Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] they could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I would have a gull and a crow but , whether they were the same species or not , they quickly found out they could n't fly properly — though the twine was long enough in theory — and ended up ( after a few hilariously clumsy aerobatics ) fighting . |
| 2 | But I did it through the love , fo , that I had for the couple , and that because they had waited sixteen year before they eventually found out they could n't have children ! |
| 3 | On Christmas Eve , listening to herself making yet more excuses on the telephone , explaining why they could n't make it to a family party , hearing her sister 's disappointment . |
| 4 | He went on to said he wanted to talk about the hunting debate , erm , it occurred to me to wonder why they could n't find anyone in Stonygate in favour of hunting , I mean perhaps there are n't any people in Stonygate in favour of hunting . |
| 5 | Well these had got , these cherries had been growing where they could n't see them you know . |
| 6 | And so the stage is set , and the disciples came to Jesus privately , asking why they could n't cast it out ? |
| 7 | This cost them the lead , and though they recovered well they could n't stop a second Risley boat , crewed by husband and wife team and , slipping through to take the chequered flag after five circuits . |
| 8 | She said that she had had people come to her office in tears , not knowing how they could possibly meet the cost of a funeral . |
| 9 | They were then asked why they could not raise the money by staying at home and working on the land . |
| 10 | But they seemed to have reached that point where they could not sleep despite their tiredness . |
| 11 | A disappointing result for United who totally dominated the first half and really after seeing that first forty five minutes , it was so difficult to see how they could not win three points , and this encounter against the Charlton side drew on the same number of points as them in the second division table . |
| 12 | It 's hard to see how they could ever get to know each other long enough for it to come to this . |
| 13 | Or at least that was what the smooth-skulled guide said when Chesarynth asked why they could n't land closer . |
| 14 | Eventually , about six weeks after joining , Jane was indiscreet enough to ask why they could not use English writers , and promptly got the sack . |
| 15 | ‘ She will entertain us every evening after supper , ’ said Goibniu and Floy nearly abandoned the entire thing there and then , because there had been something so meaningful in the way that Goibniu had said entertain that he wondered how they could ever have considered leaving her here alone . |
| 16 | The four wrote to enquire how they could best put forward their views inside the Labour Party . |
| 17 | She , in turn , wondered why they could not understand that she loved their father and had rescued him from a life of solitude . |
| 18 | ‘ When I heard rumours that this version of Swan Lake was pornographic I just wondered why they could n't pick on some other composer . |