Example sentences of "that they could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were n't aware the were on that they could send them messages . |
| 2 | They wanted to sacrifice the wage so that they could feel they had personally taken part in the humiliation of the local landlords . |
| 3 | The Americans ' belief that they could make it ‘ lives on the streets of America today ’ . |
| 4 | Their belief that they could make it , be proud of themselves , and of their nation , lives on the streets , schools and corporations of America today . |
| 5 | They thought that they could wear her down . |
| 6 | They would have no direct control over such institutions except that they could pay them for particular services . |
| 7 | The German 's rates differed from girl to girl , and with some he had an arrangement that he received a commission rather than a rent per room ; the advantage here for the girls was that they could pay him at the end of the night , rather than each time they used the room And to ensure they did n't even think about cheating , he employed a " caretaker " whose job was to keep a tally of the girls and their customers . |
| 8 | And then writing back to this contact i either in New York or in Virginia or wherever it was , saying that it th they would give him the dimensions of the roof , that they could tell him exactly how many slates they 'd need to cover it . |
| 9 | Then her mother would graciously conduct half an hour of polite conversation with all these people , who Jo knew were otherwise pretty cool and mostly also pretty sane , and they would all pretend to be interested in whatever dumb thing she said , and laugh if she made any of her awful little jokes and store away any personal information she disclosed so that they could tell it to their friends the next day and make it absolutely clear that they were on intimate terms with a really big star . |
| 10 | The regions are far too big and complex to be handled from Detroit and even if they were foolish enough to believe that they could do it more effectively — which they ca n't — they would be crazy to try . ’ |
| 11 | So convinced were the farmers that in July they delayed the trebbiatura , the threshing of the grain , hoping that they could do it under Allied administration ; they thought they would probably get 700 lire more for each sack . |
| 12 | Now the audit industry was in favour of that at the time because it saw itself as able to get its fingers into local authority audit so they were prepared to accept that they could do it then , it 's only now er when it 's proposed on what 's been their traditional prerogatives , they er er they audit of banks and private sector er er companies that they balk at the proposition and say ooh it 's horrendous we ca n't do it . |
| 13 | So that I can go through my designs and make quite certain that there is not one collar , not one cuff detail , not the slightest influence that they could accuse me of copying from them . |
| 14 | The military blocked everyone in on campus and the police announced that they could shoot you without asking questions . |
| 15 | Once they realized that no presents could ever be exactly the same and that they could help him to take pleasure in his sister 's presents by pointing out the good features of one of her new toys to her they felt more confident in coping with his reactions . |
| 16 | They did not threaten me personally , but they made it clear that they could kill us all . |
| 17 | that wax , and erm , I mean they were , they 'd brought them in before Christmas so that they could sell 'em |
| 18 | Their relatives were overjoyed that they could see them on stage when they returned to their home town in the summer for a couple of weeks at the prestigious new Palace of Varieties . |
| 19 | They walked regardless of the weather : on early spring mornings when the sky was remote and pale as a plover 's egg ; on stormy autumn afternoons when they felt they could reach up and touch the lowering clouds that covered the land like a bruise ; and on frozen winter days when the sky was a white membrane stretched so tight that they could imagine it cracking with the cold . |
| 20 | The Rosenblooms had long known that they could take her with them anywhere in society . |
| 21 | The electricity people called to ask my permission to put poles in my land so that they could take it even higher , and I agreed to it . |
| 22 | In an economic upturn that may change , of course , but I think they all get jobs of some sort , and I would have hoped that a chemistry degree , a good training in chemistry , would in fact also train people to think in such a way that they could apply it to a lot of other areas . |
| 23 | Rufus overtook a bus going to Colchester and dropped the two in the back so that they could catch it . |
| 24 | But it was not until we were in the playground that they could tackle me . |
| 25 | and then when it got over to the Clerks ' Department they used to stick it on another piece of paper so that they could put it on the file |
| 26 | Anyone who wants the Ring does so because they are convinced that they could use it in order to destroy Darkness . |
| 27 | H. P. Some people would get a bottle of beer — we 'd had a lot of fellows come out of the army and they were fond of their drink and there 's no doubt that they could get it . |
| 28 | So that they could get it for the turn of the new leaf of the quarter . |
| 29 | But no , no , because we can make the assump , we can make the assumption that it that the that they could get it , if they do n't get it from us they 'll get it from whatever the prices . |
| 30 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |