Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] they could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between them they could probably have established the reason for the failure quite easily . |
| 2 | The original forest peoples of the tropics have been greatly reduced or , at least , the territory through which they could formerly move has . |
| 3 | With the exemplary Freedom and Rain in 1990 , I began to relent , although that was made with June Tabor , with whom they could hardly fail . |
| 4 | On the twelfth floor of the hotel , from which they could just get a view of the distant river , they were delighted with their prosperous-looking aunt . |
| 5 | The grounds on which the father relied were , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the justices heard evidence from which they could properly conclude that his costs had been incurred as a result of the actions and omissions of the local authority ; ( 2 ) as there was no machinery for taxation of costs the justices were correct to assess the amount of the costs ; ( 3 ) the father was entitled to his costs incurred in the Family Proceedings court to the extent allowable under the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings ( Remuneration ) Regulations 1991 and the justices were correct to hold that the actions of the local authority justified making the costs order which included the costs of the hearing on 27 and 28 January 1992 . |
| 6 | So even when he 'd got the drop on them they could still count on messing him around somehow . |
| 7 | He found instead the only possible protuberance to which they could safely have anchored their rope . |
| 8 | Now I 'm not quite sure whether it 's because we 've known , like Naomi , we 've we know periods of barrenness and leanness that his blessing seems so much more , I do n't know if that 's what it is , or whether it is just because his blessings are so bountiful , but she is overwhelmed by God 's goodness and by God 's blessing to her they could now experience God 's blessing . |
| 9 | It was the Parish Council themselves who had to consider things very quickly and go for what they could best endeavour but you c er I ca n't see how that can be used to nullify the general view of the public of South Milford and the other parishes . |
| 10 | So they were driven backwards and forwards from one trouble to the other , until they had discovered a mean distance at which they could tolerably exist . |