Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [subord] they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wanted Mickey to lose that famous temper of his so they could legitimately nick him . |
| 2 | Many of the materials used were brought by the Israelites from Egypt ( 11:2–3 ) and willingly given , so that God 's tent might be as worthy of him as they could make it . |
| 3 | Not people that could that can defend themselves that can what 's the name of it if they could Well they 've broken old people 's doors in and took their money and and hit them and whatsername . |
| 4 | It was decided by the authorities that the building of the dam across the valley was a ‘ regrettable necessity ’ — but they determined to make as satisfactory a job of it as they could . |
| 5 | On the one hand papal taxation was preserving them from Edward 's attentions , except for customary feudal dues and prerogative levies ; it is safe to assume that the laity were adapting readily to the notion of leaving the tax burden , or as much of it as they could , to the clergy . |
| 6 | Subjects were asked to rate the passage for comprehensibility and to recall as much of it as they could . |
| 7 | At the end of presentation subjects rated the passage for comprehensibility and then wrote down as much of it as they could remember , as close to verbatim as possible . |
| 8 | Early on , she had learned one thing : if the poor saw you prospering they did n't deal with you if they could help it , their idea being they were n't going to give you a hand . |
| 9 | The players sat as far away from her as they could , but the smell and the squealing promised to keep them awake all night . |
| 10 | Reid opened the door to them before they could knock . |
| 11 | Yeah oh yes he oh and he was erm being better educated than the majority of people in the Pleck he used to stand outside the Brown Lion to read the newspaper out to them cos they could n't read , and he attended all the weddings , all the funerals and er made the wills out and he almost was the father confessor for the Pleck , and when the old steam tram came off the lines down in the Pleck , when there was a steam train coming through there , he was the man who put it on the rails again . |
| 12 | I know it 's something a Samaritan would consider unprofessional , but I enjoyed getting verbal queerbashers to hang up on me because they could n't handle what I was telling them . |
| 13 | He was on them before they could move , blundering.down the hall and flinging the door wide . |
| 14 | It was always the same wherever he went — people were drawn inexorably to him , as though some of his charisma could rub off on them if they could just get close enough . |
| 15 | Gawd Almighty , Jerry 'd have a fix on 'em before they could say ‘ tot time ’ . |
| 16 | And nobody would pay anything to anyone unless they could get it back somehow . |
| 17 | Twenty thousand rupees it would cost , but the extension worker said the government would pay for it if they could register a co-operative . |
| 18 | ‘ But I know a special place , in the campagna — in the country — where you will see vineyards and ancient castles and rolling hills , where we can drink a wine that the gods would have kept for themselves if they could . ’ |
| 19 | They walked by him , looking at him because they could n't help themselves . |
| 20 | What would animals say about us if they could speak , what would they do to us if they have the chance ? |