Example sentences of "they could [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosemary said yesterday : ‘ They were all adults in that car and any one of them could have stopped that train of events with one word . |
| 2 | They should be er both of them could have put that all in black . |
| 3 | Without substantially re-thinking their politics , there was little they could do to resist these forces . |
| 4 | It would make things a lot easier for her — for both of them — if they could manage to end this marriage on a fairly amicable note , instead of in a flood of tension and arguments . |
| 5 | ‘ They both have trades that are drastically needed and felt that it was something they could offer to help these children , ’ explained Mark 's girlfriend , Sarah Howe . |
| 6 | But they still hold substantial portfolios of international shares and the fear is that they could attempt to sell these , setting off a chain reaction in other financial markets . |
| 7 | By introducing a programme for the training of drawing teachers in 1871 , the school opened up a vocation to women : a vocation through which they could attempt to have more secure incomes . |
| 8 | Harry and Fleury conferred about this problem and decided that they would club together and see if they could afford to buy some hermetically sealed provisions when there was an auction , though with the prices that food fetched now in private barter they were not very hopeful . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh yes , they could have done that . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think they could have done any more than they did . |
| 11 | They could have rutted each other stupid on the Raistrick . |
| 12 | I think they could have kept that money for that purpose what they want now , not to throw it across there . |
| 13 | I suppose they could have come that way . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ They could have taken that book from you by force , ’ Iain suggested . |
| 15 | If they had really wished to do so , they could have found enough constituencies where Labour was a bad third and where the candidate him- or herself was willing to step down just before nominations closed . |
| 16 | ‘ I wish they could have left this alone till Christmas was over , ’ she whispered to Antony . |
| 17 | I have dealt with reasonably intelligent people who have discovered that they could have claimed more money . |
| 18 | However , when one of the assembled men had suggested that they could have used more men , Springfield had assured them their numbers would be quite sufficient for the job in hand , adding enigmatically that he had a few aces up his sleeve which would reduce the odds against them . |
| 19 | Mike , their son-in-law , then suggested that as that was two thousand years ago , ‘ they could have had another fifteen hundred by now ’ and , sensing his in-laws ' disapproval , continued ‘ unless they 're on the pill ’ . |
| 20 | He also assured the committee that he was a judge of moderate instincts whom they could trust to approach all issues with an open mind , and who was able to understand and sympathise with the tribulations of his fellow US citizens . |
| 21 | They could get to know each other before they were wed . |