Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the train started Jasper put his mouth over the tip and realized he could n't light the cigarette because the end was outside . |
| 2 | He had never been a happy sightseer and until his work was done , until Harry Lawrence 's killer was identified and caught he could n't see himself playing the tourist at the Changing of the Guard , or the Tower of London , even Poets ' Corner which he had longed to see , as a passionate student of English poetry … that would have to wait . |
| 3 | ‘ Hope that even after all the anger and the pain you 've been through in your life , you 'll still be able to search your heart and realise I could never betray you . |
| 4 | They are largely women who have got to the top in other careers and found they could not go any further . |
| 5 | The discovery was made at 11.30am after staff arrived at the pub and found they could not get in . |
| 6 | I was about to add his son had been an excellent patient , and found I could not do it . |
| 7 | I then bought some designers ' gouache ( colourfast ) and found I could still paint wet into wet without the whole thing going into a swim as in a watercolour painting . |
| 8 | She 's probably looked and found she could n't get anything better . |
| 9 | He 'd come here first and found he could n't get in . |
| 10 | A 1956 collector 's item — the first polythene road cone , a dud one so long and thin it could n't stay still and a Korean cone found floating in Swanage harbour . |
| 11 | Many women realized that our trade union did n't have the support of the management and believed it could n't resolve any of our problems . |
| 12 | He watched her blush , and imagined he could actually feel a little glow of heat on his own skin , radiating off her warmth . |
| 13 | I had taken very little , but this screw took great pleasure in going through all my things and saying I could n't take most of it . |
| 14 | According to officers stationed at Darlington , the silent majority now support Mr Thompson 's plans and believe they could even speed response times to house fires in the town . |
| 15 | In pre-railway times there is no record of a pub , so it seems some entrepreneur witnessed passengers standing on this blasted corner and decided he could profitably offer them shelter and spirits . |
| 16 | Then she spotted a public telephone and decided she could not wait another minute to call Nick and tell him the job was completed . |
| 17 | And the revenue got mean and decided it could n't afford the time of serving officers and it left pre-retirement council and other bodies with a gap to fill er the only other people who are er professional if you like , who could fill it , would be accountants and they were n't available . |
| 18 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |
| 19 | In a cloak and dagger operation , he got in touch and insisted he could only come to her shop when there would be no other customers around . |
| 20 | She supposed she had lost the baby but she herself felt reasonably comfortable apart from a plastic pipe stuck into the back of her hand which was sore and meant she could n't move . |
| 21 | Father Morrow said magistrates told him they had studied the Law Lords ' decision to allow feeding tubes to be removed from Tony and felt they could not serve the summons . |
| 22 | Yet , obvious a performance though it was , behind it lay a real anguish and he knew it , and knew he could n't help it . |
| 23 | I saw you through the window and thought you could probably do with something to eat and drink . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ No , ’ he yelled , reaching for the baseball bat he kept by the side of the bed for intruders and finding he could n't move his arm . |
| 25 | But Palestinians rejected the offer and said they could not resume peace talks until all the deportees were returned . |
| 26 | Well they just went back and said they could n't want something that much maybe she 's gone over her limit . |
| 27 | We drove all the way down in the snow but they caught us and said we could n't have them ; not surprisingly I suppose . ’ |
| 28 | Environment minister David Maclean praised the conference of EC enforcement agencies and said it could well have benefits for industry across the region . |
| 29 | She was allowed home on February 3 although she felt unwell and said she could not feel the baby moving . |
| 30 | but , erm , she was hoping to come to the meeting this evening , but she phoned at the last minute and said she could n't make it , but erm , I do n't know if it would be more appropriate perhaps for the schools groups to get in touch with her and I |