Example sentences of "[vb past] we could " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I do n't get Seawitch moved we could well end up as wreckage on those rocks . ’ |
| 2 | As he approached we could see that the dog had been wounded : it was limping and the fur on its flank was matted with blood . |
| 3 | As we approached we could hear the real Chairman of the Ontario Jockey Club welcoming everyone to the adventure and we could see Zak and the other actors waiting for him to finish so that they could get on with the mystery . |
| 4 | Oliver said , ‘ We 're going to play sardines , you promised we could play sardines … ’ |
| 5 | But almost as soon as our church team was formed , with the desire of being a marvellous example of love in action , we found we could not get on together , let alone with the world ! |
| 6 | We found we could detect 12.5 fg M tuberculosis DNA with the IS 6110 primers , but only 36 fg with the 65 kilodalton based primers . |
| 7 | When I got rid of fear I found we could make friends . |
| 8 | ‘ We intended to sponsor the match ball but we found we could afford the whole match . ’ |
| 9 | Goram said : ‘ Not many people in England believed we could beat Leeds and I do n't suppose there are many Frenchmen who think we can beat Marseille either . |
| 10 | ‘ The most glaring one was last night when you tried to appeal to my pragmatic nature by admitting that ‘ it would only be lust ’ — no doubt you imagined we could establish some sort of ‘ adult ’ agreement on the basis of that . ’ |
| 11 | In the contract that we negotiated we could not alter the content of the service provided by Devon social services but we could influence the nature and speed of delivery and of communication . |
| 12 | We were told that there would be a General 's inspection and the searchlight had to be turned on at a specified time , but when the great moment came we could not start the engine that drove the dynamo and darkness still prevailed . |
| 13 | But once the forklifts arrived we could get the load off very quickly.Initally taking forty five minutes . |
| 14 | But the wins against Northampton , Bristol and Harlequins showed we could be up in 2nd or 3rd spot . |
| 15 | If that happened we could then try to purify and isolate the morphogen from the mixture — but we had no luck . |
| 16 | ‘ There was a party came over from Prince 's , trollies and all , but as they paid we could hardly object . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ People originally came to us for help with choosing wallpapers , paints , fabrics and curtains , but we realised we could give them a much broader service , ’ explains Jon . |
| 18 | When it was being drawn up ‘ we agreed we could n't have a cash limit and we never said there would be a cash limit ’ . |
| 19 | If we got this Monopoly game finished we could get this cleared up could n't we ? |
| 20 | We had another week before the Festival and we figured we could hitch ourselves a ride the last leg of the way on a fast freight loader from Exalfa City . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We always figured we could n't afford ads , but we could make a lot of noise ’ , says Miles . |
| 22 | There are other ways to access this world , but utilising sexuality is the way I discovered we could — perhaps — manage to do so using the human nervous system . |
| 23 | Erm we discovered we could have come through this road here |
| 24 | I decided we could n't continue to rely on showbiz . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , faced with price increases of up to 25 per cent , many of us decided we could live without champagne . |
| 26 | After skiing the last section of the Vallee Blanche Nigel decided we could avoid a walk into Chamonix by skiing down a snow chute filled with avalanche debris . |
| 27 | And the good kind fireman-uncle decided we could have the bike — on small payments . |
| 28 | And from that Sunday the tent collapsed we could n't really concentrate on anything else . |
| 29 | It meant we could have a sophisticated presentation platform literally in the middle of nowhere and people came from miles around for these outdoor meetings . |
| 30 | At times , pressure on space meant we could not do justice to the work she did for us , but nevertheless she continued to keep up the high standards she set herself . |