Example sentences of "could [verb] [that] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Government employees were given the day off to swell the crowd , and Mr Hun Sen emphasised that only his party could guarantee that they would keep their jobs .
2 Future funding from the Board to law centres would be for cases done under the green forms and legal aid schemes , including any new arrangements that might be developed , ‘ and possibly grants for specific types of work where the law centres could demonstrate that they would provide a better and more efficient service in ways that did not lend themselves to payment on a case by case basis . ’
3 Authorities could , within clear guidelines , make discretionary payments — for example , to practices on the boundaries of ‘ deprived ’ wards who could show that they would receive payment if enumeration districts were used .
4 Already ahead of him he could see that he would marry , and it might be disastrously , he had that in him , but at the moment what he had was Rose Hilaire and Gabriel and it was 1966 .
5 She could see that he would lose his temper if she pressed him any further , and so she left it .
6 Maggie could tell that he would have liked to stop for a chat , that he felt sorry for her left on her own , but she lacked either her grandmother 's grace or her mother 's energy , so she did not offer him tea .
7 Before Elaine could add that she would like some as well , the waitress shook her head .
8 She was clinging to the lifeline of Rourke 's feelings for her , and who could say that he would deny her that refuge ?
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