Example sentences of "[pers pn] that they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was about 2 months ago and I have received only one reply , to tell me that they could n't help me . |
| 2 | Realizing the extent of the betrayal , it was clear to both of them that they could not hang around so close to the target area hoping for survivors . |
| 3 | Not only did Brown Owl go on living at Longreen and being their Brown Owl ; the Pack won an unexpected new friend in Sir George Phillips , who , when he heard how they had saved the plane 's pilot from disaster in the bog , suddenly turned out to be not ‘ crabby ’ at all , as Mr. Gordon had always made him out to be , but told them that they could use the Longreen Park meadow for just as long as they liked as a reward for their bravery . |
| 4 | But provoking discussion among the trainees of some straightforward opening questions may reassure them that they could cope themselves , at least initially , with Sheila . |
| 5 | Some only found out when their supplier told them that they could no longer buy tetra unless they could certify that it was going to be used in a ‘ non-dispersive manner ’ — ie not as a solvent even in a closed system . |
| 6 | It 's when you 've been flying them for a few days consecutively that it ( pardon the pun ) dawns on them that they could escape and find out what 's over the next hill . |
| 7 | Practical work showed them that they could put six canfuls into the bottle . |
| 8 | A consultant had advised them that they could earn £10.5m more from their current activities , and that there was a potential additional revenue of £25m to be made from the campus by expanding into calendars , hot dogs and more . |
| 9 | It may not have occurred to them that they could do the same when viewing video by themselves . |
| 10 | I showed them that they could . " |
| 11 | In 864 a royal assembly at Pîtres near Rouen dealt with the problem ( without indicating how widespread it was ) of migrant wage-workers in vineyards : clearly some landlords were short of labour at least at harvest-time , and to persuade such migrants to return to their original farms were willing to reassure them that they could keep their earnings . |
| 12 | ‘ Kenneth was always the one who reminded them that they could have been very well off had they accepted the offer , which they rejected . |
| 13 | This is closely linked to their passivity : it does not occur to them that they could make changes in their world . |
| 14 | Because it 's been that long keeping an eye on them that they could be supplying half the business on our time with and then a hundred per cent the rest of the time . |
| 15 | Women who tried to get into the car park without a pass this morning were allowed through the barrier , but council officials warned them that they could face disciplinary proceedings if they try again tomorrow . |
| 16 | It was terrifying to think that someone could feel such hatred towards you that they could do something like this . |
| 17 | Does n't it occur to you that they could be used again ? |
| 18 | She told him that they could n't possibly stay down here , and that he had to make some effort to escape . |
| 19 | But they assured him that they could take that part of it out , which of course they did . |
| 20 | And in the morning , when they went outside their hut to speed the traveller on his way , they found that the poor little cabin had turned into a handsome mansion , with everything around it that they could possibly need . |