Example sentences of "that i could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , Mrs. Jewkes , if it were not for the thought of that cursed parson I believe in my heart , so great is my weakness , that I could yet forgive this intriguing little slut and take her to my bosom . |
| 2 | I could not write anything here yesterday because I was too desolate at the thought that I could hot come and talk to you . |
| 3 | But when she came up to me after that third seminar I was so shocked and embarrassed that I could barely speak . |
| 4 | One thing I can remember about that evening was that I could n't eat anything . |
| 5 | However , this sensation evaporated as soon as I looked out of the window , when I realized how imprisoned I was by my ignorance , which Aisha seized upon , exploiting the fact that I did n't know how to flush the toilet , work the shower , turn on the oven or boil the electric kettle to make tea , and that I could n't understand what her older child or her next-door neighbour said . |
| 6 | Perhaps I could have freeclimbed it , but the problem was that I could n't predict the pockets and I would n't have found out until it was too late to avoid a monster fall . |
| 7 | The classical piece Cale always claimed was in him never emerged , mainly because the showman in him would n't let it go : ‘ there was just so much chaos going on , in my personal and creative life , that I could n't finish … |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He seemed so pleased with himself that I could n't help saying that I should mind them very much myself but that I had no objection to his wearing them — a view which I believed surprised him . |
| 10 | I said that I could n't fault their prices , but asked what would happen if I did n't pay . |
| 11 | She was so worried and scared of me that I could n't reward her when she did something right and , obviously , telling her off was out of the question . |
| 12 | They did n't know what he was so excited about , and his father was disgusted to find that I could n't draw a footballer ( an unKerridgean species ) . |
| 13 | It was n't only that I could n't lift myself off the ground but that I was stuck to it in some way . |
| 14 | I felt that I could n't endure any more . |
| 15 | And I was told that he was going to die shortly , and that if I wished , the measures that they were using with the respirator could be removed at my request , because he was in a terminal stage ; it was just a matter of time , and I really felt that I could n't make that decision myself . |
| 16 | The next few gybes were the first I had ever done with speed all the way through the turn , in fact , it happened so quickly that I could n't change the rig fast enough — so then I had to work on the rig change . |
| 17 | I replied that I could n't dance . |
| 18 | Jennie called me into the office and said that I could n't go as she had received a letter from my mother . |
| 19 | ‘ That I could n't possibly two-time you , of course , ’ Paula said , watching Sally slyly . |
| 20 | Born in May 1964 , Bustin , ‘ grew up with the idea that I could n't be an artist , since , one , I was n't male , and two , I was n't mad ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I also found that I could n't sit down properly , ’ says Otis . |
| 22 | ‘ After another family tragedy , I realised that I could n't shut myself off for ever , so I started attending the Circle meetings again . |
| 23 | It took me some time to work this out , for I still had such sympathy for Charlie that I could n't look at him coolly . |
| 24 | They still played sickening games that I could n't avoid , like putting sperm on each other 's nose and calling one another Merkin and Muffin , for God 's sake . |
| 25 | However , due to a lack of refinements such as a truss rod , the neck was so warped that I could n't put any frets on it , and so I was introduced to the world of fretless bass at an early age … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I was so nervous and fatigued that I could n't concentrate . |
| 27 | I was stricken with a love so vast that I could n't find the edges . |
| 28 | I have to face the fact that , now we have a mortgage and want to start a family , I 'll never enjoy the year off travelling that I could n't afford before university . |
| 29 | Before my first evening class in English I was no nervous that I could n't eat ! |
| 30 | I was so disappointed that I could n't speak at the final whistle . ’ |