Example sentences of "we could [vb infin] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " If you can find out his dentist , at least we could settle whether he was the man in the Thames . " |
| 2 | That 's what Dave said what we could do if we money , you know , all get a , you know you , like you , if you had a partner to do it , you would n't be stuck at home . |
| 3 | The words of the right hon. Member for Chesterfield ( Mr. Benn ) , ’ If we change to win , we could change when we have won ’ , show that British people will not trust the Opposition with defence policy . |
| 4 | So we could meet before I went away . |
| 5 | ‘ Maybe we could meet when you 're not riding the next day . ’ |
| 6 | We could go while she 's at tap . |
| 7 | And I wondered if perhaps we could look before we go any further at why teams work . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not sure whether it was a serious question , but we could try although I 'm not sure Middlesbrough Council will sell it to us . ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps we could discuss once you have had an opportunity to consider them . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps that 's something we could discuss when you get back from Australia , ’ he said . |
| 11 | ‘ I think there 's quite a lot we could say if we wanted to , ’ Harry replied . |
| 12 | Yes if erm two girls were in a toilet you were fined and they used to stop the money , oh yes two girls were fined it was a very strict there it was er quite as strict there as it was a H & T Hornes and erm you , you but you could have a drink there , but er at one time before they allowed a drink , a cup of tea , the men used to , someone to watch to see if , when we were working in the top shop cos we could see if anyone came up the , up the shop into , from the bottom shop into top shop then they put a can on erm on something to boil you see and er oh and we got a little sto coal stove to heat the shop , no central heating pipes or anything like that , and they put er someone you could see anyone coming up the , up the steps and er anyway there was someone , one of the bosses coming up so they erm whipped the can off , ran round the back of the bench wh where there were a lot of hand presses going and Mr walked straight he was only mad that off the can of boiling water |
| 13 | ‘ At least we could see if there 's an Airborne motorbike parked outside . |
| 14 | Thus we could require as our fourth condition that our justification would remain even when every truth is added to our belief set , all at once . |
| 15 | Furthermore , we could investigate whether he behaves likewise when there is no food source to be monopolised . |