Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could tell that Otto 's face expressed more sympathy than he felt . |
| 2 | I could sense that Tom had some other concern that he was holding back . |
| 3 | The two young girls , I predicted , would not find such changes so difficult to accommodate , but I did all I could to see that Mrs Clements suffered the least adjustments , to the extent that I undertook for myself a number of duties which you may consider most broad-minded of a butler to do . |
| 4 | It would be splendid if I could state that audit regulation had solved all the profession 's problems , that all audits were now models of perfection , carried out by accountancy paragons . |
| 5 | I could see that Holmes found this both interesting and strange . |
| 6 | I could see that Alec was hesitating . |
| 7 | I suppose no I , I did n't enjoy that one but , I could see that Chrissy enjoyed it . |
| 8 | I could view the progress of the race from where I was standing , just before the home straight , and I could see that Elliott and Daley had kept us in the hunt . |
| 9 | When we reached our yard again I could see that Mrs Taylor and her friends had worked hard . |
| 10 | I could see that Estella was still proud , and I knew that it was she who made me feel ashamed of home , and Joe , but I also knew that I could never stop loving her . |
| 11 | I completed another tour of the mill and cottage , this time with Nigel in tow , trying to sound as objective as I could , as if I , too , saw mere possibilities , but as our tour progressed I could see that Nigel had warmed to it almost as much as I. He pointed out some ‘ interesting features ’ that I had missed , such as some of the wooden working parts of the mill machinery set high in the plastered walls , and told me what they had originally been used for . |
| 12 | At this point I could see that Maxine was beginning to breathe more quickly and that she was becoming restless . |
| 13 | Just then Albert put his head round the door and I could see that Dad was relieved that he did not have to go into explanations . |
| 14 | I could see that Aunt Louise did not altogether rule out nuns . |
| 15 | It was something that had to be said but I could see that Aunt Louise did not like it , or even accept the idea . |
| 16 | While there are problems in the class , … when I looked at the programme I could see that problems that are caused because you are not explaining yourself , you are not getting them down to work , they do n't understand what they 're doing . |
| 17 | For all his dilettante airs , I could see that Byron too was absorbed in the theme . |
| 18 | In the light of my head torch I could see that Nat was grey-faced with fatigue , his eyelids drooping , his mouth surrounded by frost that he had not had the strength to wipe away . |
| 19 | Erm so on that one that 's , that 's you did n't use any slang , the belief in the way you asked I think that came out , I was trying to be a prospective client rather than be the trainer cos I could see that Mike was uncomfortable and I was trying to , well okay , how , how would I well I think yeah there was a belief that you had there , I think he was er reasonably attentive , Mike , to your response ? |
| 20 | I could see that Strelsau was really two towns — the Old Town and the New Town . |
| 21 | I could see that writing Lover at the Gate had implications more profound than I had supposed . |
| 22 | Before we got to the first tee I could see that Jack was already on edge — or more on edge , rather , because a hangover had already eaten into his small reserves of patience and equanimity . |
| 23 | I could see that Wallis was not feeling very well . |
| 24 | Yet nobody could suggest that Bacon 's works are ‘ popular ’ . |
| 25 | Chancellor Kohl wants this process finished by 1991 , which could mean that Britain would have to choose between agreeing on a new treaty for a supranational monetary union or risk being left behind by the rest of the EC months before the next British general election . |
| 26 | Chancellor Kohl wants this process finished by 1991 , which could mean that Britain would have to choose between agreeing on a new treaty for monetary union or risk being left behind months before the next British general election . |
| 27 | It is to point out that there is nowhere in existence a set of ‘ records ’ which could prove that Christ was either a lunatic or ‘ precisely what He said ’ He was . |
| 28 | ‘ And when you got back here , everyone could see that Walter was just a shell , just a husk you 'd had all the goodness out of . |
| 29 | To take two able junior ministers at random , no-one could claim that Peter Lilley , the son of a personnel officer , or John Redwood , whose father was an accounts clerk , belonged in the patrician old Tory party . |
| 30 | Frustrating as the long-drawn out debates since 1948 had been for the abolitionists , when the moment eventually came no-one could claim that Parliament was acting precipitately or foisting a highly controversial measure onto a nation that was unprepared . |