Example sentences of "and i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then maybe Marie and me could even get married and I could sleep in her bed , and we could be all married and that . |
| 2 | As they sat in the kitchen , Jonadab glanced across at George and remarked , ‘ While we 're a bit slack afore haytime starts , Aah thought as 'ow thoo and me could deliver them two pairs of shires ti Stephen 's . ’ |
| 3 | " Father — is it possible — is it possible that Jennifer and me could be wed before I go with you ? " |
| 4 | I had gone too far and experienced too much , I needed to slow down , to get back to the small things , the practical things , to measuring and cutting and fixing , and it was with relief that I noticed that daylight had begun to invade the room , I kept quite still , I held the glass firmly in my gaze , gradually the elements already worked on began to emerge , some more clearly than others , some in outline only and some only when they impeded the free flow of light through the glass , until the sun came up and was reflected back from the windows of the house opposite and I could sit and look at the glass and think back through the work and the mistakes and the few successes , and sense again with that sickening feeling in the pit of the stomach that the whole of the right hand side of the lower panel was still a mess , nothing there had been resolved , but then I drew back from that , though it kept trying to pull me back to itself , and concentrated on what was beginning to work , on the left hand areas both top and bottom and on the elegance of the frame and the joy of seeing the bare walls and the wainscoting appear through the empty areas , and as I moved round so different parts of the room appeared and the relation of the surface of the glass to what lay behind changed , precision and fluidity , precision and fluidity , he wrote , choice and chance , not choice alone and chance alone but the two together , that is why delay , not stoppage and not flow but delay , delay in glass , he wrote , as when the plane is late and you should have been gone , have already arrived perhaps , but you are still there , or the sprinter beats the gun and the whole field is called back , the race could have been over but it has not yet started . |
| 5 | The job paid quite well and I could perhaps at that stage have afforded somewhere slightly better to live , but I 'd got used to my new home and I was still keen to try and build up some savings again . |
| 6 | Sarah 's house was at the other end of it and I could see a couple of cars parked outside what I was sure was their home . |
| 7 | Last September I visited a garden which was nearly a thousand feet up , and I could see that the gladioli , planted as dormant corms in early May , were n't going to flower . |
| 8 | And I could die and go to heaven when I hear you making wordless muted sounds beside me and feel your lips kiss my brow so gently . |
| 9 | And you 're forty something and straight and divorced and celibate and a mother and I could n't have found a more complicated situation to fall in love with . |
| 10 | And I could n't have done without the bike . |
| 11 | My tone was defensive and I could feel the tenseness returning . |
| 12 | The crowd was full of pickpockets , as I pointed out to him , and I could have easily said , well , I am sorry Oscar , but you know it is one of the risks here . |
| 13 | The stars were clouded over , the gas lights were dim then grew a bit brighter , and I could hear a tinkly organ out of tune , the sound came from the direction of the Iron Pier . |
| 14 | The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in . |
| 15 | I stroked him , he gave me a big lick , and I could see relief sweep over him knowing I was n't going to hit him . ’ |
| 16 | My youngest girl has just been operated on and I could n't believe she only had two stitches . |
| 17 | I was 20 yards ahead and I could not afford to let Lenihan catch up . ’ |
| 18 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
| 19 | I looked at my watch , the time was just after 11 p.m. and I could see through the doorway the rain was still driving hard . |
| 20 | My nightmares returned at a time when everything was crowding in on me and I could n't cope . |
| 21 | You 'd be independent and I could babysit for Maggie . |
| 22 | We can play chess and I could probably correct your anti-materialist views on the coal industry in a matter of moments . ’ |
| 23 | Then school started and I could n't wear pyamas to school so I wore my trousers and tops … when they saw them they ( the other wives ) said ‘ Oh ! that wo n't do ! |
| 24 | Marie could look after the baby and I could help out by going to the shops for fags and milk and stuff like that . |
| 25 | And then maybe Marie and me could even get married and I could sleep in her bed , and we could be all married and that . |
| 26 | I 'd thank them and I 'd be home in five minutes and I could sit in Peter 's room looking at his stuff and chatting with him . |
| 27 | So I was thinking , when you go she could move into my room and I could have yours . ’ |
| 28 | He 's been there for weeks and I could have done the whole thing in a couple of days . |
| 29 | The Bishop thought a change would do me good and my next appointment was to Port Victoria where the language was Oluluyha and I could begin again trying to make myself understood ! |
| 30 | I went into Harrods recently and I could n't believe how revolting most of the clothes were — and they were n't cheap , either . |