Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] they could [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What would they all think if they could see her now ? |
| 2 | In my message I told them that I was going to fly close to the control tower to see if they could tell me what was wrong with my port wheel , but again no reply from control . |
| 3 | I used to tell trainees that it was their first aptitude test to see if they could make it over Stamford Street ! ’ was not too upset to find that she will have to devise a new aptitude test from the summer . |
| 4 | His description was circulated to all police forces throughout Britain , and a number of anxious relatives visited the mortuary to see if they could recognise him as a missing husband , brother or son , but no one did . |
| 5 | If you had your own cat as they 're very territorial animals , I mean if they could see them off . |
| 6 | When I asked if they could make me an identical one trimmed with black fur and beading instead , they were horrified but they agreed in the end . ’ |
| 7 | I asked if they could give me something for the pain . |
| 8 | Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat . |
| 9 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 10 | One of two women in the car asked if they could help me . |
| 11 | I called my mum and dad and asked if they could take me to the hospital . |
| 12 | But the crash happened before they could stop him . |
| 13 | ‘ Do you think I would n't have died before they could dishonour you so ? ’ |
| 14 | In fact it works so well that within a few days of installing it friends were asking if they could fax me printed documents that they had always wanted to store on disk . |
| 15 | It was crossing their minds that it might be safer to leave him in the car , but they had to consider whether they could trust him not to steal it . |
| 16 | So , er , we 're getting people saying it 's impossible to pay this even though they were asked if they could pay it at the the the time it was given sometime last July . |
| 17 | She had asked if they could have it private , early or late , but had been told they must join the club , for which there was a waiting list and a subscription . |
| 18 | Weenie was all right , but Mum had a ruptured spleen and died before they could get her to hospital . ’ |
| 19 | I think if they could talk they would ask visitors not to throw food into their enclosure . |
| 20 | Encounters such as this , the generosity of their friends , the friendship of artists and the Berkeleys ' belief in buying what they liked when they could afford it , gave the contents of the house its individuality . |
| 21 | She had been destroyed before they could get her out of the police cell . |
| 22 | I was nearly chucked out for that , I left before they could chuck me out , actually . |