Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] that this could " in BNC.

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1 Even the wild surmise occurred to me that Leslie might have lost his memory ; but commonsense reasserted itself , and I realised that this could not have been the fate of all his men .
2 Some months ago I suggested that this could be done in a new version of Question Time .
3 We decided that this could happen with quite a few units and that we should point out in the documentation the need to be on guard against it .
4 All of them knew that this could mean only one thing : Aenarion was going to draw the Sword of Khaine , take up the Widowmaker , to wield the ultimate and deadly weapon .
5 They thought that this could reduce duplication and ensure better utilization of resources as well as guaranteeing greater consistency across different branches of the same service .
6 It seemed that this could only have happened by God 's grace and with his approval .
7 He assumed that this could only be because he was one of the possibles .
8 He was working at a distinct operational disadvantage , but he reckoned that this could be changed .
9 A spokesman pointed out that the alliance had agreed to the idea of an interim government in Afghanistan pending elections , and he observed that this could include ‘ neutral ’ personalities .
10 However , he insisted that this could be distinguished from the cognitive validity of knowledge .
11 As a supporter of balanced budgets , however , he insisted that this could be funded from defence cuts made possible by the " peace dividend " , rather than through deficits or higher taxes .
12 He felt that this could best be done by resorting to myths .
13 He said that this could lead to ‘ a non-statutory monopoly ’ and trigger a free-for-all among farmers with the housewife eventually footing the bill .
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