Example sentences of "they [verb] [that] [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He occasionally drops a phrase to provoke a smile from the soft cheeks of ladies and gentlemen , and to make them think that they could say the thing better … |
| 2 | ‘ It would be a serious mistake for them to believe that they could put the whole Taurus market place at jeopardy by cutting back on their Taurus budget . ’ |
| 3 | Erm but f what it moved towards was them recognizing that they could sort out their own problems , and perhaps sort out each others . |
| 4 | To her surprise , they agreed that she could continue to work for PW three days a week , leaving her two days to work on the business . |
| 5 | If you look at the range now available , they suggest that we could use video for these purposes : |
| 6 | They suggest that he could become the country 's national president in any strongly reformist administration that might emerge . |
| 7 | They suggest that he could become the country 's national president in any strongly reformist administration that might emerge from the current upheaval . |
| 8 | Now these limits were fatal , they believed that they could win the war through air power and they , they could n't and the ground casualties , although fairly slight , when you think of it fifty thousand people killed is not a bi a large amount in a major war , far from it erm although erm militarily not that significant , politically they were devastating because people in America started to ask the question , what is this war for ? |
| 9 | At first they assumed that he could find a place among the steep woods behind Camserney and be supplied by their good friends Donald and Aileen Gillies at the mill . |
| 10 | How dare they believe that they could stand before the flower of Bretonnian chivalry ! |
| 11 | Guards were either abruptly mistrustful or effusively friendly when they discovered that you could speak their language . |
| 12 | Self-worth motivated children protect themselves from the risk of failure on a high status task ; they maintain that they could succeed , but see no point in making the effort . |
| 13 | They believe that it could work . |
| 14 | And they knew that they could expect no reinforcements from Scotland while they could have no certainty that a second force was not closing in behind them from England , since clearly their movements had been known , and their return anticipated . |
| 15 | They thought that they could wear her down . |
| 16 | If they proved that they could deliver what they promised , well and good . |
| 17 | But when the immigration people came I got a letter , and they said that I could stay while they finished their inquiries . |
| 18 | It may be that long experience of minorities encouraged them to feel that they could cope better with an absentee ruler than one who upset the balance of power at home . |