Example sentences of "we could [verb] from the " in BNC.

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1 We could learn from the American experience of using the National Guard not only to help with civil disasters but also with drug enforcement , which are both areas in which we can not have too much help , provided that it is properly directed and properly trained .
2 I had moved a table into a big window , for I foresaw that we should need all the help we could get from the view .
3 Most impressive of all to us children was the fact that the house had two staircases , the staircase we could see from the front door , and the back stairs , used by the servants .
4 I had to admit my first impression was not quite what I had expected : instead of bold cliffs and mountain peaks , all we could see from the heaving deck of the boat was a seemingly endless beach of black shingle fringed by white breakers .
5 You did n't even wax lyrical about the incredibly romantic island we could see from the cliff-top at the cape .
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