Example sentences of "[verb] that they could have " in BNC.

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1 Team leaders often say that they could have gone faster on their own .
2 with someone who 's nice , put it that way , I 'd almost definitely try , I 'd get the , say that they could have the giro today
3 They probably have never even considered that they could have an accident and damage the glider .
4 The walls were lined with layers of raincoats of a uniform dun , as though their colours had run together ; they went back years — some had even belonged to her father and were so stiff and cracked that they could have stood unsupported .
5 Although he mistrusted the policeman , he realized that they could have both died if the Citation had crashed .
6 Although there are no known examples in Britain , it is interesting to note the number of stones bearing the monogram built into the churches , suggesting that they could have been taken from the pagan monuments and re-used .
7 But he added that they could have had serious consequences for her if they had been true .
8 He says that they could have turned the company around .
9 Orrell , though , may feel that they could have coped with Cusworth after causing one of last season 's League upsets by winning 27-15 at Welford Road .
10 As far as is known practical tests of centrifugal launchers were never undertaken , and with hindsight it is difficult to imagine that they could have proved to be a practical notion , requiring large structures and imposing high stresses on man and machinery .
11 When Awlad Amira took control of the popular committees a few months later , ousting Mannaia from office , Umar al-Abairsh and his supporters alleged that they could have done so only with Tibbu support ; they said only Awlad Amira , poor and unenterprising , would stoop so low to get their hands on the administration : Awlad Amira denied establish the truth of such allegations : Awlad Amira denied them , as they would ; Tibbu pointed to their political inactivity , their poverty and lack of numbers , and their peacefulness ( except under provocation ) , suggesting that Mannaia were scarcely dispassionate when they talked about the results of elections .
12 Buyers who have paid high prices do not discover that they could have obtained the same goods at lower prices ; sellers who have sold for low prices do not discover that they could have obtained higher prices .
13 Buyers who have paid high prices do not discover that they could have obtained the same goods at lower prices ; sellers who have sold for low prices do not discover that they could have obtained higher prices .
14 The effect was instantaneous : Raby sent back a poem in the same rhyme-scheme saying that they could have their shelves .
15 While the media perceived test-tube fusion to be a solution to the world 's energy problems , it was the possibility of these cells being an intense source of neutrons , and probably of tritium too , that meant that they could have significant military application .
16 In fact , the high quality of iron ore available to the Romans in Britain combined with the use of charcoal fuel in the smelting process , meant that they could have been producing steel which would have given a much harder and sharper edge to the blade than normal iron .
17 Perhaps I would be a bit churlish if I said that they could have scored even more in the second half , but that 's a minor complaint .
18 I have dealt with reasonably intelligent people who have discovered that they could have claimed more money .
19 All of which suggests that they could have as many as five players in the L.G.U. squad shortly to be nominated for next year 's Curtis Cup .
20 However , when one of the assembled men had suggested that they could have used more men , Springfield had assured them their numbers would be quite sufficient for the job in hand , adding enigmatically that he had a few aces up his sleeve which would reduce the odds against them .
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