Example sentences of "could [vb infin] that [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I could know that they fell into the hands of men of learning and curiosity , I should be more easy about them . |
| 2 | Although they had known each other such a short time , she could sense that he cared about her . |
| 3 | She could see that he agreed with her . |
| 4 | Her father 's habitual mild-manneredness , which usually protected him from responding , became brittle and porous when he was in contact with his daughter : Miranda could see that he reacted to Xanthe 's silkiness as if she were n't a clear , sparkling water , but a fiery solvent that he , for all his well-preened feathers , could not resist . |
| 5 | As he neared , he could see that it belonged to a slight female form encased in dark garments , its hair entirely concealed by a white cap . |
| 6 | So I think that you could say that I arrived in Jesselton in a mood of pleasurable anticipation . |
| 7 | You could say that she died of … moral shock . |