Example sentences of "[conj] i could [verb] [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mazzin did n't lose his temper , although I could feel he was itching to have a go at me , but , as before , he knew he had no justification for doing so . |
| 2 | Her clothes were different — foreign , and smart — but her hair was red , and although I could see she was n't beautiful I thought she was . |
| 3 | He came at me again and I could tell he was gonig to make another stab at a heavy masculine embrace . |
| 4 | My Mum looked down at me and I could tell she was just about to cry . |
| 5 | He was clutching his attaché case as usual and I could see he was strolling slowly along the path that runs the outer perimeter of the lawn , deeply absorbed in thought . |
| 6 | Father hated to be disturbed when he had anybody with him and I could see he was annoyed so I made myself scarce ; I mean I did n't stay to say what I wanted . ’ |
| 7 | He was dressed in cloth of gold from head to toe , a simple crown on his head , and I could see he was as bored as I by Dacourt 's vapid pleasantries . |
| 8 | it was too late came Saturday night he was on morphine tablets , I stayed with him all day Sunday , and I could see he was dying then , I stayed with him all night , all day , and then , gone Saturday night |
| 9 | The ball come across and er I see Bedford had his back to the goal , and I could see he was going to swivel and hit it with his left foot , and I 've just come across the goal and er , he just hit it down low to my right hand side and luckily I 've come the right way and pushed it wide . |
| 10 | And I could see I was going to get warmer still because the bullock was beginning to enjoy the game , kicking up his heels and frisking around after each attempt . |
| 11 | And M was stabbing at the table top with her secateurs and I could see she was white with rage . |
| 12 | So anyway she come off the phone there and I could see she was really |
| 13 | She wagged dutifully but I could sense she was somewhat overwhelmed — and that was only the staff ! |
| 14 | She sniffed , but I could tell she was at least partly mollified . |
| 15 | But I could tell there was no real wish on her part to renew any old ties of love and friendship and if I am going to be honest no real wish on my part either . |
| 16 | Richard laughed but I could tell he was alarmed . |
| 17 | Current medical technology could never make me a man in full fact , but I could have what was available . |
| 18 | But I could see he was perfectly serious . |
| 19 | He grimaced , but I could see he was not unpleased , though he tried to hide it by marching me off to give his vegetables their evening watering . |
| 20 | The hammer lock kept my head down , but I could see he was carrying a bottle of whisky by the neck . |
| 21 | But I could see there was something monk-like about the space there . |
| 22 | Mum was acting normally , but I could see it was a strain . |
| 23 | I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it |
| 24 | And before I could speak she was all over me . |
| 25 | you know kind of there 's all this quips about sort of semen making your hair grow and all that kind of thing erm you know so erm it 's , it 's , it 's one of these things that erm sort of erm kind of people , people s slip into on the basis of you know th er as far as I could tell there was no sort of firm evidence that these blokes were gay or heterosexual apart from judgments made on their demeanour and personal appearance erm you know but er you know it gave rise to a whole range of , you know , kind of supposedly humorous talk erm in that context erm so there 's a whole range of things erm tt you know sort of talk and mannerisms and , and er , you know , kind of also gossip and suspicions about them , oh is he married if not does he have a girlfriend , if not ooh I wonder if he 's gay , you know , kind of things that we understand about people 's relationships feed into it so |
| 26 | And erm he he worked shifts , er the morning shift or the day shift as it was called , which was from erm , I do n't know as far as I could tell it was from six till two or something like that . |
| 27 | Our Tory MP did jump off his LandRover to shake my hand and take one of my leaflets the other day , but as far as I could tell I was the only voter he met that morning . |
| 28 | For some reason I could n't , though I could see it was that which infuriated her more than anything . |
| 29 | All I could do was to mumble that I regretted not taking my degree , and , though I could see it was irritating of me to whine , to feel stale and bored was not such a trivial thing ; that though we might have the vote now , meals still had to be prepared and children looked after and since this kind of drudgery was despised by society as not being ‘ real work ’ , we were in the hideous position of being both exhausted and imprisoned by it and also looked down on for doing it ; that I had honestly tried to be the sort of wife Richard wanted — and the sort of wife I felt I ought to be — but it was like being in a kind of airless cell and I could only see Richard as a jailer ; that I saw myself becoming progressively more and more incapable of doing anything , not just mentally , but from some kind of paralysis of will . |
| 30 | He was emerging in stately fashion from Wavebreaker 's companionway and , though I could see he was tall and lanky and had a ponytail of hair , I could make out no details of his face . |