Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was more they could not , or claimed they could not , pay taxes , direct or indirect , so that the king of France soon came to feel the impact on his fiscal policy of English raids into certain parts of his kingdom . |
| 2 | They were once so poverty-stricken they were known through the valley of the Tees as people who ‘ christened calves , hoppled lops and knee-banded spiders ’ That meant they could afford so few cattle that each one had a name ( a tradition perpetuated by Hannah. ) , and lops ( lice ) and spiders had their legs tied together to prevent them running away |
| 3 | They are largely women who have got to the top in other careers and found they could not go any further . |
| 4 | The discovery was made at 11.30am after staff arrived at the pub and found they could not get in . |
| 5 | In fact there appears to be no doubt that Stalin simply resented the independence that the Yugoslav leaders were displaying and believed they could be brought to heel as easily as communist leaders in other parts of Eastern Europe . |
| 6 | They were comfortably beaten by Leicestershire on their Championship debut and will plainly find it hard to bowl sides out , but against that they won four of their first five one-day matches and indicated they could be serious contenders for a trophy . |
| 7 | Father Morrow said magistrates told him they had studied the Law Lords ' decision to allow feeding tubes to be removed from Tony and felt they could not serve the summons . |
| 8 | Erm , I heard Mr Curtis say that the shortfall of affordable houses was seven hundred , he had a target of two thousand two hundred and felt they could find fifteen hundred somewhere already , so another shortfall of of seven hundred that actually contrasts with para' four one one of the one eleven should I say , four one eleven , of the York housing strategy , which has been submitted , and appendix four of the York evidence which actually says that , yes there 's a two thousand two hundred target , but there would still be a shortfall of about one thousand one hundred dwellings if this land , they 're talking about land that they own outside of York , is developed for affordable housing . |
| 9 | The girls continued to giggle and scream and run and hide and generally have fun with their father , whom they adored and knew they could do as they liked with — especially , Katya , the middle one and the liveliest . |
| 10 | ‘ I can only assume they were intoxicated by the flood of enthusiasm from central government , and thought they could do anything , even build power stations in the sand , ’ he says . |
| 11 | Olga Stych was immediately biting about men who dressed up in aprons and fancy hats , and thought they could cook over a smelly barbecue . |
| 12 | But Palestinians rejected the offer and said they could not resume peace talks until all the deportees were returned . |
| 13 | Well they just went back and said they could n't want something that much maybe she 's gone over her limit . |
| 14 | So he bought the cutting with him and said they could n't it . |
| 15 | The three officers peered down the hill into the darkness of Wiltshire Lane and wished they could get in there and get it over with . |
| 16 | She picked up her skirts to avoid a particularly noisome pool in the road and wished they could move more quickly . |
| 17 | They were so free in expression she wondered if they had been read at all by his parents but presumed they could hardly have escaped their eye . |
| 18 | As Coote himself protested , both men were privately committed to legislation but believed they could not involve the government on the issue . |