Example sentences of "and they could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they could choose what they wanted from that ? |
| 2 | This would do , he told her , until such time as she became converted to Catholicism and they could marry properly . |
| 3 | The friction of their bodies had rubbed away all the untidy mess of misunderstanding , and they could speak directly . |
| 4 | He laughed and kissed her again , and somehow it was another hour before the last of the doughnuts and her third cup of tea were consumed and he decreed that the colour had returned to her cheeks and they could leave . |
| 5 | Then it was screaming past , and they could feel the hot air and smell the smoke . |
| 6 | Their furs were too thick and they could feel very little of each other , but Tallis unfastened his cloak and quickly kissed the cold , taut skin of his throat . |
| 7 | The light grew dull and they could smell rain approaching from the west . |
| 8 | Their own earnings were fabulous and they could make money for their followers as well . |
| 9 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 10 | Those close to death were no longer anointed with holy oil , but a special service was held in their homes and they could make a private confession and receive absolution and communion . |
| 11 | So sometimes the sisters would , would really sort of get it in for a nurse and she 'd and they could make your life very unpleasant indeed . |
| 12 | It would only take a couple of houses to be knocked down and they could make it into a dual carriage way . |
| 13 | Visitors could speak via a telephone connected to an outside wall and they could wave through the glass . |
| 14 | In Action for Cities ( HMSO , 1988a ) , the government announced that developers wishing to use recorded land could ask the Secretary of State to force its sale , and they could request additional listings . |
| 15 | There was plenty of material to work from : Latin was compulsory at Plumford Grammar School ; the English master had drummed into their memories large sections of Macaulay 's Lays of Ancient Rome ; they had read novels with a Roman background , like Rosemary Sutcliff 's Eagle of the Ninth and Robert Graves ' I , Claudius ; and they could plunder Hubert Molland 's classical library for further information as the need arose . |
| 16 | Both men loved Dartmoor , never happier than when the London season was over and they could return to the remote places which they had shared since childhood . |
| 17 | And they could lay waste to that hemisphere 's traffic in tropical lumber . |
| 18 | And at first it was nice because there was more money coming into the house , and they could feed the gas monster and have hot water and fires . |
| 19 | Their arms were tied with rope , but their legs were free and they could walk . |
| 20 | But they could lie safely among them for as long as they liked , and they could move through them easily and unseen . |
| 21 | In America , they made six hundred prints of the film and decided these bits were supposed to be in black-and-white and they could fix it ! |
| 22 | They could put the hook in there and they could lower doors away so there 's no need for the , cos many a time in the dumb hopper when you knock that pin out , they go down with the force and it 'd break and it 'd break the er the chain , the chain link . |
| 23 | They had known all along they had a good , competitive car ; a single mistake had mired them for three races ; it was now solved and they could build for the future . |
| 24 | The small size of the formulations compared to red blood cells means they could penetrate solid tumours , making them more susceptible to chemotherapy and radiotherapy , and they could reach inaccessible parts of the heart during surgery . |
| 25 | This was their home and they could stay here always . |
| 26 | She and Edward would be alone on Grace , and they could batten down and stay in bed for twenty-four hours if they felt like it . |
| 27 | I was very annoyed and upset at the time because there were other girls of my age in the dale and they could go and I could not . |
| 28 | ‘ They must go up , and they could go to 12 or 13 per cent . |
| 29 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said in a televised interview with CNBC-TV that he knows of no effort by the US Federal Trade Commission to force a restructuring of Microsoft , despite its ongoing probe : ‘ I certainly have n't heard any suggestion that they 're even considering something that would change the structure of our company , ’ Gates said ; he also warned on the Business Insiders programme that Microsoft Corp will not be as profitable in the long-term as it has in recent years — ‘ The kind of profit margin we 've had in the past will be very unlikely for us to achieve in the future ; we 've said after tax margins probably wo n't stay over 20% in the mid to long-term , and they could go quite a bit lower than that in the short-term , ’ the company 's chief executive declared . |
| 30 | Hornby loco we had those things you used to pull out of the cabs and they could go |