Example sentences of "could [verb] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And nothing she could think could raise her arm |
| 2 | The centurion … commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea and get to land . |
| 3 | And nothing I could do would stop it . ’ |
| 4 | And nothing I could do would hold them apart … |
| 5 | Nothing Mr Landor could do could touch her any longer — she could endure rages , witness violence and not flicker an eyelid . |
| 6 | She knew that nothing she could say would change his mind . |
| 7 | And nothing he could say would make her forget them . |
| 8 | She would not return to you because you believed her to be a fallen woman , and nothing she could say would convince you otherwise . ’ |
| 9 | The things they could learn could damage their nature in its essence . |