Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , when I really insisted that they keep right on the centre line , they found they could do it if they tried hard . |
| 2 | Well they found they could do it far better with a tractor and a mower . |
| 3 | If they liked you they believed they could teach you to do anything and by God ! you 'd do , it as well as anyone . |
| 4 | Well there 's a physical limit to how much we could produce in a an eight hour shift and all the slate makers were adamant that the figures he reckoned they could produce and what they reckoned they could produce you know they were totally different . |
| 5 | I had thought that builders built houses when they thought they thought they could sell them , I did n't realize it was part of some altruistic policy of complying with planning policy , still we learn everything every day , do n't we ? |
| 6 | Now la last There 's two people down here last week , they said they could hear me breathing |
| 7 | They said nobody could do it . |
| 8 | that 's a long time since they said we could have it . |