Example sentences of "them [subord] they could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overseers of the poor could board out orphans , and then apprentice them until they could earn their own living . |
| 2 | So he promised them if they could shift over 30 electronic flykillers on the phone he would take them to Alton Towers for the day . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , one would exhort those workers who are conscious of the problems for their residents and would help them if they could to do their best — within the law and within the limits of their own conscience — to mend the situation in their own particular place of work if mending is needed there . |
| 4 | i should actually ask them if they could write promptly because of this pending . |
| 5 | And er , then I should go to the bobbin shop and ask them if they could get these done today and er , well we got this on , I said no but I , we want it if you could leave them on one side and erm I used to er I , I became , if I might say so and I 'm not boasting or bragging or anything , Michael , I 'm trying to tell you the situation as it was and er I was a very important man to and er they er got me er at one time to er figure out , they , they used to make what was called Woolworths locks . |
| 6 | Stressing the need for the rich cadences and rhythms of the Book of Common Prayer , he said people loved them because they could remember them in times of crisis . |
| 7 | Stressing the need for the rich cadences and rhythms of the Book of Common Prayer , he said people loved them because they could remember them in times of crisis . |
| 8 | Fearful that they would disappear without trace , the prosecutor rearrested them before they could leave the building , and later charged them with possession of cannabis , with intent to supply . |
| 9 | He was on them before they could move , blundering.down the hall and flinging the door wide . |
| 10 | Reid opened the door to them before they could knock . |
| 11 | ‘ The English will have larger cannon than these merchanters carry , and could sink them before they could get within range . |
| 12 | There would be lots of little children running around , and if any of them ran towards the cliff , he would catch them before they could fall . |
| 13 | Massenga shot them before they could fire at the bulldozer . |