Example sentences of "[noun sg] i could [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With one blow I could wipe that expression and the flesh that paints it right from their skulls . |
| 2 | With electrification I could achieve this goal . |
| 3 | When I got used to the light I could see two men sitting grinning at me . |
| 4 | When I drew near the village I could see two girls sitting on the parapet of the little bridge . |
| 5 | As I gazed out of the window I could see several groups of red deer in the distance , and in the foreground the brown ferns with clumps of heather here and there ; it was a wonderful sight . |
| 6 | But it 's still at your , if it was going to another sector I could understand that attitude , but when it is being , it 's still within Intercity , I just can not understand that that is the attitude we take . |
| 7 | When I was a lad I could have seventy for them , I sat on there and I licked it up , er , a good afternoon , I was just having a break by sands , I said when I was a lad I could have seventy ice creams |
| 8 | As soon as I entered the room I could hear little pockets of chatter coming from various parts of the audience . |
| 9 | After supporting them all day I could use some support myself . ’ |
| 10 | In the distance I could see two flagstaffs , one with the Union Jack fluttering , the other with the blue flag and stars of New Zealand . |
| 11 | The reason I could recognise this individual with certainty was because of the exceptional colour of its coat . |
| 12 | At this point I also realised ( and told Dang ) that there was no way I could teach 15 people at one time , with one machine without boring the other 14 of them . |
| 13 | Lucy had looked at her aunt in puzzled silence before saying , ‘ No doubt I could find this place — but what on earth do you expect me to do when I get there ? ’ |
| 14 | A.H.Q. expected to detect these transports east of Malta at extreme range and by that time I could spare some Marylands while still meeting the P.R . |
| 15 | After a time I could hear distant shouts . |
| 16 | The highest percentage of useful material I could find any editor to admit to was around 25 per cent and some quite literally stated that they did not bother with PR material at all . |
| 17 | Big hat I could wear big hats . |