Example sentences of "could have [verb] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing could have prepared her for the intimacy of the pictures . |
| 2 | Just for a moment he met her eyes , his own very dark and filled with something that made her heart start to beat rapidly , high in her throat , yet nothing could have prepared her for the shock of what he said . |
| 3 | Nothing could have prepared her for the beauty they had just shared , and she knew that for as long as she lived she would never regret giving herself to this man . |
| 4 | Nothing in the three villagers ' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes . |
| 5 | Back in London after that trip she said : ‘ Nothing could have prepared me for the agony of seeing countless dying children . |
| 6 | Nothing in his IBM Corp background could have prepared him for the kind of speech he gave — in fact had to give , if Taligent is to be seen as the answer to the world 's ills . |
| 7 | Nothing however could have prepared him for the drama to come . |
| 8 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 9 | Although having accustomed ourselves to ‘ polyfilla based nutrition ’ nothing could have prepared us for the fish which was served at one of the so-called meals . |
| 10 | Charles could have kicked himself for the cliché . |
| 11 | She could have kicked herself for the remark , for allowing Piers to see how much he got underneath her skin , but she could n't prevent herself . |
| 12 | ‘ I could have forgiven him for the debts he piled up , but the lies , having another woman — I can never forgive that , ’ Jean says . |
| 13 | Beth had a love for children , but how she wished she could have borne them for the man she loved , instead of the man she was indebted to . |