Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [pron] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | At first , communication was something of a problem for the couple , as neither of them could speak the others native tongue , but this was soon overcome by a friendly interpreter . |
| 32 | He moved up to kiss her while his hand continued to stroke her aching body , then , when neither of them could bear it any longer , he thrust into her , and she arched back , drowning under wave after wave of mounting pleasure . |
| 33 | She had planned to get over to her mother 's by the afternoon , but the day had been so rare that neither of them could bear to finish it . |
| 34 | But there remained one crucial detail , not covered by protocol , which neither of them could remember : had Sir Denis accompanied her to Buckingham Palace when she kissed hands with the Queen ? |
| 35 | Besides , neither of them could have known how many there were . ’ |
| 36 | At what point McAllister 's fears finally disappeared beneath his loving patience , and they began to make love in earnest , neither of them could have said . |
| 37 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 38 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 39 | Neither of them could afford to get mixed up in something that might involve the police . |
| 40 | ‘ Neither of us could sleep , ’ said her companion , falling heavily on to a seat . |
| 41 | We considered various possibilities , but as neither of us could drive far and neither of us could face airport hassle , we decided to go for a week to Wales . |
| 42 | Mum has rheumatoid arthritis and , as neither of us could manage the stairs , we shared the same room downstairs . |
| 43 | We considered various possibilities , but as neither of us could drive far and neither of us could face airport hassle , we decided to go for a week to Wales . |
| 44 | We 're talking about weapons neither of us could use without destroying ourselves and probably our whole planet . |
| 45 | Neither of us could claim that those exchanges have been free of the features that I have just identified . |
| 46 | Neither of us could wait to get the round over , we were so cold and miserable . |
| 47 | Then after a long while , during which neither of us could escape from her hatred and savagery , she 'd said tiredly , ‘ OK , Annie , we ca n't do it . |
| 48 | Silas would not want me to be in a room where somebody such as yourself could have an ear pressed to the wall . |
| 49 | The contact was more than either of them could bear , and it was n't to do with the heat . |
| 50 | The aunts would reply indignantly that they only wanted to help , whereupon Addy would shout from the kitchen that if either of them could cook worth a damn perhaps they could be something other than a bloody nuisance . |
| 51 | The slightest move by either of them could result in the encounter of a foot or , worse still , the brushing of knees . |
| 52 | sometimes come to Glasgow and either of them could go up to Stirling |
| 53 | There was no way either of them could have worked out what was going on . |
| 54 | Before either of them could say a word , he turned and began to speak as though they had asked him a question . |
| 55 | Why , thought Joe , should Blackbeard think either of them could read Russian ? |
| 56 | ‘ I suppose that 's when we should have called a halt , but now I do n't know how either of us could bear it . ’ |
| 57 | Before either of us could react to this confession , unexpected even to me , I ploughed on . |
| 58 | But I do n't see that either of us could produce a shred of evidence to support our extremely unlikely thesis , so I do n't see that we 're much further advanced . |
| 59 | I doubt that either of us could survive such a lengthy association . ’ |
| 60 | I was even more pleased to find that all of them could see me almost immediately , and the one I chose inspected the car as soon as I arrived and had the quote dropped through my letterbox the next morning . |