Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All she could recollect was that she 'd been amazed to find that they 'd been born on practically the same day in August : she on the sixth , and he on the eighth . |
| 2 | Eva was only two then , and all I could think was that he 'd stolen my little girl . |
| 3 | All I could think was that he did n't look like Robert Redford . |
| 4 | Besides , she could n't think of one ; all she could think was that he did n't look like a Leo . |
| 5 | That he had to pass fairly close to her made Jenna 's heart beat alarmingly and all she could think was that she wished she had phoned and spared herself this . |
| 6 | If she was seriously letting herself fall for this man 's serpentine charm , then all she could think was that the glandular fever had affected her brain cells as well as her blood cells . |
| 7 | The only consolation that Britain 's partners could perceive was that she had not reneged on her Brussels Treaty obligations altogether : her commitment to station troops permanently on the Continent was still intact , but many people wondered for how long — ‘ perfidious Albion' ! |
| 8 | All he could feel was that he was out of his depth . |
| 9 | All you could feel was that it was something bony . |
| 10 | All he could remember was that TOWs were shipped at some point ; that ‘ the price asked for the military was twelve million two ’ ; that the aircraft could turn round and abort the delivery if the hostages were not released , which he thought was ‘ a most unusual thing ’ ; and that it was definitely not ‘ the Khomeini ’ with whom he had been doing business . |
| 11 | What Hamilton could see was that the talents of Warner Bros had combined to produce a film that was not so much about the Legion as ‘ about the kind of short-sighted , uninformed and well-enough-meaning men who have to be given an understanding of what democracy really is so that they will not go on and on providing tools for such legions ’ . |
| 12 | The only bright spot on the horizon as far as she could see was that Barney must have turned the corner and be getting better . |
| 13 | So all she could report was that it seemed dark and cruiser-shaped . |
| 14 | tourism in West Sussex I mean what would happen to that is just one example er on a broader level , the County Council is working with the European regions to promote West Sussex in Europe and what would happen to that , the only conclusion we could draw is that these policies would crumble and to er seriously affect West Sussex and finally I come back to the point that , that I will keep making , if I ever get the opportunity , namely the cost of this exercise . |
| 15 | But all he could discover was that Gustav 's roadname had been Schickert , and the marriage certificate at Sangerhausen . ’ |
| 16 | Like Forster , all he could guess was that it was fast . |
| 17 | But it could have been that the whole truck was a set-up : corral the gringos then fleece them . |
| 18 | The Saturday Review remarked that he was ‘ in no way prominent for artistic taste or knowledge ’ , and his only possible interest could have been that his London home , Montagu House , was on the opposite side of Whitehall from the site . |
| 19 | It could have been that he was overcome with shyness , for he gazed at her almost with awe and stumbled over his words . |
| 20 | He just stood there looking out , his large leathery hands clasped tight behind his back , while Ellie wondered what on earth it could have been that Madame Gautier had said to him . |
| 21 | It could have been that someone forced him down , and held his face under . |
| 22 | ‘ I keep asking myself what it could have been that she was so keen to tell me on the phone . |
| 23 | The second could have been that whoever ordered the manuscript took seriously Rameau 's silly claim that the keyboard part was self-sufficient and that no one hearing a solo performance of this music would guess that anything was missing . |
| 24 | Defence lawyer Tony Cinnamond said , however , that Wightman 's recollection of the events were hazy due to drink and it could have been that he struck her and her head banged against the wall . |
| 25 | Well I could have been but I could n't have voted . |
| 26 | Camille knew that it could have been but understood that Sam was putting dinner off until the last possible moment in case the boy from the bistro turned up , breathless and apologetic , because his motorbike had broken down and he 'd had to walk . |
| 27 | The flower-plots represent the colour that could have been but have been taken over by a dull shade of moss . |
| 28 | It could have been but you found |
| 29 | No it could have been but it is n't . |
| 30 | Mind you , that could have been because he was happy he 'd got his own way . |