Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | All fords of the Esk , including Kirkandrews , were guarded on the English side by Graham peel-towers ; and though these would not be strong enough to hold up three thousand from crossing for long they could send warning back to the English authorities if so inclined . |
| 2 | If she can get that out of here they could find out what 's wrong with her , but it wo n't come . |
| 3 | Now they were in midstream they could see the new bridge more clearly . |
| 4 | From here they could see a light from an inner window of the gatehouse . |
| 5 | From here they could control both river valleys , and deny Douglas his passage home by either . |
| 6 | The following day , Sunday 10 March , Action Committee members and friends started to forage for office furnishings and equipment from anywhere they could get them . |
| 7 | For surely they could be forgiven for believing that a prince 's promise to pay later must be firmer than a pauper 's ? |
| 8 | Anger flared , for surely they could have dressed the poor thing better . |
| 9 | You were n't supposed to turn the radio off , but I used to so they could n't hear me singing along with the tape . |
| 10 | And then people used to er maybe wedding rings or sovereign used to pawn that and then they used to either they could n't afford to get it out , to , to redeem it so er the pawnbroker would sell it then , after a time . |
| 11 | ‘ Of course , we were devastated , but we knew now what had been wrong all along — and at least they could n't blame me any more . ’ |
| 12 | At least they could cook , as the stove was gas . |
| 13 | But at least they could frighten him , show him that the Scots would never forget nor forgive what he had done , that he would never be safe anywhere near Scotland . |
| 14 | There was n't too much room , but at least they could n't be seen . |
| 15 | If her marriage had to be mentioned at all — and she did n't see why it was even necessary , it had absolutely nothing to do with her work as a book illustrator — then at least they could have got the facts straight , and described her as separated . |
| 16 | But at least they could hold off within the value of what they now held , and were empowered to dispose of to advantage . |
| 17 | At least they could n't know about her visit to Puddephat 's rooms . |
| 18 | That at least they could agree with and went away shaking their heads , believing it to be merely another instance of the general moral decline which was overtaking the world . |
| 19 | Langbaurgh mayor Brenda Forster told the planning committee that it was a sad reflection on society that the roller shutters had to be used but at least they could be a little more colourful . |
| 20 | I mean they at least they could pick you up cos they 'd had the log book . |