Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | So I realized I could do an act based on what it is like to be me . |
| 3 | I realized I could never become well-educated just by attending old Mrs Wopsle 's evening school , so I asked Mr Wopsle 's cousin Biddy to teach me everything she knew . |
| 4 | Haughtily I will now declare that even if asked I could not endorse anything in which I did not believe . |
| 5 | There 'd been some snow , and erm er he was n't well , and could I if I cared I could look for a work elsewhere , as i it was just impossible for him to pay wages , you see ? |
| 6 | ‘ Even while I was speaking I realised I could well turn the tables with that . |
| 7 | ‘ I realised I could influence the situation by saving resources and helping to keep the environment as clean as possible . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd barely finished my prawn cocktail before I realised I could fall for him . ’ |
| 9 | I realised I could no longer pussyfoot around ! |
| 10 | Anyway , I realised I could never find that awful wool in that dreadful dirty mustard colour . |
| 11 | I wanted to touch her and make her better but I realised I could n't do that . |
| 12 | As soon as he found out I knew about cameras and all that , he realised I could make myself useful round the studio , so I sort of moved in . |
| 13 | I realised I could help myself and did n't have to be this fat , unhappy child , ’ she says . |
| 14 | I was sure I could cope but the CF clinic people had all gone home by the time I realised I could n't manage — ’ |
| 15 | I realised I could race them keeping them and me fit . |
| 16 | If all else failed I could usually rely on Massimo getting an ego-boosting tip from Helga , who was n't allowed to take part herself . |
| 17 | If I strained I could see the world as others did , stereoscopically , but if I relaxed binocular vision would ensue , and while one ‘ eye ’ would remain focused , the other would slide away into the clouded periphery where The Fat Controller and his machinations held sway . |
| 18 | While I was on bail and Stephen was still with foster parents , they promised I could have Stephen for Christmas . |
| 19 | and as I cooled I could have been |
| 20 | ‘ Occasionally I wondered if I would win again , but deep down I never really doubted I could . |
| 21 | Yet , strangely , even as he approached I could tell he would not harm me . |
| 22 | ‘ I asked for it , ’ Flavia said , ‘ the teasing and all , after the way I pretended I could get you a taxi . ’ |
| 23 | But I found I could communicate better with men . |
| 24 | I found I could force the steering wheel a quarter of a turn and flex all sorts of things , like the casting for the gearbox mounting . ’ |
| 25 | I decided to approach the Mental Health Unit and once I 'd started visiting there , I found I could work every hour of every day . |
| 26 | I found I could n't do the tarot readings anymore . |
| 27 | It was difficult to make sure I had taken the right things but not too much and I found I could have done with less . |
| 28 | But I found I could just sit down and play by ear . |
| 29 | I even found I could hold her head and pet her while she threw up . |
| 30 | In the end I found I could n't even live in it . ’ |