during the appraisal , in particular whilst the inspection was under way , so that I could observe the effect it was having on staff . |
| 15 | I am in the process of fitting scaffolding runner boards to offer some protection , but it is still a concern that I could explode because of a minor accident Are there any cases of this happening ? |
| 16 | The friend felt Levi had survived ‘ so that I could bear witness ’ . |
| 17 | Thus death has been ever close to me — so close that it seemed to me at times that I could reach out and touch it . |
| 18 | I wanted to prove to myself that I could finish the race , and I did n't want to disappoint those who had sponsored me . |
| 19 | No so there was n't anything that I could record then and the woman 's coming tonight , to pick them up |
| 20 | The social workers told me I would like the home and that I could stay on at my old school and still have the same friends . |
| 21 | She explained that I could stay at Heenan House until I could find somewhere suitable to live . |
| 22 | But when the immigration people came I got a letter , and they said that I could stay while they finished their inquiries . |
| 23 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 24 | not really feeling the need for a conversation , wishing only that I could stay on this bench with him forever . |
| 25 | The white father promised long ago that I could go back to my home , but the white men are big liars . |
| 26 | It was n't that she felt left out — ‘ in fairness , they had said to me that I could go out with them anytime , but it 's a really grotty place , and I also did n't want them to feel I was a hanger-on ’ — it was just that she had nowhere else to go . |
| 27 | ‘ Would that I could go with you . |
| 28 | I wish with all my heart that I could go back and change that time , but I ca n't , I just ca n't . ’ |
| 29 | I never really appreciated the full meaning of the word ‘ vision ’ , until the day that I had felt so powerless to change the cruel reality facing my children and people in my community in Glasgow , that I started to wish with all my heart that I could go to sleep and never wake up again . |
| 30 | Until then I had always thought that I could go home , but now I was n't sure . |