Example sentences of "they could [verb] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost immediately the safety glass shattered and all they could see were white chips . |
| 2 | for about three days , when they could have been one day . |
| 3 | In the ‘ prostitution ’ lesson , instead of being in role as the ‘ other poor people ’ sharing the girl 's life , they could have been social workers , town councillors or students on a counselling training course . |
| 4 | They talked about the difficulty of getting food in , when all they could find was Chinese takeaway ; about strange knocks at the door of the hotel room , and why the Iranians sometimes left unexpectedly , and who the hell they were really dealing with ; about North 's pressing need for aspirin ; and about getting the hostages out , for which the only foreseeable currency was arms . |
| 5 | Although tried as adults , the defendants were due to be sentenced as juveniles , which meant that the maximum prison term which they could receive was 10 years . |