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

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1 I guess he 's just what Big Jack needs , a full-back who 'll try & get forward , and if they qualify we could see a few Leeds players in the USA even if without England and Scotland .
2 Even in an age where appearances are sometimes not all they seem we could have sworn that every one was — the naughty word seems inescapable — a woman .
3 Yeah well that 's what they said we could do that .
4 I talked them into it because at first they were scared , one because they thought they 'd get docked for it — but they said we could have half a day off for it and not get docked — and also because they thought Ros and Maureen were going to be looking down on them , " Oh , you 're only young girls ' , things like that .
5 that 's a long time since they said we could have it .
6 When they took them away they said we could come and reclaim them any time we wanted , if we brought ten rupees .
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