Example sentences of "we could [verb] on the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ In the old days we could rely on the same spectators attending match after match , whatever the weather or the results . |
2 | But perhaps the most indicative of the Trust 's success so far are the 16 species of dragonfly and damselfly which use the farm — only one species less than the 17 we could expect on the site . |
3 | When we could talk on the telephone every day and I could n't come to see you . ’ |
4 | ‘ Well , that 's all we could fit on the airplane . ’ |
5 | He said no and I 'm getting worried now he said me , my wife works full time and we could cope on the money but he said now we do n't go out . |
6 | We could picnic on the grounds of the Villa Borghese . ’ |
7 | If we wait , we could freeze on the pavement inside five . |
8 | Yesterday was the last possible day we could have on the tour that was near enough London to get up there easily , only about one hour away . |
9 | We could turn on the artificial gas fire ! ’ |
10 | ‘ We discovered there were elms which we could use on the Floors Estate and so the Duke agreed to sell them to us . ’ |
11 | We found the brêche , from which we knew a steep couloir dropped to the Talefre Glacier , and started abseiling from such old slings and pegs as we could find on the sidewalls . |