Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even forgetting the fact that the Cobra was the fastest accelerating car you could buy at the time , that only puts it between the £21,620 Elan SE and the entry level £26,400 Excel SE , close to the £22,363 Morgan plus eight and even closer to the £23,526 Toyota Supra Turbo . |
| 2 | I discovered that with our video : we tape things we could watch at the time , just to prove , I suppose that video recorders are wonderful things . |
| 3 | ‘ There was n't a thing he could do at the time , but he 's got his eye on them . ’ |
| 4 | That was the best , at least I understand that was the best the Secretary of State could do at the time . |
| 5 | In retrospect , one can see far better than even he could see at the time how deeply the logic of the ‘ New Theology ’ , biblical and historical rather than scholastic , was bound to challenge the whole shape of the contemporary Church and the way it perceived orthodoxy . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | For what is being suggested is that I knew today and not yesterday , despite the fact that there was no difference between the two days that I could tell at the time . |
| 8 | Sometimes they contain more material than any human being could teach in the time recommended . |