Example sentences of "[that] we could [vb infin] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hitherto , when they asked us to obey those laws , we have known that we could change them , but hereafter a combination of people with different languages , understandings and cultures can set , and are by combination setting , upon us standards , rules and laws which may be suitable for Greece , central or northern Europe , France or Spain but which are not right for us . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ The word from Manchester United fans was that we could do them a big favour , and we 've undoubtedly done them one , but I got the impression that our own fans would not have been too bothered if we 'd lost today . ’ |
| 3 | Well , if they really tried to do it again and they failed , there 's not much else that we could ask them to do is there ? |
| 4 | ‘ We are fast approaching the point when the risk of attempting a rescue — and there is the risk that we could force them to beach — will be less than simply leaving leaving them alone , ’ Dr Martin added . |
| 5 | For British golf fanatics , there has perhaps never been a more nerve-wracking day than when , with only four points to get in the final singles , there was never a moment when it appeared likely that we could get them . |
| 6 | six two O twos , and we 're not going to replace it with anything , and we have an opportunity if we go for it now that we could replace them with sixteen double O fours and the projections are |
| 7 | They are still the most glamorous club in Britain , but our confidence is so high now that we could take them apart . |