Example sentences of "could [verb] they [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was taking a group of his own men plus dogs and their handlers out to the helicopter base where he could brief them together with the pilots . |
| 2 | Instead of tripping over their shoes while doing quick changes , each chair had pockets where they could thrust them out of the way . |
| 3 | I could see them clearly in the light of the foyer but they could n't see me cloaked in the anonymity of Armstrong — and what more anonymous than a black London cab ? |
| 4 | He maintained that Washington feared that the gradual shift of the states of the region into the political orbit of the Non-Aligned Movement could draw them away from the system of ‘ inter-American treaties of mutual assistance ’ . |
| 5 | The advertising market is tough at the moment , total sales fell in real terms in both August and September and no growth is expected in the run up to Christmas , and some contractors believe that combining sales staff could cost them dearly in the battle for market share . |
| 6 | When I asked my mother what she was doing , she replied : ‘ I thought if nothing were to come of your relationships , I could cut them out of the photographs ! ’ |
| 7 | Japan said that it intended to build up its military forces to a high level so that it could cut them down in the interests of peace . |
| 8 | ‘ I could take them out to the middle of a lake in a boat and drop them in . |
| 9 | Dot could hear them just inside the house . |
| 10 | I have enclosed two digests and I would be grateful if you could pass them on to the most appropriate person within your association . |
| 11 | He could tell them little about the enemy , save that his party , coming here , had crossed the tracks of a great host in the Kilsyth area of Strathkelvin , by the horse-droppings at least a day old . |
| 12 | If she was really too old to cure herself of facetious thoughts , at least she could bite them back from the tip of her tongue . |
| 13 | If you closed your eyes you could imagine them together on the promenade , arm-in-arm like they should be , the doctor with a silver-knobbed stick , loving one another in a public place . |