Example sentences of "[indef pn] [pron] could [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had invited everyone I could think of to tea , and we had been invited back , but it was not her style , and when she complained that it was not right for her ‘ to be living among all these old people ’ I understood very well what she meant . |
| 2 | There was nothing I could think of to say , so I said nothing . |
| 3 | And we protested , writing letters to everyone we could think of . |
| 4 | I did everything I could think of with Anna . |
| 5 | I 've told them everything I could think of that might help , but so far it does n't seem to have been of any use . ’ |
| 6 | The only one I could think of would be Robert er , cos he 's sort a erm , he 's a bit of a broguey sort a |
| 7 | It 's one I could think of . |
| 8 | It sold almost everything you could think of except cigarettes . |
| 9 | There were books of stamps all up and down your bed and cigarettes and money and any everything you could think of . |
| 10 | Cos the mortgages and that but there 's a lot of them , and kids causing it , and Christmas was coming well you know we just , that 's when they helped us at Christmas was really fantastic yes , true I never thought anything really out of this world how the how the people helped We got toys and everything for the kids ' Christmas , everything you could think of . |
| 11 | The poor girl had gone off to her camp before she had formulated any hypotheses ; she had no idea as to what theory or concepts her work was to throw new light on , and so , to be on the safe side , she had recorded everything she could think of over a period of about six weeks and her notebooks practically filled a medium-sized suitcase . |
| 12 | She kind of wore it with everything she could think of I think that would go . |
| 13 | Just for her own satisfaction she pulled the very worst one she could think of — worse than any of Oz 's — with her cheeks blown out , her eyes crossed and the tip of her tongue protruding . |
| 14 | It had everything we could think of — lights , PA system , lectern and its own generator . |
| 15 | The Handbook of Developmental Psychology , edited by Benjamin Wolman , covers nearly everything one could think of — as it should weighing in at £69 and nearly 5½ kg ! |
| 16 | They built this vast Gothic castle , a sort of Highland fortress , only gargantuan , and filled it with everything they could think of , to show off . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , ’ said Bridget , ‘ they held him all weekend , and tried everything they could think of to make him confess . |
| 18 | They fought over everything they could think of to fight over they were really niggly ! |
| 19 | His usually placid , cheerful features were contorted with rage and she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse upon Ellen and upon her and upon the Wilson family and upon the English and upon everyone and everything he could think of . |
| 20 | He tried everything he could think of to tempt the Bookman into showing himself . |
| 21 | But as his eyes travelled across to Elinor 's crowd , with their frizzy haloes of hair , their flowered dresses and carefully arranged profiles , he realized that there was nothing he could think of to say that would persuade them he was anything other than a boring little man . |
| 22 | He discussed any issue , and particularly this one , with everyone he could think of and he continued to show throughout his political career an indecision that in some directions had dire consequences . |
| 23 | Anthony returned soon after five o'clock with the news that there was no penicillin in the city at all , but that he had telephoned everyone he could think of who might supply it and had sent a telegram to UNRRA headquarters . |
| 24 | I figure I better just keep it coming , anything I could think of . |
| 25 | Anything they could think of . ’ |
| 26 | Then Radio One discovered the song , and soon the nation was full of people declaring their over-sexiness for anything they could think of . |