Example sentences of "[vb past] they could [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When … our Soviet rivals recognised they could not match us … and as their own system indisputably failed the Soviet people even as it abused them — then came the turning point . ’ |
| 2 | If mink escaped they could readily establish themselves in the wild , with serious implications for the indigenous wildlife : particularly at risk would be large colonies of ground-nesting seabirds , such as terns , puffins and black guillemots . |
| 3 | ‘ We were about twenty minutes altogether from the point where we realized they could n't get us down to the time when we stepped on to the roof . |
| 4 | In the dream she was smiling , holding out her hands to the man and the children , but her smile slowly faded as she realised they could n't see her . |
| 5 | But they felt they could n't do it . |
| 6 | I would say conditions were a wee bit easier a wee bit you had a wee bit more freedom because they knew they could not replace anybody if they gave the sack . |
| 7 | I thought they could n't join them . |
| 8 | Well they thought they could only get it through both legislatures and the courts for women . |
| 9 | I find they resemble grit and taste the same — even the health store from which I bought them could not enlighten me . |
| 10 | They said they could just hear me did n't they Meryl ? |
| 11 | For example , 80% of female personal service workers said they could not design and plan important parts of their work ; 96% said they could not decide their starting and finishing times ; and 63 % said they could not initiate new tasks during their work . |
| 12 | But the minister 's travels between Moscow and Baghdad , by way of Tehran , and back again , partly overland since the Americans said they could not guarantee his safety in Iraqi airspace , seemed dilatory . |
| 13 | Well they just went back and said they could n't want something that much maybe she 's gone over her limit . |
| 14 | ‘ Police said they could n't do anything because social workers believed their mother was good enough to look after them . ’ |
| 15 | I went to see it but the lady running it said they could n't take me . |
| 16 | So Mericlean sent it away with his P forty five to have it changed and they said they could n't accept it that they 'd have to re-apply or something . |
| 17 | After the acquittal , the Disciplinary Committee of the jockey Club called Filmer to Portman Square to warn him as to his future behaviour , and Filmer said they could n't touch him , and was generally unbearably arrogant . |
| 18 | My grandparents said they could n't afford it . |
| 19 | No , well he wa it was the council , they said they could n't afford it . |
| 20 | There was no reply and Clarissa said they could n't hear him , so why did n't he leave it ? ’ |
| 21 | The last show of the tour was in Atlanta and I decided to give a little party for the singers and musicians and the crew and I tried to rent a banquet room at the hotel , but because it was Thanksgiving Weekend , they said they could only give me a suite . |
| 22 | She wished they could both make it up and release her from this terrible trap . |
| 23 | He just hoped they could n't see it from the stalls . |
| 24 | John always said that they spent more money restoring the facade than they ever spent on the thousands of workers who worked inside the plant , but then when it closed they could n't knock it down , so they turned it into a superstore . |