Yes , but couldn ' t we find a way …

是的但没有其他方法吗?。

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"We put our best foot forward tonight." "We couldn't put the puck in the net, but we are proud of ourselves.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

I think you may have defined it already, but I couldn't find a definition of strictly in the book we have.

我想你之前已经定义过了,但是我在课本里没有找到,“严格”的定义

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We compared Los--we couldn't go back in a time machine and do questionnaire surveys in the 1880s, but we could do it in the 1980s.

我们不能坐着时光机,回到19世纪80年代去做问卷调查,但是在20世纪80年代却可以

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"We didn't need to score in those first 15 minutes, but we couldn't let them score, " added Kearney.

BBC: Kiwis delighted by World Cup win

"We wanted to save them but we couldn't get them out, " Ms. Parma said.

WSJ: Fertilizer-Plant Blast Kills Five to 15 in Texas

We knew we were finding holes in their defence but we couldn't finish them off.

BBC: Relieved White hails senior stars