Example sentences of "[noun sg] i could [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through a tear in the singlet I could see his rib bones sticking out . |
| 2 | From my seat I could see your profile . |
| 3 | She said that if I stood in my doorway I could see her face , for the girl was not veiled . |
| 4 | ‘ If we had been sitting at the bottom I could accept my fate , but we are seventh and have lost only one of the last eight games . ’ |
| 5 | I was going to ask him for money , there 's a business I could buy my way into , an honest one this time , I 've checked it out . |
| 6 | ‘ If , God help us , the situation develops in such a way that the only service I could render my country would be to do it [ accept the presidency ] , then I would do it , ’ Mr Havel said . |
| 7 | When we did The Taming of the Shrew , every time Petruchio yelled — and he had a fine voice — all the peacocks answered , and on the opening night I could feel my neighbour shaking with laughter because the peacocks were all jostling for the best places to roost in the trees . |
| 8 | Each time I stopped to catch my breath I could hear his voice in the distance shouting , " Jane ! |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't be like that , ’ said Mr Pilcher , and he then gave me to understand that for an unspecified weekly consideration I could purchase his protection , allowing me and Mrs Mouse to continue with our musical evenings without their being gate-crashed by him and his colleagues . |
| 10 | ‘ Once we got to the hospital I could feel her head and it was the first moment it all became real for me . |
| 11 | ‘ The only way I could organise my time , ’ he explains . |
| 12 | If you want to have a go I could bring my violin in and you can have a go at my violin any time . |
| 13 | morning but evening time I could do it love . |