Example sentences of "they could [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such investments had a double purpose , for they could bring in income and provide a political bonus . |
| 2 | I 'm a car owner who 's actually thinking of selling my car because I do n't use it much in Glasgow I do n't need to , I can actually walk to work and to come to somewhere like Edinburgh tonight I would much prefer to use the train , but I think we could have much more adequal plans to do with pedestrianizing city centres so that cars were banned from them altogether , they could bring back trams which are much less in terms of pollution , they might not make us big profits for the company 's but they are a very good way , we , a lot of European cities still use trams . |
| 3 | And they could bring down Mr Major as well as Mr Lamont . |
| 4 | A year later the Government through its " Training Agency " , allowed money to 30 " Urban Programme Areas ' so that they could set up Compacts . |
| 5 | They could make out stands of wooden shelving in the gloom , the nearest cheeses a luminous white , the furthest ones matured to a dark , oily yellow . |
| 6 | As a social group they could record both gains and losses from war , and there has been some debate among historians about how far a balance sheet can be struck for the country as a whole , whether England gained or lost from its military operations . |
| 7 | While Tayside Region and Perth and Kinross District Council indicated they could afford only part of the survey , estimated at £80,000-£100,000 , the Scottish Office reply was unequivocal . |
| 8 | They could see only darkness from the invisible bars of their prison . |
| 9 | The workers , placed in a situation where they could trust neither management nor union , entered into an uneasy alliance with the group , engaging in a series of discussions and meetings over the summer of 1980 . |
| 10 | Perhaps er they could take up services . |
| 11 | The revenue is so desperate now because of this change in banks and building societies have left people not knowing what the situation is , and er there are millions , I 'm , I 'm not exaggerating there are twelve million , over two million pounds is being spent by the revenue on a new tax-back advert , sorry I did exaggerate , the idea is to remind about ten million people on all , on low income , that they could claim back tax which has been deducted from taxed savings . |