Example sentences of "[subord] i could " in BNC.
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| 31 | As I walked across the gravel to the colonnade , where I could see Conchis was already sitting , his back to me , I decided on a course of action — or rather , of reaction . |
| 32 | I would have liked to have gone to Venice , where there was a faculty of languages , or Bologna , where I could have read Economics and Commerce ; but the war was on , and the expense of keeping me in a distant town was beyond the means of my parents . |
| 33 | There were times when Joanna 's somewhat footslogging performance made me long for the thoroughbred feel of Lisa , but I had an affection for Joanna and she had one advantage over Lisa — her small cuddy where I could cook and sleep , and be independent of the land . |
| 34 | Also , there was a pleasant inn about a quarter of a mile away where I could get a room if the tide — in the way of tides — served at some merciless hour of the early morning . |
| 35 | Can you let me have a phone number where I could get you this evening ? " |
| 36 | I just wanted a business where I could be independent — ’ |
| 37 | After a while I became so deep in my cups I grew surly , said I felt unwell and trotted off to bed where I could nurse my hurt as well as conceal my bad manners . |
| 38 | I did n't care if it was raw , if the pangs of birth were ugly ; I wanted to be somewhere I would n't be defined by what I 'd been , where I could fashion a new notion of myself and impose it on others as the truth . |
| 39 | I would sing to myself , perfectly content to be alone in my own dream world , imagining myself on television receiving an award for beating a world record and I would see my name and picture in the ‘ Guinness Book of Records ’ on the high bookshelf in my brother 's room where I could not reach it , and yet , through all those mornings of endless riding round the yard , I never once counted just how many times I had ridden around to see if I had beaten the previous morning 's record , so sure was my conviction of success ! |
| 40 | You wore a damnably provocative outfit , made sure you draped yourself where I could n't help seeing you . ’ |
| 41 | ‘ I wanted him where I could keep an eye on him , ’ said Mr Malik through his hands . |
| 42 | There is no place you could go where I could n't reach you . |
| 43 | I do n't suppose you 've any idea where I could find her ? ’ |
| 44 | What I needed was something like a slightly battered Ford Transit van , and I knew exactly where I could borrow one . |
| 45 | I waited a minute or so then got up , leaving my almost clean plate , and went through the house to the lounge , where I could see the path leading away through the dunes towards the bridge . |
| 46 | I would phone twice a day , and , of course , I would leave you a complete itinerary where I could be reached if you needed me . ’ |
| 47 | He expects a place in a Labour cabinet : Chief Whip for a short time , perhaps , then a portfolio of his own ‘ something where I could really help the North . ’ |
| 48 | Where I could also spend a great deal of time talking about our common enemies , our mutual friends and some of the similarity and our aims for world peace and again , I 'm gon na leave that for the statesmen and the politicians . |
| 49 | I looked uneasily at Martinho , who no doubt was n't too happy either , except I could n't see his eyes . |
| 50 | And although I could still hear the screams and although they were real and terrible I slept well and late . |
| 51 | Although I could not see it , we were travelling beside the lake where all these controversies were raging . |
| 52 | It was very full although I could not see properly what was in it because he kept the opening away from me . |
| 53 | ‘ No it 's not , ’ I said feebly , although I could n't think why it was n't . |
| 54 | I understood her desire to shield , although I could n't agree with it . |
| 55 | Although I could see marriage appearing in the distance , it was still a long way off . |
| 56 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 57 | One final observation : It is possible , although I could n't reproduce the effect on the three models made , that a switch-mode power system may oscillate or be unstable on open or very light loads . |
| 58 | I explained to her that , although I could make no promises , since she now felt much more confident about the technique it was quite possible that this session would reveal the cause of her phobia . |
| 59 | It was jealousy , I suppose ; the fact that I had spotted a chance they had not , although I could n't get over the suspicion that their reaction to me had something to do with how Liza had told the story . |
| 60 | When she announced she was leaving at the end of the term , I felt this to be the final betrayal , although I could not blame her , even then . |