Example sentences of "i could [verb] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I could undo the feet and put socks on her . |
| 2 | ‘ No , I doubt if I could pass the exams . ’ |
| 3 | I got involved because his family live some way away and they asked me if I could make the arrangements , sort things out until they got there . |
| 4 | Thus equipped I could watch the films in comfort , switching from one screen to the other . |
| 5 | But Graham won , so I could pay the wages from the prize money . |
| 6 | I did n't want to become embroiled in yet another discussion of office politics and personalities , but there was one question I wanted to ask , if I could prevent the words slurring round my mouth . |
| 7 | ‘ As I say , I could do the papers of the business . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And sometimes , when the heaviest boulders thumped to the ground , I could feel the reverberations jolting the house . |
| 10 | I could feel the muscles on her thin arm round my neck . |
| 11 | William Huck , 66 , said : ‘ It was about four in the morning and I could feel the windows rattling . |
| 12 | When I opened one of them and saw English words I could feel the tears pricking at the back of my eyes . |
| 13 | Watching Smotty 's four-minute debut — missing an open goal whilst tying his bootlace , refusing to take a second-minute penalty until he had washed his shin pads in the puddle on the centre circle , then when he did take it hitting the corner flag — I could feel the supporters forcing my head further and further down on the block . |
| 14 | The heat was so intense I could feel the hairs on my hands singe . ’ |
| 15 | I could feel the hairs rise at the back of my neck as I said , ‘ You 've seen her ? ’ |
| 16 | The adrenalin of going to a Court had kept it at bay so far but now I could feel the walls closing in again . |
| 17 | I could mention the names of several persons whose influence over their flocks was solely attributable to this circumstance . |
| 18 | Here I could inspect the nests of numerous smaller birds and their young . |
| 19 | This meant I could blame the problems on other people or on situations outside myself . |
| 20 | I could change the times on Monday a bit . |
| 21 | ‘ With you as my guide I could suffer the fires of hell . ’ |
| 22 | Or perhaps I could summon the musicians . |
| 23 | and I could read the streams with all the skin |
| 24 | I could trust the men I drank with . |
| 25 | It was n't my intention originally to go to the flat , it was my intention to reconnoitre the area in order that I could supply the officers who were going to do the actual operation with up to date information as to erm the methods of getting in to the block of flats because they had a coded key door erm and to acquaint myself of the actual physical erm presence of lifts , stairways and that sort of thing . |
| 26 | It was another still island day and I could hear the sounds of a motorbike and chainsaw on the mainland . |
| 27 | Outside I could hear the sounds made by Miss Hinkle as she returned from lunch . |
| 28 | ‘ The landing was ablaze and I could hear the soldiers shouting downstairs . |
| 29 | I could hear the bones breaking … |
| 30 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |