Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] that i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was so nervous and fatigued that I could n't concentrate . |
| 2 | In a moment of optimism my wife told me not to worry and pronounced that I could live perfectly well on one lung . |
| 3 | since I am one of those people who do something the wrong way round , if there is the slightest opportunity , I also inserted the needle incorrectly the first time only spotting my mistake when I read on and found that I could not follow the next instruction if my needle was at the back of the work . |
| 4 | After tearing both my ACL and MCL ( medial collateral ligament ) in a skiing accident last season , I decided to take the latter course and found that I could ski relatively safely with the aid of a brace . |
| 5 | I was so green I did n't know what was behind it and boasted that I could become Judge 's Baby when I got back to the dressing-room . |
| 6 | They both enthused over my new look and I became weepy and wailed that I could n't keep them . |
| 7 | I debated whether to be sick or not myself , and decided that I could hold out for another half hour . |
| 8 | I was one and felt that I could conquer the world . |
| 9 | Jennie called me into the office and said that I could n't go as she had received a letter from my mother . |
| 10 | Two days later they called me back and said that I could n't go back to Jamaica , but offered me a place in the group going to Thailand , which was leaving in February . |
| 11 | Standing there in my civilian clothes I felt completely out of place and wished that I could be wearing a blue tracksuit like the rest of them . |
| 12 | I really wanted to identify with him and wished that I could have said that I had been in the Falklands or in Northern Ireland , thereby establishing some sort of link . |