Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could explain why we see some quasars much nearer than we would normally expect to see them . |
| 2 | ‘ The situation could arise whereby we all own different bits of the same story but we will only know that when we go to one of the television networks with a proposal . ’ |
| 3 | Clearly , no one explanation could cover why we eat cows but not cats ; why big game hunting is the traditional pursuit of the wealthy ; why furs are going out of fashion ; why sexual slang employs so many animal and eating metaphors ; why customary cannibalism is seldom if ever authenticated ; why we worry so much more about high fat meats than about eating cheese ; why so many religious sects espouse vegetarianism ; why burger bars have been redecorating with pastel colours ; why the Flintstones barbecue dinosaur steaks ; why we eat beef rather than cow ; why businessmen might eat steak tartare at a negotiating lunch ; and why meat is said to give men aggression , strength , or heterosexual virility . |
| 4 | But they 've got very very poor eyesight so although they could sense where we were , as we stayed really really still they could n't see us so we were quite safe but er we could n't go any nearer than about ten yards from them erm because there were n't any suitable trees to climb in case they started to chase us . |
| 5 | We needed a single set of business figures and measures we could monitor so we could focus the quality initiatives . |
| 6 | At 09.35 we had a cup of coffee on Hayward 's Heath station , where we met a member of the Bluebell Railway who could see where we were going from our BCRS members . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , apart from it being in the dark , and we could see where we were going , yes , ’ he said . |
| 8 | As we walked through a network of pipes and valves we realized that this was what Hinkley C would look like before its radioactive inventory took over and no human beings could enter where we were standing . |
| 9 | Shall we try I tell you what we could try now we could try connecting with somebody else . |
| 10 | Try as we might to tell ourselves that it 's ‘ what 's on the inside that counts ’ , we have very little evidence to show that it 's true , and inside and outside can become confused , so that we feel bad on the inside but believe that if we altered what 's on the outside ( our bodies ) we could change how we feel . |
| 11 | Hepzibah did say we could go whenever we liked , did n't she ? ’ |
| 12 | And then you could say well we could try threes try that see if you could make em into into sets of three . |
| 13 | Oh on the other hand I suppose we could say well we 'll use , we 'll get some and if we run out we 'll use English ones . |
| 14 | and then finally we could finish off with Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men or whatever they want to call themselves from and they could say well we 're the guys in between we 've got clients out there but we have to deal with printers and estimators and this is what life is like for us . |