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 . |