Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] i could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found that I could quickly discard the handbook in favour of striking out on my own and was quite satisfied with the results . |
| 2 | Brian May is one of my favourite guitarists and I found that I could really relate to his window idea . |
| 3 | She emphasised that I could only share rooms with someone Tata would have considered ‘ acceptable ’ . |
| 4 | It meant that I could still do what I regard as a worthwhile job . |
| 5 | I could see that Estella was still proud , and I knew that it was she who made me feel ashamed of home , and Joe , but I also knew that I could never stop loving her . |
| 6 | I knew that I could never have done it . |
| 7 | However , I had a funny reaction when the taxi arrived back in Baldersdale — my legs went and I could hardly walk . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought if I could still do all this I must be allowed to continue . |
| 9 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 10 | ‘ The reason I 'm calling , actually , is that my wallet seems to have disappeared and I wondered whether I could possibly have left it there . ’ |