Example sentences of "what they could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angry Doug blew his top , then told Restormel Borough Council in Cornwall what they could do with the factory plan . |
| 2 | The great Labour party — which brought together militants , because it thought that they knew what they could do for the working people of this country — is scornfully setting democracy aside . |
| 3 | In the 1990s the report of these professional organizations who constituted a separate industry , was based on what they could discover about the applicant 's known record to date as regards prompt and full payment , on the applicant 's own assertions and , controversially ( because of possible contravention of the Data Protection Act ) information volunteered upon questioning by third parties . |
| 4 | The loyal archers climbed into the wet furze-tangles of the hillside , and did what they could to pick off the outliers among the attackers , and those in the rear , where they were less inextricably tangled with the English . |
| 5 | ‘ Even the youngsters insisted on putting what they could afford into the kitty . ’ |