Example sentences of "[vb past] i could [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I realized I could do an act based on what it is like to be me . |
| 2 | ‘ I realised I could influence the situation by saving resources and helping to keep the environment as clean as possible . ’ |
| 3 | If I strained I could see the world as others did , stereoscopically , but if I relaxed binocular vision would ensue , and while one ‘ eye ’ would remain focused , the other would slide away into the clouded periphery where The Fat Controller and his machinations held sway . |
| 4 | I decided to approach the Mental Health Unit and once I 'd started visiting there , I found I could work every hour of every day . |
| 5 | Eventually , I found I could hang the slide on my index finger and doodle around that way . |
| 6 | I found I could force the steering wheel a quarter of a turn and flex all sorts of things , like the casting for the gearbox mounting . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ By the second race I believed I could win a GP . |
| 8 | Reflecting on his day out against Dublin he said : ‘ That day it seemed I could do no wrong . |
| 9 | As the summer came I could take the pram along the Hastings promenade , and meet up with an old form mate of mine from school days . |
| 10 | ‘ I just assumed I could rent a plane and fly over . |
| 11 | She was a startling sight in that setting , for she was immaculately dressed in riding clothes , her breeches almost white , boots black and so highly polished I could see the flood waters reflected in them . |
| 12 | What should have been a simple review looked like it was about to turn into techno-confusion when the owner 's manual stated I could find a hook-up diagram on page 42 , and it was n't there . |
| 13 | I should have water for some hours yet , but I did n't know how long I 'd be ashore , and as the shingle here seemed fairly hard I reckoned I could get the rubber dinghy to the water even at low tide . |
| 14 | In the silence that followed I could hear the beer pumps hissing behind the bar at the back of the room . |
| 15 | When he discovered I could play the piano , whenever we were off together he dragged me down to one of the older lecture rooms in the Medical School basement that happened to possess a piano , to thump out the background beat . |
| 16 | As we sat in the garden behind his surf shop and talked I could feel the long grass beneath my feet with a sensual awareness I 'd never experienced before . |
| 17 | While she chatted I could feel the hard knots inside me untying themselves , the way tensed muscles relax in a warm bath . |
| 18 | I fancied I could hear the cold laughter of market traders and the chant of children 's games . |
| 19 | This meant I could blame the problems on other people or on situations outside myself . |
| 20 | Anyway , that meant I could have a decent drink and trust to luck not to have to need a lift back . |
| 21 | All I saw was he was tall one I never saw I could see the impression and it was like four stars . |
| 22 | When I was asked by John Wakeham to join AEA as a part-time member in 1988 , it was clear that it would to help lead a similar re-orientation and I felt I could make a useful contribution . |
| 23 | I 'd done my apprenticeship and I knew I could do a good job . ’ |
| 24 | It was then that I knew I could have a fight on my hands : If the manager sided with him and asked me to move a few feet away then I 'd have no choice but to join in the squabble . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought I could pay a bit each week outa yower wages and Jack 's , but now 'e 's leavin' us , – she wept even louder . |
| 26 | I started off the way I write every album — wrote a couple of songs , got a feel for the music and called up the musicians that I thought I could do the songs with . |
| 27 | I had been given a very short time to assimilate the books of poetry and to write the review : a time-limit that would have been almost impossible for me to meet today , so much more sluggish has my mind become ; but I felt that if Eliot thought I could do the job , it was doubtless within my capacity . |
| 28 | I went to do what I thought I could do the best . |
| 29 | I thought I could offer a lift if I had a woman with me , someone they know . ’ |
| 30 | I did n't tell you about this monster because I was afraid you would kill him and I thought I could handle the matter . |