Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I would always have regretted it if I had turned down the chance to find out whether I could make it at this level . ’ |
| 2 | Unfortunately I could do nothing at all . |
| 3 | ‘ You mean I could say anything at all ? ’ she asked with a mischievous smile . |
| 4 | The footsteps stopped , and I could hear nothing at all . |
| 5 | When they were at the nursery I could take them at 7 a.m. and pick them up at 6 p.m . |
| 6 | This function they performed only in a limited and highly conservative way ; but there was hardly any other institution in France which could perform it at all . |
| 7 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 8 | With a field of vision as limited as hers it was amazing that she could see anything at all . |
| 9 | On the first day I doubt whether you could feel them at all ! |
| 10 | Four , you could do nothing at all and leave any course of action to the solicitors comfortable then you should be using their best endeavours to obtain the licence . |
| 11 | These days , though , you could pick one up , if you could find one at all , for around £380 , showing just how unfashionable the poor old RD has become . |
| 12 | Sometimes she became childlike and you could see her at eight or seventeen or twenty-five . |
| 13 | Sometimes you could see only his head or his legs ; sometimes you could see nothing at all . |
| 14 | It was pitch dark in the stable and , even with the burning sticks of jharo we 'd brought from upstairs , we could see nothing at first . |
| 15 | His sideways glance told her he 'd noticed the manoeuvre but he merely smiled as if , knowing he could curtail it at any time , he was allowing her that small freedom . |
| 16 | He could feel nothing at all below the hook 's point of entry . |
| 17 | And had put down the receiver before he could say anything at all . |
| 18 | He gyrated carefully so that he could see himself at all angles . |
| 19 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |
| 20 | When he asked if he could take part , the gentlemen archers looked at him and at his bow and , thinking it doubtful he could hit anything at 100 yards , gave their permission if his father looked after him . |
| 21 | He 'd be lucky if he could find them at all under that mess . |