Example sentences of "they could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not like they were in the dreams he had had recently , where they could torment him without his being able to retaliate . |
| 2 | Some of the wealthier natives brought picnic hampers in the European manner , and their servants would unroll splendid carpets on the green sward ; while their banquets were spread out on the carpets they could watch what was going on through telescopes and opera-glasses which they had had the foresight to bring with them though what they saw , as they swept the ramparts of the Residency and banqueting hall can hardly have looked very impressive to them : just a few ragged , boil-covered skeletons crouching behind mud walls . |
| 3 | Anne and Chris did n't want to return full time to stressful teaching jobs when their maternity leave ended , so together they sent in a joint application for a full-time position with a covering letter pointing out the benefits of job sharing , and the way they could organize their week and their timetable . |
| 4 | They looked as though they could shoulder their way through solid rock and beat up a regiment of trolls into the bargain . |
| 5 | The overseers of the poor could board out orphans , and then apprentice them until they could earn their own living . |
| 6 | This gave married women independent status as taxpayers , i.e. they could control their own tax affairs . |
| 7 | The first group had taken up position in all the key intersections so that they could control anyone who attempted to pass . |
| 8 | It seemed to Julia to be the height of good manners to have greeted a stranger with apparent pleasure under such circumstances and then to have included her in the family teasing , but she wanted to make certain that they could forget their manners and talk freely to each other without having to bother about her . |
| 9 | But Alan Milburn , Labour candidate for Darlington , hit back saying they could meet their promises . |
| 10 | The designers , Dr Barry Gorham and Jim Dudley , say that theoretically , by applying the same technology to microwaves , they could extend its range over a much wider area — even rain and snow . |
| 11 | But if Cowans is in form they could extend their unbeaten League run to six games . |
| 12 | They wanted to sacrifice the wage so that they could feel they had personally taken part in the humiliation of the local landlords . |
| 13 | Tension choked them : they could feel it rising up their throats , threatening to swamp their brains . |
| 14 | Pals would often tell the star — whose new single , Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad , is out next week — they could feel his arm , even though it had gone . |
| 15 | They did n't know what she was talking about but they could feel she was frightened . |
| 16 | Not surprisingly , the daughter and her husband were less than thrilled at this and the further suggestion that they could rent their home back ! |
| 17 | but then they 've got er er said they they asked if they could rent his house off him until they got themselves sorted out . |
| 18 | Oh on Mondays and Saturdays two or three times a week and it was er available for anyone that want to hold a dance they could rent it there was no jitterbugging it was just the waltz or foxtrot and two step and then we got er one they used to kick their legs about |
| 19 | They could study what they chose , in the order they chose , and there would be no distinction between different years , or levels of course . |
| 20 | This was a Hibs side , too , with no need to fear relegation and every incentive to probe for damage done by Rangers ' injury crisis while seeing if they could move themselves closer to a place in Europe . |
| 21 | And while some parents complain to the head teacher about their children becoming involved with the RUC , at least one headmistress was reported as being committed to the community relations programme , telling parents that she was responsible for their education and that they could move their child if they objected to the way this was done ( FN 10/2/87 , p. 7 ) . |
| 22 | If you are earning more money and you hav n't got enough points , they could move you from a specialist department to a police station . |
| 23 | The site of the battle of ‘ Heavenfield ’ , in the vicinity of Hexham , shows that Cadwallon advanced north against Oswald , presumably intending to deal with the Bernician aethelings before they could consolidate their position further . |
| 24 | On some , the roofs were so flimsy they could pull them off with rakes alone . |
| 25 | He kept the other galleys heaving and hauling at it till the tide rose and they could pull it off the rocks . |
| 26 | They did that with the neeps so that when the man came along with a cart they could throw them , you see . |
| 27 | Within Christianity , people have sought out symbols through which they could formulate their faith , such as the doctrine of the trinity . |
| 28 | But now , the men on board ship above him were screaming , and with three holes fired on each side of the vessel , he gave the signal to bear away as swiftly as they could ply their paddles . |
| 29 | By doing this , they could fulfil their special duty as intellectuals , making an important contribution to the nation . |
| 30 | The poet , playwright and painter , Stanislaw Wyspiański ( 1869–1907 ) , saw himself as the bridge over the confused gulf that separated the Polish intelligentsia and the peasantry , the perfect representative of the Young Poland movement that contained all the bitterness of repeated national defeats , all the resignation of patriots who felt they could change nothing , and all the compromised hopes for material change that the Positivists saw in Poland 's potential industrial wealth under foreign rule . |