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Example sentences for "could form"

  • The Queen asked him whether he thought he could form a Government.

  • He believed Lord John was not at all dissatisfied with the position he had assumed, and was under the belief that he could form an Administration capable of standing, even without the support of the Peelites.

  • Although a profound analyzer of the laws of human nature he could form no just construction of the motives of the particular individual.

  • When all these exhaustive processes had been gone through with he could form an idea and express it; but no sooner.

  • Before he could form an idea of anything, before he would express his opinion on a subject, he must know its origin and history in substance and quality, in magnitude and gravity.

  • We could form no idea of their number, though evidently it was large.

  • Of course I could form no conception of what they were talking about, and went to bed trying to put meaning into the maze of words.

  • To this question he could form no answer, so still puzzling over it he fell asleep.

  • To this question he could form no satisfactory answer.

  • To these questions he could form no answer.

  • My dear Sophia has often told me that a Divine illumination of the mind is the great secret in personal religion; but I could form no conception of her meaning.

  • It is true, Sir, I could form no conception of the nature of their happiness, but I knew they were happy--more happy without our fantastic sources of amusement than we were with them.

  • The only idea I could form of it was going frequently to church, reading the Bible, praying, and living a virtuous life.

  • To this question he could form no answer.

  • To this question he could form no certain answer; perhaps a boat, a cabin or an airplane.

  • As before, he could form no adequate answer.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    could assume; could confide; could desire; could detect; could draw; could easily; could find; could have; could hope; could keep; could live; could love; could make; could mean; could not bring himself; could not bring myself; could not have told; could not help saying; could not tell what; could reply; could sell; could spare; could speak; could walk; could well; vicarious atonement