Example sentences of "they [vb past] they could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Once they realised they could n't get any money they ran out of the shop and I think they got away in a car . ’ |
| 2 | It is unlikely that when they signed they could ever have had the slightest hope of achieving such a reduction . |
| 3 | They decided they could n't do much about the rape , but they dealt with the wife beating by publicly humiliating and parading the culprits ! |
| 4 | But the news leaked out and they decided they could n't wait . |
| 5 | If they felt they could not follow the diet or did n't want to be committed I asked them to please return all the papers , and about seventy of them did just that . |
| 6 | But they felt they could n't do it . |
| 7 | I do n't think there were many people in debt because they knew they could n't afford to go into debt you know . |
| 8 | No I think , I reckon that if you knew that the bloke was an easy pull , they would n't do it if they , if they knew they could n't get the girl cos otherwise it would be embarrassing for them , but if they knew that she was an easy pull they 'd do it for a joke . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But if they needed it , they knew they could always get work with him . |
| 11 | They regarded the occupation of land as the essential base of family and community life , but at the same time , they knew they could only survive if they had wage-earning employment as well . |
| 12 | They also promised to use their friends in the Salvation Army as supports at times when they thought they could not cope by themselves . |
| 13 | Well they thought they could only get it through both legislatures and the courts for women . |
| 14 | In retrospect , one often wonders how they thought they could possibly succeed . |
| 15 | Only two weeks ago they complained they could not afford to fund the teachers ’ pay award . ’ |
| 16 | They said they could just hear me did n't they Meryl ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | No , well he wa it was the council , they said they could n't afford it . |
| 19 | Indeed they said they could even help , and make the changes for the better . |
| 20 | 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 . |