Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] i could " in BNC.

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1 I never run when I know I could crawl . ’
2 When I know I could make valuable contributions to the business … ’
3 Eventually when I felt I could not take any more I threw the blanket off and sat up .
4 I went back to bathe my eyes and when I returned I could not see them . ’
5 Another door , Harry had said , down by the river 's edge : and in fact , when I looked I could see it , a once-painted slab of wood set in brickwork , its bottom edge barely six inches above the water .
6 ‘ The big turning point was against Norway , when I proved I could go for 90 minutes .
7 When I arrived I could n't speak a word of Spanish , did n't know anything about the photographic scene in Madrid and had never worked as a professional photographer before , so it was n't the easiest of situations to begin with . ’
8 ‘ I wondered what exactly was going on when I found I could n't get into my own garage because of a great red car parked in the way . ’
9 You took my youth , my innocence — everything I had ! — and then you flung me aside when you knew I could give you nothing … and you left me nothing ! ’
10 I thought she might not be there long and when she left I could stop her and try to persuade her .
11 I could n't really tell what it was till she told me , but when she did I could see it .
12 I had few friends , just one or two left over from school , but on the infrequent occasions when we met I could see from their faces that they pitied me , finding me foolish and Syl a bore .
13 When we arrived I could n't come into the house because I knew … thought I knew what was coming .
14 I could only see him when they said I could , and they would be stood right next to me , watching me all the time .
15 Well when he said I could come it was er September .
16 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 .
17 I knocked on his door and when he answered I could tell from his face that he 'd been crying .
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