Example sentences of "they could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dacha was owned by a doctor who , Vasili reasoned , would be able to snap Lena out of her trance ; then the two of them could set off for Tula on the banks of the River Don where they would lie low until , with time , the investigation wound down . |
| 2 | They were known as ‘ bee grenades ’ , and just one of them could disperse a big group of enemies , who would flee leaving their modern weapons behind . |
| 3 | There was nothing any of them could do to save him , scattered and outnumbered now as they were . |
| 4 | The original band of brothers in the primal horde were excluded from sexual intercourse with any women by their father , and they formed a group , based on homosexual feelings , to perform the act that no one of them could do as a sole individual , namely , to kill their father . |
| 5 | ‘ Electricity , ’ said Gilbert again , and all except Rohmer turned to listen to him again , because there was nothing else any of them could do . |
| 6 | There was nothing any of them could do . |
| 7 | There was nothing any of them could do . |
| 8 | The investigation he 'd instigated would , by its nature and scope , prove far more efficient than anything either of them could do alone or in tandem . |
| 9 | sometimes come to Glasgow and either of them could go up to Stirling |
| 10 | But you know it surprises me I mean I know the church is , is closed and it 's been closed for a couple of years now and it looks a sight because now I do n't know how many members they 've got , at least a couple of them could go in there and cut all the brambles down . |
| 11 | As for the pieds noirs , his attitude was tinged with more than a little contempt : he did not think that " southern types " like them could threaten his regime . |
| 12 | The trust said the prices would generally amount to about two-thirds of their market value and those who could not afford to buy them could rent through a housing association . |
| 13 | Neglect of them could throw him into a searing rage ; as when he discovered that a rest camp for troops out of the line had been placed within sound of the guns . |
| 14 | The slightest move by either of them could result in the encounter of a foot or , worse still , the brushing of knees . |
| 15 | Not one of them , he said , was able to read the Bible correctly , but all could dance a quadrille , sing , and half of them could waltz . |
| 16 | The fact that none of them could decipher it matters not at all . |
| 17 | He ran across the wet road and over to the hospital entrance before any of them could answer him . |
| 18 | Most of them could express themselves with a lilting eloquence which left the English spellbound . |
| 19 | Nursing agencies have often been the means to re-entry in the past , and they too are having to adapt to new forces at work which for them could represent a consumer boom . |
| 20 | They used Hilbert 's wine glasses because none of them could tolerate drinking from plastic or cartons but they ate off paper plates of which they had bought a hundred . |
| 21 | The different aspects of the Christian faith can be distinguished for the sake of clarity but they can not be separated in the life of the Christian community as if any one of them could exist alone or have priority over the others |
| 22 | I have heard that even if they lose 15 per cent of the money coming in at the moment , some of them could fold . |
| 23 | Either one of them could walk through the door into the hall and end this angry and unhappy meeting . |
| 24 | The Dreadnought trams , with their double staircases , were ideal for this — as seen here — and four of them could move 360 people at a time ! |
| 25 | We will see , in Part Two , how much better stopping them could make you feel . |
| 26 | I do n't believe there 's a one of them could tell the difference between a T-72 and a kiddie 's tricycle . ’ |
| 27 | Far more than any one of them could contemplate . |
| 28 | Two of them could handle it but the other one … |
| 29 | They spent the day chanting and dancing , and when they came to walk and climb they could be heard speaking Chinese , a language none of them could speak during the rest of the year . |
| 30 | At first , communication was something of a problem for the couple , as neither of them could speak the others native tongue , but this was soon overcome by a friendly interpreter . |