Example sentences of "time [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember trying to make sense out of these ghostly darting signs that overlaid the story of the film , which most of the time I could n't follow . |
| 2 | At the time I could n't work legally in England and I had about two or three months to deliver my thesis for my degree . |
| 3 | Beads of blood appeared along the cuts , which alarmed me , though at the same time I could see that the wounds were superficial . |
| 4 | Every time I could get away I used to drive down to New York , where I 'm originally from , and go to the Paradise Garage . ’ |
| 5 | That slow laugh came again , but this time I could identify for sure the menace and the mockery in it . |
| 6 | At the same time I could hear someone tapping frantically on the glass door of the kiosk , someone far too anxious to clamber in with me . |
| 7 | If I was living in Mauritius , the time I could spend in jeans would be restricted , as young women seldom wear trousers ; the punjabi dress , with its tight-fitting trousers , is acceptable , though . |
| 8 | This was because at that time I could not find a Salome . |
| 9 | They waved once and I waved back , and for some time I could see their bright jackets in the dappled shade of the afternoon sun . |
| 10 | This time I could not have cared . |
| 11 | For some time I could not speak . |
| 12 | And all the time I could read the writing upside-down on his desk : ‘ Reason for Referral : Bouts of uncontrollable aggression . ’ |
| 13 | I risked them seeing me so as to try to hear , but in fact by the time I could hear them they were shouting , which meant I could listen through the doorway without seeing them or being seen . |
| 14 | A.H.Q. expected to detect these transports east of Malta at extreme range and by that time I could spare some Marylands while still meeting the P.R . |
| 15 | I waved frantically , but this time I could actually sense my body temperature falling rapidly with the physical exertion . |
| 16 | ‘ At the time I could see myself eventually in some sort of consultancy capacity . ’ |
| 17 | As I turned around each time I could see Mark crouching in the snow . |
| 18 | At that time I could only eat alone . |
| 19 | At the time I could n't bear to be parted from my new little owl . |
| 20 | By the time I could get out of the Press-box into the open air , the rain which had been the cause of the stoppage was barely perceptible . |
| 21 | At the same time I could see Terry standing close by , on firm ground . |
| 22 | So much so that for weeks at a time I could live without eidetiking at all . |
| 23 | For a time I could communicate only by raising my eyebrows when someone pointed to letters on a card . |
| 24 | And at the same time I could n't help seeing Barber was a bit of a sham . |
| 25 | And Sid had said , ‘ If I had the time I could write down some of the things I 've seen that you would n't believe . ’ |
| 26 | After a time I could hear distant shouts . |
| 27 | Well at that particular time I could n't tell him . |
| 28 | I can hear Victor asking what I 'd do if I started losing the fight ; let them kick me about while all the time I could stop them ; let them find the gun ? |
| 29 | Denis Norden was as delightful and urbane a guest as Don Black had been , but this time I could actually hear and respond to what he was saying . |
| 30 | At one time I could easily have become a fundamentalist advocate of natural childbirth ( Reaching for certainty NI 210 ) . |