Example sentences of "thing [conj] could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was quite refreshing to see and read that someone else saw these things and could articulate them in a better and more entertaining way than I could |
| 2 | ‘ It is the one thing that could make my plans go wrong . ’ |
| 3 | It became clear that my enemy in all this business , the thing that could promote my own humiliation , was the Butcher 's measuring rod . |
| 4 | The only thing that could get one down — as it eventually did his American television followers — was his high-pitched , breathless , Scots delivery . |
| 5 | A soak in a hot tub , brimming with scented foam , was about the only thing that could soothe her wounded spirits . |