Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [pers pn] at the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 He had fought off his anger , but Jenna could still see it at the back of his eyes .
5 If she does , you never know , you could still find her at the old gym , this time in the Band .
6 and could n't clear it at the end of the quarter ?
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 He added : ‘ Ferzana wanted to watch TV and could n't do it at the family gathering . ’
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 I could n't convince them at the other end that I needed an ambulance because I was outside the hospital .
14 He could n't play it at the time , but it made some really great noises .
15 I knew everything , they could n't believe it at the hospital .
16 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 .
17 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
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