Example sentences of "they could [adv] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The suggestion at the time that the Labour Party had been behind Profumo 's downfall was a little unfair to many members who repeatedly expressed their misgivings about the scandalous imputations , which several of them could not regard as a proper currency for a political difference . |
| 2 | It would be especially bad for the old folk who ca n't walk very far — they could n't walk to a bus stop outside the estate could they ? |
| 3 | They could n't cope with a teddy bear . |
| 4 | When we all went to the pub and some of them went up and got non-alcoholic drinks and that , and they all said they could n't go into a pub and do that and they done it , no problem . |
| 5 | They could n't come to a decision so they put it to the vote when — as the book put it — a pair of bearded anarchists , one with flame red hair , appeared out of nowhere and took their decision for them , smashing down the gates with sledgehammers . |
| 6 | However , they could not decide on a fair price , partly because Patino had grown increasingly attached to the painting , and so they finally decided to go to auction to resolve the issue . |
| 7 | What criteria would police and immigration officials use in their search for ‘ potential terrorists ’ on a train that they could not use at a static checkpoint or airport ? |
| 8 | Yes I know , but surely , you know , they could just slot in a couple of like the twenty minute , fifteen minute toddler programmes or something within the day . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | But in the mid-1970s things began to look more promising , with the arrival of a young new minister which coincided with movement into the area of young couples who found that older properties were the only type of house they could now afford as a first buy . |
| 11 | They were uniform but occurred in such abundance and could so readily be transported that even when they were taken over as currency they could only serve as a rule for small change . |
| 12 | Yeah they have to be deep littered all winter but they could perhaps do with a clean though that 's not bad in there . |
| 13 | Thus deceived , lied to by the leaders they had trusted , in the chill , grey dawn on Friday 6 December 1745 the unbeaten Jacobite army turned its back on its objective and the long and pointless retreat — pointless because they could never hope for a better opportunity than this — began . |
| 14 | These people are going into the familiar local stores where they shop and are walking out with the American dream they could never afford on a minimum wage . |
| 15 | Donegal 's insistence on playing the short ball out of defence cost them at least two points , a luxury they could never afford in a close scoring game . |