Example sentences of "could [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the gruesome factors about this particular stitch in the Arran is that every family had its own pattern and the reason for that was often the menfolk were lost at sea and the only way they could identify them was through the pattern . |
| 2 | About the only place you could see them was on the scrap heap . |
| 3 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
| 4 | She could see she was at the point where the police might be going to do some hard questioning . |
| 5 | I could see she was on the point of leaving . |
| 6 | Of course she could say it was for the children , as people always did … |
| 7 | You could say it was on the rebound but I had no reason to regret it . |