Example sentences of "[adv] they could [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The market mechanism fails to provide a means whereby workers can signal to firms that they would demand more goods and services if only they could get jobs and so have more money to spend . |
| 2 | John — fit and well — said : ‘ The clinic 's doctors just tried to fool me I was dying so they could make money . ’ |
| 3 | whereas he 's got ta he says just one round here so they could make decisions for you . |
| 4 | the whole place was gon na come to a halt if anybody fired a flash gun and furiously Fred grabbed the royal people and I grabbed the Finns and we started reorganising the present so they could take place under the enormous great windows that there are in and nobody had said at any time a flash gun will stop the machines . |
| 5 | Both elections were taken as further proof that if Socialists , Communists and Liberals worked together they could defeat fascism . |
| 6 | Inside they could hear Mr O'Donnell , the vet , playing his accordion but nobody was singing . |
| 7 | Already they could see students in duffle coats , laughing and talking . |
| 8 | Not that he would come to her — his manner ever since her remarks about finding a rich man had indicated quite clearly that the sooner they could part company , the better it would suit him . |
| 9 | He did not listen too closely to the small , cold voice that had persistently asked how far they could trust Caspar . |
| 10 | Amstrad boss Mr Sugar was not at home , but a spokesman said if the demonstrators came back today they could have tea and biscuits with his wife . |
| 11 | Several years ago they could offer mortgages at an interest rate of roughly 4% , fixed for an initial period of four years . |
| 12 | Alternatively they could combine show business with booze or drugs ( nominations for both Janet Gaynor again and Judy Garland in A Star Is Born , Diana Ross in A Lady Sings The Blues , Bette Midler in The Rose , Jessica Lange in Frances and this year Meryl Streep for Postcards from the Edge ) . |
| 13 | Then they could settle things . |
| 14 | Then they could follow Hess by phone , and Carrington could head off immediately to the spot where he 'd ‘ kissed the deck ’ to make sure some Home Guard maniac did n't put a bullet in him . |
| 15 | Then they could have sex on a tiger skin by an open fire ; actresses always owned things like tiger skins . |
| 16 | This will involve an acceptance of the problem and reality of these offenders and a determination , particularly on the part of the Home Office and Department of Health , to consider how they could create policies and incentives , financial and otherwise , to encourage a shift in the right direction . |
| 17 | There 's also another problem with land reform in I ca n't really see how they could implement land reform without reverting to similar sorts of they used in which is defining class distinctions and the chaos that that causes and the problems it causes erm it is almost as if , if you go back to erm settling of accounts |
| 18 | This was how they could save time , catch up . |
| 19 | Joe did n't see a great deal of his dad during the year , with his trips abroad and everything , so they used to reserve at least one day when they could do things together . ’ |
| 20 | After Auschwitz , would you not expect Germans to take every conceivable care to stop German arms filtering through to where they could threaten Israel ? |
| 21 | Almost nine tenths , 88 per cent , of the people who had spent some time in a residential home were said to have had access to a telephone where they could make calls and people could telephone them . |
| 22 | She explored the cottage all over again , because it looked quite different — and even more attractive — in the clear light of a sunny February morning , and she found to her joy that there was a large garden at the back where they could grow vegetables . |
| 23 | The Benefits Agency spokesman said the discretionary nature of the Social Fund scheme permitted local officers a good deal of flexibility in cases where they could provide assistance . |
| 24 | Do as I say and follow me , ’ and Berger led the way towards the cafe where they could hear guitar music . |
| 25 | The George Emersons now had two girls and a boy and were beginning to want a real home — somewhere in the country where they could take root and unobtrusively found a dynasty . |
| 26 | He had to pull himself up with help from other divers who pulled his umbilical , and anything else they could get hold of . |
| 27 | Taken to an extreme , driving and flight simulators aim to duplicate the real thing exactly and if used repetitively they could assess changes due to daily rhythms . |