Example sentences of "to be [pron] [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being able to be himself he could talk to teachers from the heart in a way which was amusing , touching and inspiring . |
| 2 | Yet despite being the most powerful man in the world , in command of some of the most deadly and sophisticated weaponry ever designed , there seemed to be nothing he could do . |
| 3 | There seemed to be nothing she could do . |
| 4 | There had to be something they could do . |
| 5 | But there had to be something they could do ! |
| 6 | There had to be something she could do . |
| 7 | There had to be something she could say , something sharp and snappy , tailor-made to disabuse him of that idea , but was n't it just typical that she could n't for the life of her think what it was ? |
| 8 | She wanted him to be someone she could love and idealised the future in her head , but then found herself thinking about that most heartwrenching of adolescent discoveries ; people rarely are what you want them to be and betray you without malice , unaware of the pain they cause . |
| 9 | I did n't recognise him , nor did there seem to be anything I could do for him . |