Example sentences of "[verb] they could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | pity they could nt do that vs Scum … maybe Leeeee Sharpeeeee took robins aside for a quick trip before the match ? ? |
| 2 | The 44-year-old composer said : ‘ When they let me know they could not afford to pay more than £6 million , I realised we had to step in to save it for the nation . |
| 3 | Furthermore W. 's foster parents indicated at about this time that if W. were discharged they could not continue to offer her a home . |
| 4 | The concert was a sell out , but younger fans , some with their parents , were disappointed to find they could n't get in because they were under sixteen . |
| 5 | So the analysts found they could n't use free association with children . |
| 6 | They are largely women who have got to the top in other careers and found they could not go any further . |
| 7 | But it had obvious difficulties for many students who found they could not manage both love affairs and study . |
| 8 | Customers taking bikes to the shop for repair or picking up new cycles found they could not park near the shop . |
| 9 | The discovery was made at 11.30am after staff arrived at the pub and found they could not get in . |
| 10 | But though they were excellent makers of models to other people 's plans and designs I quickly found they could only work well if they were given very detailed constructional drawings and plans . |
| 11 | Well erm if I 'm crystal ball gazing , I would hope that all the women in this country , whatever their colour and whatever their class , would have access to first-class provision for their young children , so that if they wished to work they could actually work in jobs that paid them enough and gave them job satisfaction . |
| 12 | Shame they could n't have stumbled upon a more dramatic way of doing it . |
| 13 | Shame they could n't have lifted the pitch and let it roll in . |
| 14 | Supporting her , other women who say they could also lose their homes because they 're separated from their RAF husbands . |
| 15 | The girls who sign up for fashion 's survival course say they could n't imagine life on the other side of the camera . |
| 16 | The pair say they could both have been killed if neighbours had n't woken them up . |
| 17 | They say they could now lose thousands of pounds without expert advice on their crops . |
| 18 | As Coote himself protested , both men were privately committed to legislation but believed they could not involve the government on the issue . |
| 19 | The cricket section , despite being joint owners , have been advised that it seems likely that if one of the owner clubs should decide to sell they could well proceed unilaterally . |
| 20 | Brian Horton says they could not have had a better match . |
| 21 | When … our Soviet rivals recognised they could not match us … and as their own system indisputably failed the Soviet people even as it abused them — then came the turning point . ’ |
| 22 | Funny actually they could n't , when the rescue people came they could n't see where the damage was because of the dust . |
| 23 | Apart from Steve , I do n't think there appeared to be anyone who turned round and said look they could n't do it . |
| 24 | In reply the Namibian authorities stated they could not grant a licence as the islands were South African territory , thus indirectly providing the information required ! |
| 25 | Yet after being annihilated in the first Test , England showed they could still fight . |
| 26 | Folk living near the social club at Uttoxeter , Staffs , claimed they could n't hear the telly for the strains of Danny Boy and On The Sunny Side of the Street . |
| 27 | The eastern states claimed they could not afford to dispose of the chemicals , which would require incineration , and were originally given until the end of 1992 to use them up . |
| 28 | My volunteers really loved it and they could n't believe they could actually lose weight yet eat so much . |
| 29 | She complained to the police and the NSPCC but was told they could not act as there was no visible bruising on the boy . |
| 30 | It was just that they 'd been told they could n't do it . |