Example sentences of "thing [pron] could " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I remember lying in bed and the only thing I could see was the dim glow of the light bulb on the ceiling . |
| 2 | One thing I could do , and I did it . |
| 3 | The only thing I could do was sit outside his house on the doorstep . |
| 4 | ‘ I went on a submarine trip when I was 16 , and it was the greatest thing I could imagine then to serve my country in a submarine . |
| 5 | Even if I could make an impression it 'd be the worst thing I could do . |
| 6 | Only thing I could do . |
| 7 | Once again DEFECT is the best thing I could have done . |
| 8 | Remember , Miss Carter wanted me to go pupil-teaching and then take a teacher 's course , well that 's one thing I could do ; it 's not too late , I 'm only twenty-two . |
| 9 | The only thing I could step up while waiting for that next visit to the X-ray department was my visualization . |
| 10 | The only thing I could put it down to was his father was a big Mason and he was Freemason on the Bench . |
| 11 | That was the sort of thing I could imagine Denny and Kay going in for , at least in theory . |
| 12 | It 's the hardest thing I could ask you to do . ’ |
| 13 | As I 'm not a man , it turned out to be the most useful thing I could do . ’ |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I signed for Palace on Friday the 13th ( of September ) last year — which was the worst thing I could have done . |
| 15 | This exercise book was , along with my diary , the only thing I could call my own . |
| 16 | I did the only thing I could : I became anorexic . |
| 17 | I stated in the last chapter that , in becoming anorexic , I did the only thing I could . |
| 18 | Mr Hobbs said , ‘ It was the only thing I could think of . |
| 19 | Aunt Kit said that the best thing I could do initially was to train as a teacher . |
| 20 | He still wanted to hear every little thing I could remember about it . |
| 21 | Livingston said : ‘ I gave that straight to the British doctor in Barcelona because that is the only thing I could even remotely think might be behind the drug result . |
| 22 | Of one other thing I could be certain ; the weather was changing . |
| 23 | The only new thing I could add was the prison bit , and Mrs McDougall had not told the girls anything about the offence of which Ewen had been convicted . |
| 24 | The last thing I could possibly entertain is getting divorced . ’ |
| 25 | Kneeling , with my head bent over the lavatory , it was some time before I realised this sickness was not a thing I could throw up . |
| 26 | I thought for a while and said that the only thing I could think of was that the British government did not — although it would have been slow to admit it — at that moment cut much ice with the South African government , but the United States government cut considerable ice . |
| 27 | The only thing I could do was discuss with her yet again the best way to express our case . |
| 28 | And the next thing I could be on to drugs , you know er , putting heroin in me arm , I could be doing anything . |
| 29 | : I did the only thing I could think of , and retired to bed ; if I was to be a blade of grass doomed to be trampled flat , then I might as well accept it and lie down . |
| 30 | fact if you do n't inhale at all you 're doing yourself a big favour , but you nearly always get some down ion to the system and really the o the only thing I could ethically recommend as a doctor , is stopping . |