Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Jonathan Malcolm and his girlfriend met they could have little idea of the trouble which lay in store . |
| 2 | But the brothers believed they could do no wrong . |
| 3 | However , the Stuarts claimed they could raise money by means of the prerogative . |
| 4 | Maybe somebody in the pentagon figured they could find out how ill he was just by listening to it . |
| 5 | It was because of these expectations about planning that members of the RTO felt they could comfortably cut down on DHA estimates of the revenue required for community services . |
| 6 | Today , the department said they could n't answer that until they review the case . |
| 7 | In the 1960s , when bank credit was tight , companies found they could use the services of a broker to lend to one another . |
| 8 | Merging companies believed they could achieve significant gains in productivity and profits , and government policy assumed that these would offset any adverse effects from an increase in monopoly power . |
| 9 | Yet after being annihilated in the first Test , England showed they could still fight . |
| 10 | Management claimed they could , but the women consistently produced less than the required targets . |
| 11 | While Tayside Region and Perth and Kinross District Council indicated they could afford only part of the survey , estimated at £80,000-£100,000 , the Scottish Office reply was unequivocal . |
| 12 | The judges decided they could not be sure which of Sarbutts ' stories was true and quashed Turner 's conviction , Mr Roberts said . |
| 13 | In many countries the government stimulates such enterprises by providing some start-up capital , but the spokesman for our government came across very poorly , with totally negative comments to the effect that if inventors thought they could rely on the government for help , they were wrong . |
| 14 | True , what he had felt for Kee was at the time a stronger passion , and so far as charm went they could n't be compared . |
| 15 | It seemed that people were often worse than even Jane thought they could be . |
| 16 | On 29th October , 21 days after the accident , some of the miners thought they could hear the sound of moaning and worked with renewed vigour . |
| 17 | For example , 80% of female personal service workers said they could not design and plan important parts of their work ; 96% said they could not decide their starting and finishing times ; and 63 % said they could not initiate new tasks during their work . |
| 18 | It it is No it is n't now because w Pete said they could have seven people out there so if they get seven people out there , |
| 19 | Mrs. Olinton said they could . |
| 20 | The eastern states claimed they could not afford to dispose of the chemicals , which would require incineration , and were originally given until the end of 1992 to use them up . |
| 21 | In reply the Namibian authorities stated they could not grant a licence as the islands were South African territory , thus indirectly providing the information required ! |
| 22 | Clara could not count the times she had heard her mother declare that when she died she would be dead , and she would n't care what happened to her body , and for all site cared they could put her out for the dustman to collect sentiments which from the first had filled Clara with a vague alarm and horror , for they were clearly reasonable enough in their own way . |
| 23 | ‘ People can dip in and out , looking at objects which represent the best that artists of a certain period believed they could do woven in with some everyday things . |
| 24 | One-and-a-half hours was typical , though a number of fast workers reckoned they could buckle down and get a baby seat fixed in one hour flat . |
| 25 | This is the operation that plant workers decided they could do without on the morning of the accident . |
| 26 | Coupled with the financial implications if carers decided they could no longer shoulder this burden the case for supporting respite care becomes overwhelming . |
| 27 | Dealers felt they could be choosy , passing several highly touted lots , including a Louis XIV Boulle marquetry writing table ( which some believed to have been extensively altered ) , unsold at $325,000 ( est. $400–600,000 ) and a set of four Louis XVI ormolu-mounted Boulle marquetry cabinets ( est. $400–600,000 ) which failed at $250,000 . |
| 28 | She continued to attend the unit as an out-patient for more than six months , when the therapists felt they could not make any further progress . |
| 29 | But Donald thought they could . |
| 30 | International athletics officials insisted they could neither confirm nor deny the report . |