Example sentences of "[vb past] i could [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even while I was speaking I realised I could well turn the tables with that . |
| 2 | I found I could n't do the tarot readings anymore . |
| 3 | I mean I keep on saying if I found I could n't do the maths I 'd ditched |
| 4 | Whenever Mackie was n't actively helping Tremayne she stayed close also to Fiona , and although I tried I could n't dislodge the underlying anxiety in their eyes . |
| 5 | He made me a fair offer in the circumstances and I even picked up another two pounds from one of the street traders for Charlie 's huge barrow ; but hard though I tried I could n't find a buyer for Granpa Charlie 's dreadful old nineteenth-century relic . |
| 6 | It was about then that I noticed I could not touch the bottom and I felt myself going faster downstream than I was going across . |
| 7 | ‘ When I arrived I could n't speak a word of Spanish , did n't know anything about the photographic scene in Madrid and had never worked as a professional photographer before , so it was n't the easiest of situations to begin with . ’ |
| 8 | At first I saw nothing , then as I watched I could just discern a faint nodding of the head . |
| 9 | ‘ For many years in Moscow , I felt I could n't leave the country . ’ |
| 10 | I remembered so painfully the anguish of estrangement , and I felt I could not take the risk of spoiling our amity , nor of living with memories of discord , should he be killed . |
| 11 | Even in 1982 , I felt I could hardly substantiate a fifth-century occupation without a scrap of evidence . |
| 12 | I know it sounds crazy , but even as I watched this little boy , Jimbo , I thought I could actually see a muscle quiver . |
| 13 | No matter where I looked I could n't see a gleam of light . |
| 14 | I said I could n't stand the orangeady carpet any more and he 's bought me some Indian and Turkish rugs . |
| 15 | I said I could n't stop the night because I was going away on holiday early the next morning . |
| 16 | I must admit , it 's never ever let me down but I mean , they know if ever they said I could n't have no money I 'd cause one hell of a stink you know ! |
| 17 | She said I could n't see the new year in . |
| 18 | Ah went in to where John were working cos I wanted to borrow a spanner , he said I could just murder a cig and his , his mate said ah I could as well . |
| 19 | I take a deep breath , ‘ I said I could probably write a story about my own death . ’ |
| 20 | From where I sat I could not see the clock on the mantelpiece . |