Example sentences of "i could [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could manage tomorrow after surgery . |
| 2 | If I had a stick I could manage all right , really . ’ |
| 3 | I could 've actually drawn this quite differently and maybe one of the carbons of on the side yeah ? |
| 4 | Up and up we went and when I could walk no longer he lay me down and covered me with kisses and love bites . |
| 5 | And in another light-year or two I was through the word-barrier , and the book had suddenly reached the stage — the wonderful moment to get to — where I could walk right into my imaginary country and see things that I had not consciously created , and listen to people talking and watch them moving , all apparently independent of me . |
| 6 | I could walk right out of here and right out of this situation . |
| 7 | As soon as I could walk straight , I got out . |
| 8 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
| 9 | Then I could walk home in daylight , but at bedtime I still searched my room for the murderer , who wore a black leather built-up surgical boot that swung and lurched down thick-pile carpets towards his victims . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But I was glad when the dinner was over , and Herbert and I could walk quietly back to our rooms together . |
| 12 | I dressed in black to reduce the chance of being seen and could n't believe my luck when I found that the house opposite his was unoccupied , with big bushes in the front garden that I could hide behind . |
| 13 | I could lean forward till my head was between my metatarsals and they 'd still need a zoom lens to catch even a hint of Page 3 . |
| 14 | One foreign ministry clerk in the early years of the twentieth century " soon decided that it was not worth the trouble to go to the office to sleep when I could sleep more comfortably in my own bed or pass my time in more interesting or more amusing tasks " , while an Italian ambassador is said to have spent only fifteen days of a year in residence in a post which he disliked . |
| 15 | If I could find it I could sleep there . |
| 16 | I could whisper now . |
| 17 | With my mind working with the speed of desperation , it seemed I would be safest where I was till I could break away in the direction of the bus station . |
| 18 | At the agreed rate of 10¢ per column inch it meant that if I could provide two 25-inch columns per day , which was relatively easy for me , I could earn about $30 per week which was $6 more than I was getting when I gave up the staff job . |
| 19 | Suppose I stop there , even though I could express as many preferences as there are candidates . |
| 20 | I could make neither head nor tail of it and decided I was dealing with a bunch of idiots . |
| 21 | ‘ I could make tomorrow evening for dinner , though . |
| 22 | Illustrations , I could put some illustrations in , I could use more , I could use colour , I could make more detailed illustrations , yes |
| 23 | At one time my major ambition was to have my father buy me an excavator so that I could make really big dams . |
| 24 | I could spot only four or five , grey-haired and staid-looking , dressed in muted , somewhat old-fashioned , frocks . |
| 25 | I could sit here for hours , just looking . |
| 26 | I would n't be able to stretch out , but at least I could sit there . |
| 27 | I wish I could talk longer because I 'd like to tell you about the lungs , but er , time 's still . |
| 28 | I wished that I could talk well , and could continue this conversation until animosity was dissipated and we could all stand on some common ground , but I knew enough to admit that this would n't happen , and that the longer the talk went on the further apart we should all grow . |
| 29 | I could talk lengthily about food without longing for it , and at home I could cook meals without tasting and without my mouth watering . |
| 30 | Until I could talk sensibly . |