Example sentences of "[vb past] they could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the analysts found they could n't use free association with children . |
| 2 | They are largely women who have got to the top in other careers and found they could not go any further . |
| 3 | But it had obvious difficulties for many students who found they could not manage both love affairs and study . |
| 4 | Customers taking bikes to the shop for repair or picking up new cycles found they could not park near the shop . |
| 5 | The discovery was made at 11.30am after staff arrived at the pub and found they could not get in . |
| 6 | But though they were excellent makers of models to other people 's plans and designs I quickly found they could only work well if they were given very detailed constructional drawings and plans . |
| 7 | As Coote himself protested , both men were privately committed to legislation but believed they could not involve the government on the issue . |
| 8 | When … our Soviet rivals recognised they could not match us … and as their own system indisputably failed the Soviet people even as it abused them — then came the turning point . ’ |
| 9 | Funny actually they could n't , when the rescue people came they could n't see where the damage was because of the dust . |
| 10 | In reply the Namibian authorities stated they could not grant a licence as the islands were South African territory , thus indirectly providing the information required ! |
| 11 | Yet after being annihilated in the first Test , England showed they could still fight . |
| 12 | Folk living near the social club at Uttoxeter , Staffs , claimed they could n't hear the telly for the strains of Danny Boy and On The Sunny Side of the Street . |
| 13 | The eastern states claimed they could not afford to dispose of the chemicals , which would require incineration , and were originally given until the end of 1992 to use them up . |
| 14 | It is unlikely that when they signed they could ever have had the slightest hope of achieving such a reduction . |
| 15 | If mink escaped they could readily establish themselves in the wild , with serious implications for the indigenous wildlife : particularly at risk would be large colonies of ground-nesting seabirds , such as terns , puffins and black guillemots . |
| 16 | Everyone was devastated , the community was shattered when they heard , people were crying at the gates , children were very nervous I heard they could n't sleep , so they were very affected . |
| 17 | They decided they could n't do much about the rape , but they dealt with the wife beating by publicly humiliating and parading the culprits ! |
| 18 | Those who decided they could n't afford children struggled on . |
| 19 | But the news leaked out and they decided they could n't wait . |
| 20 | Info centre to stay shut on Saturdays A TOURIST information centre will remain closed on Saturdays after Middlesbrough councillors decided they could not afford to open the Corporation Road office for a sixth day , despite a campaign to increase tourism . |
| 21 | Such women decided they could only begin to tackle their problems through their own women 's networks . |
| 22 | ‘ We were about twenty minutes altogether from the point where we realized they could n't get us down to the time when we stepped on to the roof . |
| 23 | Eventually , those waging their campaign against her found they were losing , and furthermore , they quickly realized they could n't afford not to be seen as a Katherine Lundy party . |
| 24 | They were so free in expression she wondered if they had been read at all by his parents but presumed they could hardly have escaped their eye . |
| 25 | In the dream she was smiling , holding out her hands to the man and the children , but her smile slowly faded as she realised they could n't see her . |
| 26 | Anyone selling aluminium step ladders outside the Belfry could have made a fortune because after the first few minutes of the match , newcomers realised they could n't see the action on a flat course , unsympathetic to any onlooker less than six feet in height . |
| 27 | ‘ Once they realised they could n't get any money they ran out of the shop and I think they got away in a car . ’ |
| 28 | Many were angered that work or school meant they could not share the moments of glory after watching the team all season . |
| 29 | Regardless of where their support came from , the fact was that possession of 38 seats in the Volkstag meant they could now rule with little or no reference to the other parties . |
| 30 | It was because of these expectations about planning that members of the RTO felt they could comfortably cut down on DHA estimates of the revenue required for community services . |