Example sentences of "[Wh det] i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I looked through the viewer I had the feeling , momentarily , that it really was what I had dreamed about for so long , a sort of crystal ball in which I could call up everything I had ever known . |
| 2 | Being married and having young children , the range of chef 's hours available within contract catering was , of course , attractive ; but the main incentives were the obvious routes by which I could move upwards on joining High Table . ’ |
| 3 | Stead argues that only constant inquiry ( for which I could substitute ‘ inside ethnography ’ ) can prevent such an unacceptable trend , and it is some comfort to see a probationary policewoman , such as Cressida Dick ( 1985 ) , pointing out the political compromises such autocracy can produce , but which few of the chief officers seem willing to admit or even acknowledge . |
| 4 | When faced with a request for a garden seat , similar to the one on a recent DIY front cover , I searched high and low for one which I could buy , rather than make myself . |
| 5 | ‘ You will add great distinction to the office in ways to which I could not aspire ; but I fear you will find a great deal of the work here work which does not really interest you . ’ |
| 6 | I could send you a list of vacancies , and mark any I thought might suit Mrs Ross and which I could vouch for . |
| 7 | You conduct it without the score in front of you , which I could n't do any more as I am far away from the work . |
| 8 | The order of events was the same each year : first , the bus or train ride to whatever town The Walk was to be held in ; then being stationed somewhere from which I could see the parade . |
| 9 | The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks . |
| 10 | My expressing some Fear of being troublesome in coming so frequently , occasioned a great Variety of Invitations , both in Verse and Prose ; which I could seldom resist : And indeed her whole Behaviour to me was so extremely good-natur 'd and obliging , that I must have been the most ungrateful Person in the World , if I had not endeavour 'd to make some Return . |
| 11 | I thus made my way as quietly as possible to a position from which I could execute such a march , and clutching my implements firmly about me , succeeded in propelling myself through the doorway and several paces down the corridor before a somewhat astonished Miss Kenton could recover her wits . |
| 12 | And with a most clumsy technique , the audacity and crudeness of which I could hardly believe . |
| 13 | When I said ‘ English ’ he started on some obscure anecdote in which I could make out little except the name ‘ Margaret ’ and the repetition of ‘ kato , kato ’ , ‘ down , down ’ . |
| 14 | She was scanning the windows of the ward above , and holding up a plastic shopping bag , through which I could discern two bottles of wine and several cartons of cakes and other goodies . |
| 15 | Pink-eyed and lachrymose , I returned to the lens boutique in the Earls Court Road ( on the cornea actually ) and complained bitterly that the lenses were a pair of over-priced disasters through which I could neither see nor play Neil Simon . |
| 16 | Buckmaster in person , which I could do without . |
| 17 | . which I could do very well . ’ |
| 18 | Our respective manners proved so widely different , that it would have been quite presumptuous in me to do anything but separate from an undertaking upon which I could only have been a clog . ’ |
| 19 | I looked round for something with which I could knock him out after we had taken off . |
| 20 | I would begin Spanish now just to reassure myself that I expected a future in which I could pick up past threads . |
| 21 | I was n't saving up to get married , I was n't very interested in jewellery , and clothes , which I could have been interested in , came under the category of things to look at in shop windows but not to buy , because of the very limited amount of clothing coupons one was allowed to have . |
| 22 | He showed me one , magnifying 520 times , made of yttrium-aluminium-garnet , an artificial gemstone , mounted against a microscope slide , through which I could clearly see the tadpole-shaped trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness . |
| 23 | I have discovered those which for various reasons I did not feel comfortable with ; on the other hand , there have been a few works which I could as my personal luxury ! |
| 24 | This particular airfield had been chosen for the test-flight because it was surrounded by open country , and there in front of me were fields from which I could choose . |
| 25 | To the rear of the dome car there was only the Lorrimores ' private car , which I could hardly enter , so I retraced my steps , intending to retreat to my own roomette and watch the scenery do its stuff . |
| 26 | I have never read of any firm in Britain from which I could purchase a light box . |
| 27 | This teacher was always making me sit on his knee , and when he asked me questions like ‘ What is the square root of five thousand six hundred and seventy-eight and a half ? ’ , which I could n't answer , he tickled me . |
| 28 | Then offers started to come in from other amp and electronics companies , asking me if I wanted to branch off and do some design work for them , which I could see the advantages of — plus I wanted to have a life ! |
| 29 | Contrary to John Pain 's comment , I have always been a reasonable swimmer , and was convinced I would be able to reach the coast which I could see . |
| 30 | ( No car of my own of which I could boast ) , |