Example sentences of "we could [verb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought it was Annie , and we 'd go home together and see Marie and they 'd both be proud of me and we could sit in front of the Christmas tree together and guess what the wrapped up presents were , and eat mince pies and all that . |
| 2 | I saw Ace becoming the toast of the kings and queens of Europe , having an audience with the Pope , shaking hands with Gorbachev ; but he , for once , was more modest : ‘ I 'd like to hook up with Jacques Cousteau — we could stay in tune with the global weather patterns . ’ |
| 3 | So we waited five long years before we could go in daylight , find the oil , and deny the Luftwaffe and the tank crews of the substance that they so desperately needed . |
| 4 | It 's important that we identify what desires and needs we could have in common with one another when using this approach ; if we do n't know the people concerned very well , or have not considered them in this way , we need to use the participative approach described above . |
| 5 | As far as they 're concerned we could rot in jail . |
| 6 | Portuguese , although appearing to be similar to Spanish on paper , is pronounced completely differently , and so despite the fact that we could communicate in French and Spanish , we could not make ourselves understood in Portuguese other than to ask , ‘ Fala ingles ? — do you speak English ? ’ |