Example sentences of "[conj] i could [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or I could have lychees . |
| 2 | I 'd go to the SS Great Britain and sit by the breezy river , and I 'd compose my stupid self and compose my story so that I could tell lies confidently instead of giving myself away . |
| 3 | I knew that I could achieve results despite the difficulties , and I knew that I had been able to demonstrate the ability to work with people of other countries . |
| 4 | It may surprise you to know that I could see things from your point of view there . |
| 5 | I catapulted the tiny beasts across the creek and into the mud on the far side so that I could have funerals . |
| 6 | I simply phoned them and erm they put , they put it up so that I could buy things on Access that I could get , well I mean those were the days when I knew that you could sell a house like |
| 7 | I found that I could say things with colour and shapes that I could n't day in any other way — things that I had no words for . |
| 8 | I really did n't feel capable of returning to work , but was persuaded to by one of my managers with the promise that I could take things easy . |
| 9 | There must be something in this : when morning came , amid some laughter , my husband re-enacted the closing chapter of the old year by going up into the rafters and suspending himself through the hole so that I could take photographs . |
| 10 | It points to truth which has become wisdom born of experience : This is Rolle 's version of 1 Corinthians 13:2 : And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries , and all knowledge , and if I should have all faith , so that I could remove mountains , and have not charity , I am nothing . |
| 11 | Then I felt that people cared about me , and that I could ask things of them , ask their advice . |
| 12 | I wore a red pencil moustache , sequins , inflatable flowers , just to distract the public so I could sell memberships . |
| 13 | I let myself think I might adopt him — oh , not altogether , but just so that he could come and stay with me sometimes and I could do things for him . |
| 14 | Patrick Chauvel and I could see things were about to happen in Panama , Noriega had declared war on America , but it was Xmas and only a few of us went there . |
| 15 | His cloak hung down like a curtain , and I could see streetlamps through the bullet holes in it . |
| 16 | There was more firing and I could hear chips of wood being torn from the trees . |
| 17 | Cheerful crashes and bangs floated up from Doris 's kitchen as I went back upstairs , and I could hear outbursts of raucous male laughter and pinch-induced shrieks . |
| 18 | I realised there were periods of time when this pool is hardly used , so I approached the management and asked if I could bring parties of residents here from Conway House . |
| 19 | If I could draw members attention to the supplementary papers erm and it 's page three which is the second report and it will become I will make it clear with regards to the er linking up of the two reports , both museums and Essex committee linked up to the museum registration . |
| 20 | I felt that I would be able to work more efficiently if I could refer patients in my care to any of the A&E doctors . |
| 21 | Then the lady in charge asked if I could alter garments that were too long or too short and , mug that I am , I agreed . |
| 22 | This lady must have been psychic or something , because in no time at all she was asking if I could enlarge necks on jumpers that other people had made too small to go over the head . |
| 23 | If I could get exams just now , I would . |
| 24 | Oh I 'll see if I could get ideas . |
| 25 | Two children from her husband 's first marriage were also staying , ‘ and if I could have pictures , ’ she says , ‘ I would have drawn the house with big bulges all over it . ’ |
| 26 | My daughter was beyond Play Group when punch card machines became popular , so I asked the mother of her school friend ( who ran such a group ) if I could take jumpers to show her mothers . |
| 27 | ‘ People ask why I do n't tour round seeing the sights , but I could see sights in Australia and be warm . |
| 28 | I was determined to keep control and do as much as I could to help things on . |
| 29 | I turned then , for I could hear voices . |
| 30 | The darkness intensified down in the wood though I could see stars between the boughs . |