Example sentences of "i [verb] they could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much to the amusement of two American girls who stayed with us because they did n't know what this phrase was I mean they could n't have sort it out in the first place of what it meant . |
| 2 | Well when they put the flats up , I mean they could n't keep pets , and they had n't got a garden , and there was a period of time when er we were rather concerned . |
| 3 | Everyone was devastated , the community was shattered when they heard , people were crying at the gates , children were very nervous I heard they could n't sleep , so they were very affected . |
| 4 | I guess they could n't afford one on his church salary . |
| 5 | I suppose they could n't find anything to incriminate me . |
| 6 | And there used to be a a little croft croft there of long ago , and it 's er it 's all planted now with trees all round about it but I suppose they could still see where they used to be A black smith had stayed there . |
| 7 | I suppose they could always act differently . |
| 8 | Having reluctantly signed books and had his picture taken , John Peel , Radio 1 stalwart and musical mentor , shrugs off the attention with characteristic modesty and remarks , ‘ I bet they could n't name one record I 've played this year . ’ |
| 9 | Having reluctantly signed books and had his picture taken , John Peel , Radio 1 stalwart and musical mentor , shrugs off the attention with characteristic modesty and remarks , ‘ I bet they could n't name one record I 've played this year . ’ |
| 10 | I thought they could n't join them . |
| 11 | Sometimes I thought they could actually see these people , as they talked . |
| 12 | But , erm I think they could instead have an electric fox , if there 's such a thing ? |
| 13 | I find they resemble grit and taste the same — even the health store from which I bought them could not enlighten me . |