Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] could [verb] that [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 so you could say that it 's not double U
2 Jaq knew none by sight — unless they had been surgically altered — nevertheless he could perceive that they were true-human , no marks of Chaos blemishing their features .
3 When we got home I could see that they were ready to agree to the move .
4 As he came nearer I could see that he was wearing a velveteen suit which was full of holes and splattered with wet clay .
5 Nicolo slowed the car ; now she could see that they were passing monuments made of stone and marble .
6 Her eyes were adjusting to the darkness , and now she could see that he had folded his arms over the enticing broadness of his chest and was watching her with a challenging glitter in his eyes .
7 Few words had passed between them over the past week , and now she could see that it was with an effort he said , ‘ Your mother tells me about this idea of hers .
8 Now he could see that it was lying face down .
9 A few moments ago I could swear that you did n't hate me . ’
10 He was on a white horse but even she could see that it was not Ana 's horse .
11 I made a few as samples and then she could see that they were n't right so we did n't use them in the end .
12 ‘ There 's nowhere you could go that I would n't find you . ’
13 ‘ There 's nowhere you could go that I would n't find you ’ .
14 Otherwise we could find that we are ‘ voting with our purses ’ for manufacturers that are anti-ecological — but indirectly so .
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