Example sentences of "[conj] [indef pn] could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chairman placed a large digital clock on the conference table where everyone could see it . |
| 2 | Or somebody could tell me . |
| 3 | I reassured myself that nothing could stop me keeping in touch with the women on a voluntary basis , provided they wished to remain friends . |
| 4 | " You should just see her , you ca n't imagine , you would have to see her to know why she chose it , " and all the time , as she spoke , some more assured , sophisticated account underran her words , silently , in her own mind , an account by some other girl , some girl who could wear such garments , and laugh at them , and explain them , and not suffer — some girl so far above such things that nothing could pull her down . |
| 5 | They tied down the oars , too , so that nothing could move them . |
| 6 | She felt that nothing could destroy it now . |
| 7 | His Beyond The Fringe was so innovative that nothing could follow it . |
| 8 | She thought of Alexei , his life , its wealth , its comforts , his family , so substantially lodged in him that nothing could remove them . |
| 9 | She could see that nothing could harm her , that there was no danger , that danger in so far as it might exist was desirable , and she started to walk , slowly , up the street , looking at those who looked at her , exchanging glance for glance , shivering in the warm April air from a tremulous , hopeful , artificial apprehension . |
| 10 | They hung it to an almond tree in the square by its ankles so that everyone could see it , and when it began to rot they burned it in a bonfire , for they could not determine whether its bastard nature was that of an animal to be thrown in the river or a human being to be buried … |
| 11 | Somehow it always righted itself and reached the front , where new hands seized it and raised it high so that everyone could see it . |
| 12 | ‘ We 're honoured to have you ladies in our humble premises , ’ he said , so that everyone could hear him . |
| 13 | But anyway , we created that whole idea that no-one could photograph him , no-one could do do a story on him unless it was going to be a cover story , which was outrageous because he was virtually unknown in America . |
| 14 | She had the Monument built on top of the hill so everyone could see it as a landmark . |
| 15 | The envelope was too big for the bag , so everyone could see it . |
| 16 | His handwriting was so bad that Mr Sunderland had pinned his composition to the notice-board in the hall so everyone could see he was the worst writer in the whole school . |
| 17 | Or have you ever wishes there was some way that someone could contact you … |
| 18 | The school receded into the distance as the pupils skimmed above the treetops , and Mildred was grateful that no talking was allowed in flight , so nobody could ask her any awkward questions . |
| 19 | Few hours later he calls , we 're the funeral parlour , right ? he 's recommended us , we do the honours , bury them , ’ and his mouth opened like a grave , you could fall into that mouth for ever and ever , amen , and all those crooked grey teeth of his , no names that you could see , no names or dates , just blank , so nobody could find you , nobody could visit , nobody could leave flowers . |
| 20 | Story of four people this is a story of four people named everybody , somebody , anybody and nobody , there was an important job to be done and everybody was sure that somebody could do it , anybody could of done it , but nobody did , somebody got angry about that because it was everybody 's job , everybody thought anybody could do it , but nobody would . |
| 21 | Ada believed that nobody could grudge you the right to complain . |
| 22 | Snodgrass embarked on a story about a very famous jewel called the Koh-i-noor , which he thought had once adorned a great King 's State Crown and explained how it had been so rare and so heavy that it had had to be kept locked away behind bars and guards , so that nobody could steal it . |
| 23 | It 's so that nobody could see them . |
| 24 | She stopped to look at the two houses , Brier and Rose , like identical twins wearing slightly different clothing so that one could tell them apart . |
| 25 | So the only place to put such a black hole , in which one might use the energy that it emitted , would be in orbit around the earth — and the only way that one could get it to orbit the earth would be to attract it there by towing a large mass in front of it , rather like a carrot in front of a donkey . |
| 26 | The kitchen was transformed with pine units cleverly designed to be fixed to the walls so that one could have them at the height best suited to whomever was to use them , and then the dishwasher was installed . |
| 27 | The murder was still so fresh in his head , he felt that anyone could smell it . |
| 28 | I could n't believe that anyone could love me and a lady equally , although I 've had a lot of experiences since and I 've known a lot of men and a lot of women since who have loved both sexes . |
| 29 | But apart from this small point , I do n't think that anyone could fault it as it is so cleverly constructed and presented . |
| 30 | ‘ Of course I 'd bear a grudge , ’ said Lydia , amazed that anyone could imagine she might not . |