Example sentences of "[noun] i could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One mistress I could ignore — but he 's now on his sixth . |
| 2 | The thing was , they were playing blues in both major and minor keys , and I was feeling very tied down by the number of notes I could reach in my major open tunings . |
| 3 | Now , as far as the Catholics are concerned , I have to say I like the people very much but theirs is not a faith I could accept myself . |
| 4 | Sir , — Nine years ago I volunteered my services as a school governor , believing that the expertise I could offer would be helpful to headteacher , staff and pupils . |
| 5 | I was mesmerized by that mouth , by the sharp edges of white teeth I could see when she smiled . |
| 6 | He said that money was no object — those were his actual words — and he wanted the most expensive teeth I could provide . |
| 7 | I resisted the urge to retort with his curtness , ‘ Because he 's not sleepy ’ , and gave all the medical reasons I could think of . |
| 8 | Through the wheels of Armstrong I could read the fly posters on a spare piece of wall on the other side of the street . |
| 9 | ‘ We-ell , they 're forecasting heavy rain , ’ Simon pointed out , ‘ but if I had a key to the cottage I could go in and fix up some temporary weatherproofing until the roof can be properly repaired . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And if there 's anything you want from Red Cottage I could fetch that too later on . ’ |
| 11 | That 's another story I could tell you it 'd er er make your hair curl . |
| 12 | Why , the galaxy is so vast that in the latter case I could continue to pose — and behave — as an Inquisitor ; though I would truly be a renegade … ’ |
| 13 | If it was a straightforward case I could see , treat and discharge the patient without reference to a doctor . |
| 14 | I hung on , keeping one eye on Neil in case I could help him , and the other on Stormy Petrel . |
| 15 | Then I think I read some of my favourite English poems — Hardy , Hopkins , Housman , Blake , Yeats , Edward Thomas , Wilfred Owen , and I think one each by Ted Hughes and Thom Gunn , the only contemporaries I could stand at that time . |
| 16 | No they do n't , but it was the only accent I could think of at the time . |
| 17 | You 'd bloody like to go on holiday to America and they come back with an American accent I could shoot people who do that . |
| 18 | What was more , I was 21 years old now and I had discovered just how much freedom I could have away from home ! |
| 19 | Through a tear in the singlet I could see his rib bones sticking out . |
| 20 | That 's why I was head-hunted — in the hope I could do the same for them . ’ |
| 21 | If you can find someone with a key to let you in , the interior of the chapel is said to be interestingly decorated , but the one time I was in Harambels I could find cows but no people . |
| 22 | With one blow I could wipe that expression and the flesh that paints it right from their skulls . |
| 23 | She smiled at this and said if I wanted a change I could knit up navy blue wool for the Royal Navy , which I did . |
| 24 | While certain contests I could mention ( clue : begins with ‘ W ’ and ends with ‘ inter Olympics ’ ) have been thrust down our throats , only a few poor unfortunates hooked into Mr Murdoch 's communications system will suffer 24-hour-a-day cricket coverage , and such people should not concern us here . |
| 25 | I decided early on that it should have the most ridiculous big chorus I could think of … ’ |
| 26 | If I had a stick I could manage all right , really . ’ |
| 27 | There are many other cases I could quote . |
| 28 | From my rooftop I could see that one side of the prayer hall roof had collapsed . |
| 29 | ‘ That bit I could do without ’ . |
| 30 | like that and eventually with the help of my mum I could join sentences together to make a real piece of writing . |