Example sentences of "and they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was because with the older gliders like the T21 or T31 , the wings were very high and they could not be held securely except by keeping one wing low . |
| 2 | But we were married , conjugal rights , it was the fifties , Jay , men had to have sex for their health and they could n't stop once they were turned on . |
| 3 | If James was right and they could count on contingents from every part of the strath , they would be a force indeed — a mass big enough to frighten the most assured gentleman . |
| 4 | The Ejner Handberg books are available from Stobart Davis , Priory House , Priory Street , Hertford SG14 1RN — and they could probably obtain other books on demand . |
| 5 | Most often the support band are terrible , but they could have been great and they could have been you . |
| 6 | I was stealing something out of the film : I had captured the stars in the act , and they could n't slip away , off the edge of the screen . |
| 7 | And at first it was nice because there was more money coming into the house , and they could feed the gas monster and have hot water and fires . |
| 8 | But it was still very difficult , because every day I was in London I was moving from one business to the other and they could not have been more different in character . |
| 9 | They wished their uncle would come and they could vanish into the huge car but no motor could be heard in the direction from which he would come . |
| 10 | Their own earnings were fabulous and they could make money for their followers as well . |
| 11 | Obviously I felt for him , I would n't have been too delighted if our positions had been reversed ; and they could so easily have been . |
| 12 | The rebuilding is still taking place , but while they perhaps lack Wigan 's all-round capability , some of the assurance that carried them so successfully through two-thirds of last season has looked to be returning , and they could possess the forward strength to disrupt Wigan 's composure . |
| 13 | They 're both — were both — well over twenty-one , and they could have made a deal which essentially bought out Angela 's life interest for a capital sum and then Miss Huntley would have got the rest . ’ |
| 14 | As for Labour , they liked SERPS mainly because it was state provision and they could see no reason to allow future governments the freedom to devote public spending to other areas . |
| 15 | Maybe they had n't got any clothes , and they could n't afford one of the nice rooms , and they did n't belong anywhere , but they had each other and they had Baby to visit each day . |
| 16 | This was their home and they could stay here always . |
| 17 | Yet now we 're told indie bands should n't be allowed to make dance records ( because they do n't understand it ) , that at the start these bands wee quite rightly isolated by house ( ’ Here was the nation 's party in full swing and they could n't get in ’ ) . |
| 18 | This Christian Socialist , dedicated to equal shares and to soaking the rich ( who included his own family ) , was accepted and frostily admired as an incorruptible thorn in the nation 's conscience , forever reminding them that there was no jam today and they could only expect some tomorrow if they had earned it . |
| 19 | They did not and they could not think of themselves as remotely like a frog and a princess , yet mental shapes similar in heritage or configuration managed to creep stealthily up in between the tangles of their individual cells . |
| 20 | At night , carriages containing prostitutes and their clients would come hurtling out of the park towards the entrance , and they could come from two directions . |
| 21 | There was rage in Moscow , even threats — but Mukhamedov 's pregnant wife , Masha , had gone with him to England , and they could do nothing . |
| 22 | The dishwasher broke down and they could not keep pace with the washing up . |
| 23 | It could have been much worse because London itself lay defenceless before them , and they could have wreaked havoc in the capital . |
| 24 | Finally the ordeal was over and they could escape the tent . |
| 25 | When they arrived at her close he took her inside , along past the stairs to where it was dark and they could n't be seen by the rest of the close . |
| 26 | Apart from these special sessions we encouraged more and more people to make statements in the main inquiry ( where the atmosphere was more formal and they could be cross-examined by a CEGB barrister ) . |
| 27 | The small size of the formulations compared to red blood cells means they could penetrate solid tumours , making them more susceptible to chemotherapy and radiotherapy , and they could reach inaccessible parts of the heart during surgery . |
| 28 | He kept the other galleys heaving and hauling at it till the tide rose and they could pull it off the rocks . |
| 29 | It was their problem , I thought , and they could do what they liked . |
| 30 | They are used to selling ‘ product ’ , and they could be selling butter or margarine . |