Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] of a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He admired a point which Stead had made about Polynesians and Christianity , but worried that he could not think of a Christian anthropologist . |
| 2 | For twenty minutes and more I could not think of a thing to write . |
| 3 | Back at his hotel , packing for his return to London , John wondered how to fit this large acquisition into his luggage , could not think of a way , decided that he did not want a souvenir of the trip anyway because of his gloom about the impending ballet , so tore it up and threw it in the wastepaper basket . |
| 4 | He could not think of a single convincing excuse that would get him out of the house . |
| 5 | Nutty could not think of a good answer and nor could Mr Sylvester , so Nails was allowed to come . |
| 6 | It seemed a rather broad question , and one for which Lord John could not think of a specific answer . |
| 7 | After citing passages from Amand 's case Sir John Donaldson M.R. , with whose judgment Kerr and Lloyd L.JJ. agreed , observed , at p. 977 , that he could not think of a case in which the order appealed from arose more clearly in a criminal cause or matter . |
| 8 | At first he sat looking at his feet , and she could not think of a thing to say . |
| 9 | On the way home , she found that she wanted to cry again and could not think of a possible reason why she should . |
| 10 | Isabel could not think of a single thing to say . |
| 11 | Until she met Rainald she could not think of a future , with or without fitzAlan . |
| 12 | I could not think of a single thing that Quigley had ever done for me . |
| 13 | The Gallup survey , commissioned by the Daily Telegraph , also found that more than a third could not think of a single thing about Britain of which to be proud . |
| 14 | Kenya , one of its main strongholds , could still boast of a 20,000 strong population at the end of the 1960s , but over the next decade , poaching on an unprecedented scale — mainly by Somali bandits armed with AK 47s — had reduced their numbers to a few hundred . |
| 15 | Any minority group is likely to include a substantial number of people who feel the need of … help and reassurance , … and many members of ethnic minorities suffer an additional persistent burden of racial discrimination which may well cause them to wonder what hope they could ever have of a fair hearing from a representative of the culture which treats them in this way … |
| 16 | Gorbachev , at the two leaders ' concluding press conference , described the summit as an ‘ event of enormous importance for our bilateral relations ’ and added that one could now speak of a ‘ new phase of cooperation ’ between the two countries . |
| 17 | Gorbachev said that it had been an " event of enormous importance for our bilateral relations and in the context of world politics " and that one could now speak of a " new phase of co-operation " between the USA and the Soviet Union , describing Bush as " the kind of person to do business with " . |
| 18 | She could n't think of a lie quick enough . |
| 19 | She looked out over the rows of eager faces waiting for her to justify her educational policy , and she could n't think of a word to say . |
| 20 | Maggie could n't think of a suitable reply to that . |
| 21 | Maggie could n't think of a thing . |
| 22 | Henry could n't think of a woman he disliked apart from Elinor . |
| 23 | Putting his arm around his wife 's shoulder , he added : ‘ When I came down the drive to see you I could n't think of a good reason to give you for splitting up . |
| 24 | ‘ I want to have a full career here and I could n't think of a better way to do that . |
| 25 | He was holding the gun out like a target-shooter , everything wrong , and he did n't speak because he could n't think of a thing to say . |
| 26 | ( All right , I could n't think of a footballing Z. ) |
| 27 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
| 28 | Sorvino could n't think of a better reason to get away from the ice-pick drone of the alarm . |
| 29 | I got it all back to front , and could n't think of a punchline . |
| 30 | ‘ We suddenly realized that we were as free as air , and could n't think of a thing to do with this unexpected liberty . |