Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | when you said they could 've done it |
| 2 | It is unlikely that when they signed they could ever have had the slightest hope of achieving such a reduction . |
| 3 | Captain America and Billy the Kid had blown it when they believed they could make a lot of money and retire , but life was not simply about economics ; they had , according to Fonda , found their freedom but their liberty was like the statue in New York harbour , surrounded by polluted waters . |
| 4 | John always said that they spent more money restoring the facade than they ever spent on the thousands of workers who worked inside the plant , but then when it closed they could n't knock it down , so they turned it into a superstore . |
| 5 | Having waited so long to hear from the ‘ one man ’ who knew what had happened , when he appeared they could do nothing but gaze on him ; having made him into a celluloid star , there was no reason at this point to spoil it , and make him real . |