Example sentences of "they could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The slightest move by either of them could result in the encounter of a foot or , worse still , the brushing of knees . |
| 2 | Either one of them could walk through the door into the hall and end this angry and unhappy meeting . |
| 3 | They spent the day chanting and dancing , and when they came to walk and climb they could be heard speaking Chinese , a language none of them could speak during the rest of the year . |
| 4 | As of the end of June 1991 at least six of these statutes were undergoing the process of appeal which would almost certainly bring them eventually to the Supreme Court , where any of them could serve as the occasion for the reversal of the 1973 landmark abortion rights ruling , Roe v. Wade . |
| 5 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 6 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 7 | well it 's like Elly , you know , I mean even she said she 's , I can really see , she said I even said it in an argument the other day , cos none of them could see at the time |
| 8 | Yet a recent survey showed that a quarter of the ‘ patients ’ do not need to be in a mental institution at all and a half of them could live in the outside world given proper support . |
| 9 | She did not approve of amateurs , especially amateurs who thought they could step into the shoes of professional models . |
| 10 | These early settlers used to heat their cabins in winter with coal which they could gather from the mountain-sides , and this natural resource also came to the notice of entrepreneurs . |
| 11 | It was fortunate that the weather was good and they could sleep in the open , but that did not solve the immediate problem of how they were to be fed . |
| 12 | Met quite a few people and she uses the town centre for erm she thinks the , they could improve on the mobiles . |
| 13 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 14 | Quickly that if what you 're saying is true that how that erm they wanted to er that they , they did n't care that this could lead to excesses because they could control of the situation , was n't that a bit damnable because supposing they could n't ? |
| 15 | In the 1990s the report of these professional organizations who constituted a separate industry , was based on what they could discover about the applicant 's known record to date as regards prompt and full payment , on the applicant 's own assertions and , controversially ( because of possible contravention of the Data Protection Act ) information volunteered upon questioning by third parties . |
| 16 | She had also left some grasses free-flowing , stuck only at the bottom so they could move in the breeze , but had been told this was not strictly according to tradition . |
| 17 | Indeed , the way in which they could disappear beyond the ability of governments and even their owners to find them is eliciting a long , hard look at Europe 's toxic waste rules . |
| 18 | They could explain to the child why he feels as though the world has turned upside down and why his remaining parent seems so upset . |
| 19 | Never lay crops directly on the floor where it is possible they could suffer from the effects of damp and poor air circulation , and arrange produce according to its preference : the roots nearer to the cool floor , and onions and marrows close to the ceiling where it is slightly warmer . |
| 20 | This would allow them to ‘ demonstrate the high standards of training which they could achieve within the framework of their own individual organisations ’ . |
| 21 | There was a number of men who had passed for Sergeant 's rank , and the only way they could get it was to report another policeman so they could go to the chief constable on a discipline charge . |
| 22 | All went well until 1985 , when museum purchase grants were frozen at the level at which they have remained , the reasoning being that for anything really important , they could go to the NHMF . |
| 23 | For the past 27 years , if they needed help or advice , they could go to the Racial Equality Council centre in Gloucester . |
| 24 | But they 're worried that if they turn it down they could go to the bottom of the housing list . |
| 25 | Once Barry 's Mum had brought Barry with her and Mr Field , the dentist , had said they could go into the garden at the back . |
| 26 | They could go into the chapel , and the Adam library , and the red drawing-room , and with a bit of luck they 'd be so busy looking at the Chippendale and the Hepplewhite they would n't notice the holes in the rugs . ’ |
| 27 | They did n't feel for example they could go into the advice centre , they did n't feel it was for them . |
| 28 | It was all right for men , they could go over the side . |
| 29 | Oh it was a horse-drawn , horse-drawn , there were no cars on the road in those days , I think I was one of the earliest to get knocked down by a car actually in Walsall , I was er , when we lived in Street he came down Street and immediately opposite there was a Co-op shop opposite Birds the fruitiers , and mother sent me down to the Co-op and the old trams used to run along the Pleck to Darlaston , Wednesbury and that way on and I ran across the road , past the Co-op the tram and a car must have just bumped into me and he knocked me down , a terrible commotion amongst the folks and could n't have hurt them much , because I got up and ran off , ran off home , so they were restricted in you see and the speed they could go in the car , but the car , the tram car was stopped at the bottom of Street , almost opposite the Co-op and er I must have just run across the road run into the car and more or less bounced off it I should think . |
| 30 | They could stay in the old lodge ; it would save taking a tent . |