Example sentences of "i could [adv] [vb infin] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could also give my opinion of the way you 've behaved . ’ |
| 2 | If I could get a home where my kids could grow up with daily fear and where I could also help my father , I could push this hell out of my mind and start afresh with my family . |
| 3 | I could also pick his feet out and deal with the foot-rot which was starting to set in . |
| 4 | He knew I could well hold my own . |
| 5 | ‘ I could n't move my fingers for cold . ’ |
| 6 | I could n't move my arms or legs , my body tingled all over and I had a terrible splitting headache . |
| 7 | ‘ I could n't move my arms or legs ’ |
| 8 | The rubber was stretching and stretching and not tightening enough , and I could n't move my hands for fear of it tearing the flesh off a finger or biting my nose off . |
| 9 | I 'm shouting at the 4th one not to do them so tight because I could n't move my fingers and they just told me to shut my mouth and go quietly . |
| 10 | — But I could n't cover his marker — why should I ? |
| 11 | I could n't drag your name through the divorce courts , even if we could ever … ’ |
| 12 | I released her fingers but I could n't drag my eyes away from the gleam of gold as it winked tantalisingly at me . |
| 13 | I could n't answer his questions . |
| 14 | ‘ I could n't change my mind . |
| 15 | But I have a week er but I could n't open my week 's . |
| 16 | I woke up yesterday morning , I could n't open my eyes ! |
| 17 | No , I could n't reach your pile ! |
| 18 | ‘ I could n't make my mind up about exactly why Mills resigned from SIS in 1962 . |
| 19 | I could n't bear her judgements , I did n't agree , I do n't agree , with her values . |
| 20 | I could n't bear her look of hurt expectancy any more , so I tore myself away from her face and walked off . |
| 21 | I could n't spot my Russian friends , nor any writer whom I recognised . |
| 22 | I could n't leave my children . |
| 23 | Then we got Brian back — ’ Brian ! — ‘ because I could n't stand your father worrying that he 'd fall down a rock face . ’ |
| 24 | I could n't tell her mine was n't a route she 'd stand much chance of following . |
| 25 | But I could n't tell my mother or father because I should have been in bed by that time . |
| 26 | I told my boyfriend but I could n't tell my mum . |
| 27 | I found them — compulsive … fascinating … fantasy and fable mixed , and so beautifully executed , almost photographic in detail , that I could n't shake their impression from my mind . |
| 28 | I would n't be where I am today if I could n't hold my own in a dog-eat-dog world . |
| 29 | This meant that I could n't lead my own life at all ; when I complained about this to my husband he laughed it off . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's true he did n't often talk about his family , but I could n't forget your lovely name , I liked it so much . |