Example sentences of "[be] [pron] that [noun] could " in BNC.

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1 Searching around for a related but cooperative proposition that B might be intending to convey , we arrive at the opposite , or negation , of what B has stated namely that Britain does n't rule the seas , and thus by way of Relevance to the prior utterance , the suggestion that there is nothing that Britain could do .
2 There was nothing that Trent could do on deck .
3 There was nothing that Ramsay could do now save return to the castle .
4 And in fact there was nothing that Willis could do about the boxes .
5 It was everything that Burton could have hoped for in the West End at that time .
6 His captaincy suffered by having to succeed Brearley , for the Middlesex man 's wonderful understanding of the psychological needs of each of his players was something that Botham could never hope to emulate .
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