Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] i could [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | In September 1938 , when I was sixteen , I went back to my native country for a holiday ; partly because 1 wanted to see my friends in štanjel , and partly so that I could visit my uncles , aunts and cousins on my mother 's side of the family in Mavhinje . |
| 2 | During this time , the King of Lilliput had written to ask the King of Blefuscu to send me back , as a prisoner , so that I could receive my punishment . |
| 3 | At around midnight , the chairman used my pregnancy — I was huge by then — as an excuse to break up the meeting : he said that even if no one else was tired , he thought we ought to disperse so that I could get my rest ! |
| 4 | ‘ Don Marco drove me over so I could telephone my ‘ Jottings ’ and the house was crawling with carabinieri . |
| 5 | it 's erm , please leave your name and number , and the postal area code and I could n't figure out what they meant , your post code , or what , anyway , I sort , I , I left this long pause , shut your face I left this really long pause , and it just like clicked off before I could leave my phone number , so they 've got my , my answer and my names , but they have n't got my phone number , so I thought well , that 's not much good , they ca n't phone you , can they ? |
| 6 | I grabbed the top of the fence and pulled myself up until I could rest my forearms there , keeping myself about a foot off the ground by skidding the toes of my trainers — only cleaned last week as well — into the wet wood . |
| 7 | I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes . |
| 8 | I pulled my window down and twisted round so I could stick my head out . |