Example sentences of "[adj] and they could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their arms were tied with rope , but their legs were free and they could walk . |
| 2 | If James was right and they could count on contingents from every part of the strath , they would be a force indeed — a mass big enough to frighten the most assured gentleman . |
| 3 | Their own earnings were fabulous and they could make money for their followers as well . |
| 4 | It was fortunate that the weather was good and they could sleep in the open , but that did not solve the immediate problem of how they were to be fed . |
| 5 | Most often the support band are terrible , but they could have been great and they could have been you . |
| 6 | Their furs were too thick and they could feel very little of each other , but Tallis unfastened his cloak and quickly kissed the cold , taut skin of his throat . |
| 7 | The partitions were thin and they could hear Garland giving instructions to his patient to make certain movements and assume certain postures . |
| 8 | In America , they made six hundred prints of the film and decided these bits were supposed to be in black-and-white and they could fix it ! |
| 9 | The light grew dull and they could smell rain approaching from the west . |