Example sentences of "[adj] they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this they could blame their own indiscipline as much as Llanelli 's eagerness to take advantage of it . |
| 2 | This would compel West Indians to produce more economically , and this they could only do by moving towards free labour and engaging the labourers ' personal material interests in their work . |
| 3 | By beating this they could drive themselves through the water but their heavy foreparts must have kept their heads low and close to the bottom . |
| 4 | If they 're all like this they could infect everything in the Domain . |
| 5 | From this they could create a map of the Viking world , using different symbols for settlement , raiding , trading activities , exploration , etc . |
| 6 | Without this they could not communicate with one another , if each claimed to take the first place " . |
| 7 | For if they pitch fares too high they could drive away even more passengers . |
| 8 | Professor Mathias correctly sees the high demand of the war years for cereals as keeping agricultural wages up with prices , but they started from such a low level that in years of scarcity like 1795 and 1801 they could hardly have sustained life . |
| 9 | They 're being served up by British Rail on an Inter City service , and if they prove popular they could become part of the regular travelling menu . |
| 10 | If you do n't know many yourself , ask the residents if they know some they could teach you . |
| 11 | Had things been different they could even have gone together . |
| 12 | The Worthing backs then showed how dangerous they could be by scoring two tries , but Alton were too far in front to be caught . |
| 13 | I lay back in my bed , hoping that Eric was still at large and heading this way , and also that my head and guts would stop reminding me how uncomfortable they could feel . |
| 14 | But that had been seven months ago , a chill morning in mid-February , when the bushes which screened the canal walk from the neighbouring council estate had been tangled thickets of lifeless thorn ; when the branches of the ash trees had been black with buds so tight that it seemed impossible they could ever crack into greenness ; and the thin denuded wands of willow , drooping over the canal , had cut delicate feathers on the quickening stream . |
| 15 | It was impossible they could have found her this time . |
| 16 | They 'd taken pride in planning for every eventuality , but there was nothing much they could do when an oncoming driver had a heart attack at the wheel and steered straight into the path of their Rover saloon . |
| 17 | There was probably nothing much they could have done . |
| 18 | Er I think the difficulty was , there was n't much they could charge him with . |
| 19 | There was n't much they could do for Martinho . |
| 20 | The other powers did n't like it — they wanted Britain to get out of Egypt — but so long as the fiction could be maintained that the British were there at the express request of the Egyptian sovereign , there was not much they could do about it . |
| 21 | It could do depending how much how much they could be delegated . |
| 22 | Erm , let's say you had a client who knew how much they could afford to spend , so what you were doing then was you 'd tell them how much life cover you could afford . |
| 23 | The couple said some of Timothy 's bandages had been removed and they had been relieved they could still recognise him in spite of his severe facial injuries . |
| 24 | I told them I had no intention of budging an inch from this place , and if they could n't be civil they could both keep away . |
| 25 | ‘ We came across some people from Papua New Guinea who were selling handicrafts and were confronted with a boatload of western tourists — all convinced they could buy for a knock-down rate . |
| 26 | Yet if there were sufficient pressure and demand , I am convinced they could produce suitable kits . |
| 27 | The Asaimara were thereby convinced they could successfully defy the Government . |
| 28 | And unbelievably , they were convinced they could do it . |
| 29 | Now when somebody else stood up here if somebody had totally dried up or been so nervous they could n't do it what would you have felt . |
| 30 | But Eva had to keep them away from him , saying if it was very urgent they could leave a note . |