Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] [art] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the time , I could do no more than lie on the wheelbarrow to hold it down . |
| 2 | I could do no more than prowl about him . |
| 3 | But I could tell no more than I have written here and I think they all knew from the start it was hopeless . |
| 4 | I could take no more but stood by the door whilst once more Benjamin peered at the blood-stained clothing . |
| 5 | To the watching girl it became increasingly obvious that she could expect no more help . |
| 6 | She could force no more words through her aching throat . |
| 7 | She could say no more and wept bitterly . |
| 8 | ‘ With the money I 'm prepared to pay you for your half of the house you could buy a more than adequate little base for yourself — and still have change left to indulge in a few luxuries . ’ |
| 9 | Mounds of dirt , rock and sand — little hills engulfed by dunes — blocked our view so that we could see no more than half a mile in any direction . |
| 10 | They might come and see how competent she was to run it if they chose , but short of abducting her , they could do no more than advise . |
| 11 | The calves raised white-slobbered mules enquiringly as he hung over them but they could offer no more explanation of the mystery than I could myself . |
| 12 | But as the West German cities of Bremen and Hanover said they could take no more refugees , Berlin was still offering a warm welcome . |
| 13 | Because the subcutaneous heparin regimen in GISSI-2 was delayed , it could have no more than a moderate effect on activated partial thromboplastin time . |
| 14 | Occasionally , especially in the evenings , Creggan would see him stop and roar until he could roar no more ; and then he would continue pacing , on and on . |
| 15 | Fred would listen patiently until he could stand no more and then depart to the small back yard , where he sat on an upturned tea-chest and vowed that one day he would forget how efficient his kitchen hand was and just do away with her . |
| 16 | Blake was back in Moscow where he could do no more harm . |
| 17 | The doctor , a man named Champney , realised he could do no more for her but , on hearing of the stranger ( Mary Ashley did not know Tawell , but described him as a Quaker ) , he set out to trace him . |
| 18 | Clearly , he could make no more of the situation than Hazel . |
| 19 | Then , towards dawn , he could take no more and messed the bed . |
| 20 | Patsy went , using his work for the insurance company as a pretext , for in truth he could take no more of the hypocrisy . |
| 21 | Although he could see no more than the man 's black outline , he sensed it was a rival he was moving towards , one who saw himself as having rights in the moor , even rights of possession over it . |
| 22 | ‘ Show me , ’ whispered Wynne-Jones , but when he looked through the mask he could see no more than the darkness . |
| 23 | When he could hear no more sounds from his Mum 's and Dad 's room , he opened his door . |