Example sentences of "[conj] the could " in BNC.

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1 All of the Goodyear teams had chosen the softest race tyre available in the hope that the could run non-stop .
2 But in the end they and the Russians decided to install him on his fathers throne ; They reasoned that the could always be replaced if he did not do as was required .
3 If on the other hand they wished him to go , he should be told immediately so that the could leave quietly .
4 And so Caspar , who though the could be as reserved as the next man , merely said , ‘ Oh , he 's a strange one , Fael-Inis .
5 The window was to high up to be reached by the captive , though the could poke her head out to be fed .
6 In fact nobody on the entire establishment could say it except Charlie the farm foreman and he only though the could say it .
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