Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [pron] at the " in BNC.
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1 | A system where the user presses a series of buttons without thought and gets exactly what he needs ( rather than what he at that stage thinks he wants ) is efficient but not entirely educational , any more than one so difficult that the user could only throw himself at the mercy of the person sitting at the reader 's adviser desk . |
2 | However , she could not avoid it at The Tamarisks , for although Fru Møller offered a generous choice of hors d'œuvres and puddings she did not provide a choice of main course and Elisabeth would not have dreamt of placing herself at a disadvantage by drawing attention to her disability and pleading for something easier than steak to swallow . |
3 | Though the hardpressed French could not see it at the time , something had in fact gone dramatically wrong with the meticulous German plans ; that is , with the Crown Prince 's plans . |
4 | She could not convince me at the time that anything bad could happen , now that I had finally ‘ solved ’ my eating problems , and for a short time I felt jubilant , relieved and ecstatic . |
5 | He had fought off his anger , but Jenna could still see it at the back of his eyes . |
6 | If she does , you never know , you could still find her at the old gym , this time in the Band . |
7 | and could n't clear it at the end of the quarter ? |
8 | Erm , we , we could n't nominate anyone at the A G M , no one was willing to do it . |
9 | No but you see I could n't tell you at the start because you 'd sound , you would n't have said half the things you did say . |
10 | Sometimes our bodies and minds seek excuses to experience griefs that we may have put aside or denied because we could n't face them at the time . |
11 | He so concentrated on his dialogue — I never had to reshoot a scene because Kenny fluffed a line — that he could n't do anything at the same time as he was talking . ’ |
12 | He added : ‘ Ferzana wanted to watch TV and could n't do it at the family gathering . ’ |
13 | They could n't understand it at the time , and nor could I. None of us has any religious sense , there were n't any fundamentalist kinsmen to pacify : the absence of a fellow in a frilly white frock would n't have led to the suppuku of disinheritance . |
14 | It 's like , with Sharon Stone , even at the end she was still dependent on Michael Douglas , like , when he was going she was crying and she could n't kill him at the end cos she loved him so much and , you know what I mean , so no , Body of Evidence , it 'll probably have a rubbish end and she 'll probably marry the lawyer or something , but it was still good to see her beat , tying a man up , putting candle wax on him and shit . |
15 | And so as I grew up er they knew me and I knew them and I was to need one or two later on , for various reasons , but er you could n't see it at the time . |
16 | I could n't convince them at the other end that I needed an ambulance because I was outside the hospital . |
17 | ‘ I 've always wanted to meet you to say something … just to say I 'm sorry , but … but I could n't help meself at the time . |
18 | He could n't play it at the time , but it made some really great noises . |
19 | I knew everything , they could n't believe it at the hospital . |
20 | She could never face him at the party if she did n't know where she stood — did n't know whether or not he had rejected her apology or was prepared to be friendly . |
21 | I think it would be nice , and then we could actually discuss it at the next planning meeting which I presume , which is the twentieth |