Example sentences of "[conj] could [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that any amount of designer labels would or could reconcile her to the prospect of meeting Antoinette again . |
| 2 | I 'd be lucky ter get anybody that could match 'er in the kitchen . |
| 3 | ‘ Secret people , ’ she said , ‘ who do not seem to have any business that could take them into the forest . ’ |
| 4 | I wondered whether there was anything in the teaching of Tai-Fing that could get me through the next half an hour . |
| 5 | Inside her she felt a power she could never manage to express ; it was trapped inside her like water under the ground and she was the only one with the dowser 's twigs who knew where it lay and could bring it to the surface . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's the worst thing for a hangover and could put you on the slippery slope to alcoholism , ’ warns the magazine . |
| 7 | All of these comments might be qualities which we refuse to see in ourselves , and could guide us along the path towards self-discovery . |