Example sentences of "we could [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we believed a lot in those days ; protected by our innocence and by our conviction in our one God , under whose banner we could righteously pillage the world . |
| 2 | We could simply choose the herd at random ( i.e. with probability of 1/3 that any given herd is selected ) and then use the same secondary sampling fraction for the animals whichever herd is involved , say φ = 20% . |
| 3 | Thus we could simply require an absence of relevant falsehood . |
| 4 | Sam ( RH ) : We could just do a year and everything but … you see … everything that might be happening then . |
| 5 | It tells us that if we could just advance the intimacy of our relationship to the next step we would be satisfied to hold at that level until the wedding . |
| 6 | And we could just hev a lock o ’ goat 's cheese . ’ |
| 7 | We could just toss a coin . |
| 8 | It 's just that two people asked if we could just print the form relating to what is in the master job file and it on the same colour paper or card as the erm , job files . |
| 9 | And now , you see , the thing was that we could see Boy walking into our bar , pausing in the doorway , and we could just say the line and laugh . |
| 10 | Perhaps we could just have a look at what sort of angles we 've got here . |
| 11 | Now we could just take the pattern of responses out of there as being some classes . |
| 12 | ‘ If we could just cross the street safely I do n't care what we do . |
| 13 | I wonder if we could just consider the question of what is meant by the term general location . |
| 14 | Never saw , you were n't meant to , and he says , no your mum said that we could either have a sweet or a starter , not both . |
| 15 | If the Government 's agricultural land tenancy reform proposals go through , which I rather hope they do , it 'll be a little while yet , we could well see a change in the security of tenure issue , which might make it easier to achieve er , vacancy and vacant possession . |
| 16 | If that gap is n't narrowed , we could well see a backlash as business doing their bit for the environment lose heart at the apparent lack of consumer interest . |
| 17 | It goes like this : we could easily train a parrot to respond to a certain signal with the words ‘ Going to the bank ’ . |
| 18 | While it is unwise to have a national plan based on a single feature , we could easily test the system scientifically to see if it would work on a small scale , and widen it if successful . |
| 19 | We could also regard the visiting of our fellow men as a pilgrimage . |
| 20 | We could also have the feature open ; , , , , , would be ( +open ) , all the others being ( -open ) . |
| 21 | If we did that , we could probably reduce the number of applications by about 75 per cent . |
| 22 | There are , after all , even larger numbers : 10 46 , for instance , is not just larger ; you must add 10 40 to itself a million times in order to obtain 10 46 What if we could somehow muster a gang of 10 46 monkeys each with its own typewriter ? |
| 23 | If , for some reason , we could only observe the ball at low energies , we would then think that there were thirty-seven different types of ball ! |
| 24 | As individuals we could only raise a fraction of the figure from our personal resources , but Barclays were able to provide a Basis Loan , which together with conventional bank facilities , was enough to fund the purchase . |
| 25 | The beast did n't seem aggressive , but we could still feel the power radiating from it . |
| 26 | I we could still use the stand alone system which I think 'll be the quickest . |
| 27 | Benton and his Assistant Editor managed to keep the New Times of Burma going and we could still use the radio , but it was obvious that things were moving to a climax , and I was desperately afraid that violence would develop throughout the country . |
| 28 | ‘ If we beat Oxford and Plymouth on Saturday , we could still have a chance of automatic promotion . |
| 29 | But we could still take the minibus and just take three or four . |
| 30 | We could still hear the fighting , but it was at a distance , while the sermons from the mosque were louder than ever . |