Example sentences of "we could [adv] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few hours ' walking along the ridge we could clearly see Koitobos , one of the peaks surrounding the crater rim — a long , flat-topped buttress with a steep cone at one end , composed of large , dark brown , vertical columns . |
| 2 | Well this is a marvellous new form of economics , if we could just create things and er export them without getting paid for them and it would n't us . |
| 3 | We could just juggle things around . ’ |
| 4 | Take the spare bits of ‘ your ’ animal home for the freezer , and we could even sell videos , with stereo sound , of its death at your very own hands , to amuse your guests at dinner parties . |
| 5 | Several of the photographers and columnists were already drifting in in the hope of an early drink ( they 'd be unlucky — we could n't serve drinks before twelve ) . |
| 6 | Yes , in fact we shall be going again this week , and I have no doubt , once again this week , we , we 'll be overlapping into another bay , but er unless we use the coach car park , er which means that we could n't take children who were n't really able walkers , so in fact we would be discriminating against our own children , er I really ca n't see what else we can do . |
| 7 | We wanted him to finish his career at Wigan but once we could n't agree terms with him , we had to buy a replacement in Martin Crompton and we have to back him now . |
| 8 | ‘ We always figured we could n't afford ads , but we could make a lot of noise ’ , says Miles . |
| 9 | ‘ You see , we could n't get gigs in the city of Cork , so we used to play these places around the county . |
| 10 | We could n't get seats in the main tent . |
| 11 | At present , there are too few places that cater properly for tourists , yet we could easily create facilities which would attract more visitors , and encourage them to spend more , too . |
| 12 | We could not classify patients into Kraemer et al 's group A or B , since this grouping depends on relatives ' naevus status ; not all patients could bring first-degree relatives for examination , and their opinions of relatives ' naevus status were unreliable in those who could be examined . |
| 13 | ‘ We could not take chances , ’ continued Tyrell , whose question had apparently been rhetorical . |
| 14 | We could only acquire areas outside our own boundary with the consent of the two other local authorities . |
| 15 | Both Dr Laurent and Dr Blackwell thought that it was a virus infection but we could only isolate bacteria in our small microscopes . |
| 16 | We could only use candles it night if we were working , because they were in very short supply . |
| 17 | First of all we SUFFERED that defeat last Saturday next I knacker my ankle playing on Sunday and lastly I arrive in Northampton on Monday morning to find that we could only get tickets for Arsenal end on Tuesday ( So Gavin it was n't me being escorted away by the men in black , even though it the current season does n't improve quickly I might be escorted by mem in white . ) |
| 18 | ‘ But we could still have chaps like you taking messages back and forth , bringing tea , that sort of thing . |
| 19 | ‘ We could really make waves ! |
| 20 | ‘ We could never open talks with such a barbarous regime , ’ its spokesmen say . |
| 21 | ‘ We could never afford things , ’ recalls Bryan . |
| 22 | We could never ask questions . |
| 23 | Well I mean er we could always have raffles ourselves anyway ! |
| 24 | We could sometimes hear animals in the distance , but only caught fleeting glimpses of the occasional bird — a symptom of the large amount of illegal hunting that goes on . |
| 25 | We could then develop services around that practice . ’ |
| 26 | We could possibly arrange sub-contractors if anyone was interested in taking up the job in a given area . |
| 27 | We could all have rivers brimming with salmon if you wish . |
| 28 | I 'll be talking later on in Congress about the fact that we could perhaps bring amendments and that would help the wording on things . |