Example sentences of "[vb past] i could [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the shops and cafés were sheltered under the arcades , and I found I could walk almost the entire length and breadth of the village under cover . |
| 2 | But I found I could communicate better with men . |
| 3 | I knew I could do well academically and I did it as a challenge to the conventional idea of the black kid who 's good at sports , yet with no brains . |
| 4 | As I looked at his stern face , I knew I could go anywhere in the world with him as a colleague , but I could never lose my freedom by marrying him . |
| 5 | They came and prodded me and conferred , and then Dr Maxwell said I could go home . |
| 6 | They said I could work just in termtime as long as I give them notice of the definite weeks a month in advance . ’ |