Example sentences of "we could [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could cement our relationship now . ’ |
| 2 | I want to see the er possibility of British Rail being able to say , well you know we could improve our act , we could do things differently , and er we we wou we have experience of running a railway , and therefore , you know , please let us bid . |
| 3 | As it pointed out , we could double our expenditure on dentists but if people were still not prepared to brush their teeth ( and governments still refuse to fluoridate drinking water ) then the same number of teeth would probably have to be extracted : an appalling 8 million that year , with almost 30% of the people in the country having no teeth of their own . |
| 4 | Help make us more efficient — we could prevent their extinction ! |
| 5 | We could do your go for you . |
| 6 | But only so we could do our work . |
| 7 | We went into it blindly , just hoping that we could earn our bread and butter . |
| 8 | ‘ If we could get the truck and the police cars past the Glories , perhaps we could rescue your dad and Ken . ’ |
| 9 | We could stop his money , not shoot him ! |
| 10 | In future we could extend their kind of insurance benefit to people who are divorced , separated or unmarried and looking after children . |
| 11 | One such black hole could run ten large power stations , if only we could harness its power . |
| 12 | Armed with walkie-talkies so we could trail her progress at a distance , we waited until noon when she nervously approached and then eagerly ate all her dinner , with the added sedatives . |
| 13 | And because we could chase our tail . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , we could tell your mother we will look after her . |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose we could ask its opinion about the documentary . |
| 16 | With a kindly and humorous look at me he said , ‘ ’ Well , we could dress you in Burmese clothes , we could darken your skin and dye your hair . |
| 17 | Even so we could increase our production speeds . |
| 18 | In one place Shakespeare stretches the hypocrite 's resourcefulness to the limits , when an aside about the wisdom of the young Prince meant only for the audience — ‘ So wise , so young , they say do never live long ’ — is overheard by the Prince himself — ‘ What say you uncle ? ’ — forcing Richard to improvise brilliantly : But this superiority of wit places the audience in any uneasy position : if we laugh with the deceiver we could share his dehumanizing of the dupe . |
| 19 | " Is there no way we could hit their magazine ? |
| 20 | As we parted , we could hear our man force-feeding his companions their scotch eggs , hurrying them along like a rowing cox . |
| 21 | Whilst they rested and fed and waited for the skies to clear , we could enjoy their presence . |
| 22 | ‘ Could n't you at least wait until halftime so we could discuss our communication problem ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If we had enough money we could buy her ticket and put it through her letterbox without letting her know who it was from , ’ said Anne . |
| 24 | ‘ A good start is important but we could risk our success in all competitions if Ally plays and is then out for three months . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I thought if we could get their nature thing together with your Alps thing , we might both do ourselves a bit of good . |
| 26 | says it would be we could get his opinion on why the |
| 27 | Did you know that we imported cereal from Ethiopia during the famine just so that we could have our meat ? |
| 28 | Do you think we could have his name ! |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps we could invite your friend Martin ? ’ |
| 30 | That fine piece of legislation would have long since passed into law and we would have had lots of time to spend on Opposition days , motions of censure and other matters on which we could spend our time much more effectively . |