Example sentences of "[verb] we could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The instruments were housed in a screen which was approached by a paved path , and now that blackout restrictions were lifted we could use outside electric light . |
| 2 | Mm I expect we could do another one could n't we Dad ? |
| 3 | The Billeting Office found us accommodation , but no one appeared to be responsible for us otherwise , though I expect we could have gone to our administrative chief Harold Fletcher , if we had been in any serious trouble . |
| 4 | I expect we could teach them . ’ |
| 5 | But I expect we could try . |
| 6 | er when the houses were rebuilt we could go back again |
| 7 | I mean , Blackbeard must know we could 'ave recognized the man from the newspaper photograph , and that we might go to the police about it . ’ |
| 8 | And we did n't know we could see her and we were looking out the window going and he was there looking , put his sunglasses on to see . |
| 9 | I do n't know we could look into that . |
| 10 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |
| 11 | Say we could do ten each or something like that . |
| 12 | The Chicheley-Smythes have bought an absolutely super villa in Sardinia and say we could rent it if we 'd like to . |
| 13 | We must have parked we could have parked . |
| 14 | As he approached we could see that the dog had been wounded : it was limping and the fur on its flank was matted with blood . |
| 15 | As we approached we could hear the real Chairman of the Ontario Jockey Club welcoming everyone to the adventure and we could see Zak and the other actors waiting for him to finish so that they could get on with the mystery . |
| 16 | Oliver said , ‘ We 're going to play sardines , you promised we could play sardines … ’ |
| 17 | It 's important that we identify what desires and needs we could have in common with one another when using this approach ; if we do n't know the people concerned very well , or have not considered them in this way , we need to use the participative approach described above . |
| 18 | We found we could detect 12.5 fg M tuberculosis DNA with the IS 6110 primers , but only 36 fg with the 65 kilodalton based primers . |
| 19 | When I got rid of fear I found we could make friends . |
| 20 | ‘ We intended to sponsor the match ball but we found we could afford the whole match . ’ |
| 21 | But er even if it did n't work we well it would n't be the end of the line financially for us but at the end of the day I think you know we 've always wanted to know we could go back and do that you know . |
| 22 | ‘ A tiny little place we could run ourselves , and have our own things with us , and where we could do what we liked . |
| 23 | Perhaps if you do n't want to sell we could take on a joint venture . ’ |
| 24 | Goram said : ‘ Not many people in England believed we could beat Leeds and I do n't suppose there are many Frenchmen who think we can beat Marseille either . |
| 25 | ‘ But we were all in our twenties , taking it very seriously , and we did n't feel we could take a chance with someone still at school . |
| 26 | We had a room booked for the Christmas dinner and we did n't have the courage to go ahead with it , because we did n't feel we could sell the tickets . |
| 27 | As the lights blinked in the overhead monitors we could see more and more buses were sold out . |
| 28 | ‘ The most glaring one was last night when you tried to appeal to my pragmatic nature by admitting that ‘ it would only be lust ’ — no doubt you imagined we could establish some sort of ‘ adult ’ agreement on the basis of that . ’ |
| 29 | Look we could make some chocolate ones it only makes twelve . |
| 30 | For every Tracy Island we have had we could have sold thousands . ’ |