Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] [noun prp] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | On July 27 , 100 deputies and senators from the Solidarity Centre Alliance had petitioned Jaruzelski to stand down so that Walesa could be named President in his place . |
| 2 | He ate so swiftly that Libby could n't take her eyes off him ; she remembered all they were told about behaving properly and eating slowly . |
| 3 | ‘ A pity , ’ Bruce murmured so quietly that Corbett could hardly hear him . |
| 4 | Those who understood this might leave a swatch of fabric lying around so that Laura could pick it up and believe she had discovered it herself , even if they had been trying to persuade her to use it for months . |
| 5 | Molly Pearce , the helpful spinster with her eye on Maurice ; she fitted so exactly that Wycliffe could scarcely believe his luck . |
| 6 | A straight corridor , with no side doors or passages , stretched as far as Bernice could see . |
| 7 | He opened a white-painted door with a stained glass transom window above it , then stood back so that Belinda could enter first . |
| 8 | It tried to jump off the table and had to be held firmly so that Sophie could freeze the surrounding area before lancing it . |