Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [conj] i could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes . |
| 2 | Other bidders found out that I could top their bids , and no-one came to the party . |
| 3 | It was half-past two before he pedalled on but I could go no further . |
| 4 | It was pure good luck that someone dropped out so I could come this weekend — at least , I thought so at the time . ’ |
| 5 | I pulled my window down and twisted round so I could stick my head out . |
| 6 | The words rushed out before I could stop them . |
| 7 | It was an extra cost but also I learned in the end like the top earners do er and I guess I was mister average because I was coming in to do this job not that one , erm I I decided or worked out that I could do two or three deals in a day between a certain hour . |
| 8 | ‘ He says I had the tools , the knowledge , the opportunity and the location , and he looked up those races I rode at Ascot and worked out that I could have had time between the first two and the last to drive to Maidenhead and remove Harry 's car . |
| 9 | He went on before I could answer . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | The gloom rolled back until I could see six or seven huts : they were grass-roofed , mean little constructions of board and lath , surrounded by muddy pools by which dozens of small black pigs were wagging their corkscrew tails and chasing each other over the cliffs . |
| 12 | But I had the amp set with the treble full on , the presence full on and the bright switch kicked in before I could get close to what I 'd call a classically nasty Telecaster bridge pickup tone . |
| 13 | I checked my watch and stood up so I could look across the Paddock . |