Example sentences of "the [noun] i could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through a tear in the singlet I could see his rib bones sticking out . |
| 2 | Kukuli was Quechua for ‘ beautiful bird ’ and even in the dim light of the carriage I could see she had eyes like stars . |
| 3 | I drank all the booze I could lay my hands on . |
| 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 | Only her red mouth glowed , and even from across the room I could see it smiling straight at me , the lips shining in the light as though she had just licked them , as though they were still moist . |
| 6 | I 'm never rude on the phone I could say she 's not in |
| 7 | In the distance I could hear something , something I had to pay attention to . |
| 8 | There were curtains dangling above my head , and under the frill I could see it was starting to get light . |
| 9 | When she took off the glasses I could see I 'd overstepped . |
| 10 | If I just take the serviettes I could ask her if they were obtainable . |
| 11 | ‘ Once we got to the hospital I could feel her head and it was the first moment it all became real for me . |
| 12 | When they were at the nursery I could take them at 7 a.m. and pick them up at 6 p.m . |
| 13 | I could do it if I had the face and I had the guts I could do it . |
| 14 | All the others I could find I brought here . ’ |
| 15 | After the weekend I could get us there . |
| 16 | I can hear Victor asking what I 'd do if I started losing the fight ; let them kick me about while all the time I could stop them ; let them find the gun ? |
| 17 | It 's by the time I could get my gloves on . |
| 18 | I risked them seeing me so as to try to hear , but in fact by the time I could hear them they were shouting , which meant I could listen through the doorway without seeing them or being seen . |
| 19 | ‘ At the time I could see myself eventually in some sort of consultancy capacity . ’ |
| 20 | When she passed under the streetlight I could see her long , curly hair was red ; its rich hue glowed like fire , despite the way the artificial light stripped the colour from everything else it touched . |
| 21 | Looking some people in the face I could see what 15 years of hard work had done to them . |