Example sentences of "[verb] they could [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , when I really insisted that they keep right on the centre line , they found they could do it if they tried hard . |
| 2 | Well they found they could do it far better with a tractor and a mower . |
| 3 | Once a retreat had been forced from one dump site , people believed they could do it again , and did . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a great shame because every year the prize-wining pumpkin is used in the seeds contest by a local pub and I 'd already said they could have it . ’ |
| 5 | Initially it was the drumming that got me bouncing in my seat , but when the bass came in I just could n't help grinning insanely at all the other drivers , wishing they could hear it too ( mind you , I had it up so loud that they probably could ) . |
| 6 | I suppose they could do it , yeah . |
| 7 | Or feel they could do it ? |
| 8 | They were the only ones who realized they could do it because God was with them . |
| 9 | Bill Mumford says of course they will make it … they would not be going if they did not think they could do it … they have been well prepared … |
| 10 | If we allowed it to happen once then all the people who read your paper would think they could do it as well . ’ |
| 11 | The concept 's so simple and and the country 's littered with people who thought they could do it as well as us . |
| 12 | Er that was n't er on competition though , th that was er an Intercity job which Birmingham said they could do it for that figure . |
| 13 | Judd saw his own hand , held hovering uncertainly over the heap of treasure , quiver as Stringy 's had done and wondered if that meant he looked as mad as the rest of them did ; and he wanted to say they could have it , that he was opting out and they could divide his share among the three of them and stuff it . |