Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They fear they could lay themselves open to prosecution for murder or manslaughter — or in some cases a civil action for damages — if they disconnect a feeding tube without court permission . |
| 2 | To put it another way : how did they think they could share their thoughts about the trick objects with another person ? |
| 3 | As they entered they could hear someone playing a cello . |
| 4 | Then , when I really insisted that they keep right on the centre line , they found they could do it if they tried hard . |
| 5 | Well they found they could do it far better with a tractor and a mower . |
| 6 | If they liked you they believed they could teach you to do anything and by God ! you 'd do , it as well as anyone . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Musical clergy , on the other hand , may find it hard to accept standards of choice and performance which are lower than they believe they could achieve themselves . |
| 9 | they reckon you could touch their beaks ! |
| 10 | The colonial assemblies saw themselves as bodies parallel to the House of Commons and they felt they could use their authority over finance to control the royal governors . |
| 11 | Against all reason they felt it could turn his slow decline around like a Lourdes ' miracle . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | They thought they could regain his soul by sorcery , and so they devoted all of their time to weaving a spell to do so . |
| 14 | They thought they could say anything and get away with it . ’ |
| 15 | Now la last There 's two people down here last week , they said they could hear me breathing |
| 16 | They said nobody could do it . |
| 17 | that 's a long time since they said we could have it . |