Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [pron] could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between them they could probably have established the reason for the failure quite easily . |
| 2 | In the long silence that stretched between them she could almost hear her heart pounding like a sledge-hammer in her chest . |
| 3 | Once the idea took hold of me I could n't rid myself of it . ’ |
| 4 | With what she was going to leave to each of her relations written down in it so that when she got fed up with one of them she could just strike his name out ! ’ |
| 5 | If there were spokes and the Scapegoat happened to be topside of them it could n't fall through . ’ |
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| 7 | Alright , well the They give you the answer for those of you who could n't do it . |
| 8 | But for the life of her she could not behave as she ought when she stood among the rubble to which her life had been reduced . |
| 9 | For the life of her she could n't fathom where funerals came into it . |
| 10 | For the life of her she could n't move and as Shirley left , her face alight with enquiry , Jenna motioned the tall dark stranger to come into the sitting-room . |
| 11 | For the life of her she could n't say the expected thing and it hurt with surprising depth that this man had known her father when she herself had not known him at all . |
| 12 | There was just something about Luke Calder that seemed to affect her , although for the life of her she could n't understand what it was . |
| 13 | Rowden is a fine school and it 'll give him plenty of sports and develop a side of him which could never see the light of day in Ireland . |
| 14 | Fleury uttered a curse and started to examine it , for the life of him he could not see what was the matter . |
| 15 | Edward undid his tie , but for the life of him he could not take his eyes off her . |
| 16 | The power axe , clenched in his mailed fist , still hewed away at the same small area in front of him , but for the life of him he could n't push himself into the space it liquefied , nor could he shift the weapon to left or to right , so firmly was his arm held by the hydra . |
| 17 | But for all his new acquaintance 's mildness there was something about him that made Hugh uneasy , and for the life of him he could n't figure out what it was . |
| 18 | For the life of him he could n't think of what to do next . |
| 19 | His companion 's tongue had swollen and his mouth was so full of it he could hardly speak . |
| 20 | For example once he went to Rome on business and when he got back he told me about a building which was like the sky at night , so big that even when you stood in front of it you could n't believe you were actually seeing it . |
| 21 | But half of it you could n't understand could you ? |
| 22 | There was a sort of host who dished out the sherry and took each new arrival round the groups ; though as there were quite a lot of us he could n't remember all our names so we were forced to say them . |
| 23 | ‘ Only for you it could n't have come to anything . ’ |
| 24 | And with an east wind behind them they could not abruptly halt . |
| 25 | ‘ Unlike you I could n't sleep . |
| 26 | It is submitted on behalf of the Attorney-General that there was no delay , either in the investigation of the complaint against the respondent or in the bringing of proceedings against him which could properly be said to amount to an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 27 | The driver looked back but with Jean and I in the Cortina close behind him he could n't reverse . |
| 28 | Behind us we could just make out the glimmer of lamplight from the tiny hotel on Lake Pehoe , where we should be dining on river trout , bife chorizo and good Chilean pinot noir before the night was out . |
| 29 | She had to go and she had to go and live with them he could n't get married without . |
| 30 | The unpainted doors were padlocked and above them he could vaguely make out the name Strauss , the paintwork having been abraded over the years by the weather . |