Example sentences of "was a [noun sg] they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least out here they had to play according to some sort of standard of fairness , even if it was a standard they could change as they went along according to how it suited them ( like doubling the bus fares just after he 'd found that job way out in Brentford ) , but in prison , even more so than in a mental hospital , there were no real limits to what they could do to him . |
| 2 | If he was normally quite a kind person who 'd taken up robbing banks because he was short of cash they could put jam on his bread and vodka in his water , and if he was a horror they could empty the potato peelings over him whenever they felt like it . ’ |
| 3 | It was a game they could win only by losing ; every possibility checked and found empty was a point gained , and with every one discarded their spirits rose towards optimism . |
| 4 | One told the researchers that one player with flair was an expensive luxury , two was a luxury they could n't afford . |
| 5 | Protocol in turn suggested that it was an invitation they could n't refuse . |
| 6 | The hook was an exhibition they could work on together , a definitive work on pollution and the arts , the environment and how artists respond to it . |