Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [conj] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But sixteen was a man and when he had begun to drown as a man there was nothing they could or did do to step in and help . |
| 2 | For these reasons — their pattern of settlement , the ease , low cost and low risk of meeting obligations — Zuwaya were able to still think of themselves as nomads : they were wrong , but from time to time they could and did regard some of their social arrangements as unchanging , inert . |
| 3 | Committee chairmen had greater microphone power : they could and did interrupt speakers , overriding their speeches with voluble and sometimes lengthy rehearsals of facts and figures ; they intervened to answer rhetorical questions or to explain that they were irrelevant . |
| 4 | These were sturdy little cars and although used mainly on the Norbury — Purley and Thornton Heath lines in the early days , they could and did work anywhere on the system . |
| 5 | It could and did reach conclusions upon policy , but the final decision rested with the Queen , who seldom attended meetings and might easily ignore their conclusions . |
| 6 | While it could and did allow that the discoveries of natural science and of philological and literary criticism of the text could cast light upon the meaning of the Bible , it held that the proper responsibility of the theologian is to interpret the Bible out of itself . |
| 7 | It could and did reject , revise and remake legislation on the floor of the House ( such as the 1858 India Act or the 1867 Reform Act ) . |
| 8 | He could and did talk at times as if he were simply continuing Schleiermacher 's programme , and described Schleiermacher as his predecessor in the matter of method . |
| 9 | The evidence from Charles the Bald 's reign is surprisingly clear : he could and did intervene thus — on numerous occasions and in counties that were vitally important politically and militarily . |
| 10 | What he could and did do , throughout the Algiers year , was to strengthen the CFLN 's position inside and outside France so that , whenever the operation began , the CFLN would be in the best position to preempt Allied attempts to marginalize it . |
| 11 | He was fascinated by horses — so fascinated that he came to be called ‘ The Man who Loved to Draw Horses , ’ although he could and did draw a wide range of other domestic animals . |
| 12 | But he could and did hold a fringe meeting with the Bow Group , where he gave the becoming speech of a statesman . |
| 13 | She had always resented Luke , and feared the way he made her feel — because she must have sensed from the beginning the power he could and did have over her ; because he had deprived her of himself when he had had her dismissed from that very first job back in South Africa ; because something had led him to misjudge and despise her , and he was unable to see the truth ; because she had always known that he could break her heart … |
| 14 | Although Terry was a steady and capable defender , he could and did play at inside-forward . |
| 15 | He could and did play a decisive role . |
| 16 | He usually appeared at centre-half but , when the management or playing policy required it , he could and did produce constructive , driving performances in both the wing-half berths . |