Example sentences of "[vb past] they could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Yet after being annihilated in the first Test , England showed they could still fight . |
| 3 | It is unlikely that when they signed they could ever have had the slightest hope of achieving such a reduction . |
| 4 | If mink escaped they could readily establish themselves in the wild , with serious implications for the indigenous wildlife : particularly at risk would be large colonies of ground-nesting seabirds , such as terns , puffins and black guillemots . |
| 5 | Such women decided they could only begin to tackle their problems through their own women 's networks . |
| 6 | They were so free in expression she wondered if they had been read at all by his parents but presumed they could hardly have escaped their eye . |
| 7 | Regardless of where their support came from , the fact was that possession of 38 seats in the Volkstag meant they could now rule with little or no reference to the other parties . |
| 8 | It was because of these expectations about planning that members of the RTO felt they could comfortably cut down on DHA estimates of the revenue required for community services . |
| 9 | The crux of the rows centred around a belief that Sydney Newman , promoted from ITV into a very senior position and given virtual carte blanche to reshape the BBC 's drama output , was carrying out his task by bringing in other friends and associates from ITV in place of BBC staff who felt they could equally rise to the challenges . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But if they needed it , they knew they could always get work with him . |
| 12 | During the late 1980s and early 1990s , investors thought they could successfully invest in ‘ growth ’ shares that were at once exciting and defensive — among them , the giant consumer-product and health-care companies whose pricing power was meant to guard their earnings from the cyclical downturns that the stockmarket was bound to suffer . |
| 13 | Sometimes I thought they could actually see these people , as they talked . |
| 14 | Well they thought they could only get it through both legislatures and the courts for women . |
| 15 | In retrospect , one often wonders how they thought they could possibly succeed . |
| 16 | Swapo thought they could still depend on the Damara vote . |
| 17 | International athletics officials insisted they could neither confirm nor deny the report . |
| 18 | They said they could just hear me did n't they Meryl ? |
| 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 . |
| 21 | She wished they could both make it up and release her from this terrible trap . |
| 22 | Although an opinion poll last week suggested they could just secure the required number of seats , the tide is expected to turn against them in the course of a three-week campaign . |