Example sentences of "[pers pn] could still [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cut up back towards Hackney and Fly 's opticians , judging I could still make the Banker by three , though I wondered why I was worrying about leaving Werewolf waiting in a pub . |
| 2 | Halfway home I stopped in the mist to listen , and I could still hear the sound of the file . |
| 3 | I could still write a letter in Doctor Jekyll 's name ! |
| 4 | I would have to go as fast as I could while I could still see the way , and then rest for longer , and then probably crawl . |
| 5 | Although it was dark , I could still see the stone wall at the edge of the road . |
| 6 | Made some more bets that did n't quite work out , but I could still see the pattern — a good one , too . |
| 7 | I could still see the causeway . |
| 8 | Luckily I could still ride the bike . |
| 9 | I could still read the name of the English toffee manufacturer on the lid which she prised off with a knife . |
| 10 | The moment she was seated he let her go , but she could still feel the imprint of his grip like iron wrapped in velvet . |
| 11 | ‘ My God ! ’ she murmured , touching her fingers to her lips as though she could still feel the imprint of his ravaging mouth . |
| 12 | She could still feel the imprint on her brow . |
| 13 | And she could still feel the moment when hope , as his face had bent towards her , had melted into an emotion much more like disappointment . |
| 14 | Sir , to do summat to do like she was paralysed but she could still feel the pain ? |
| 15 | She could still feel the pressure of his fingers . |
| 16 | She could still feel the impression of Ven 's mouth , warm where he had kissed her , where that super , terrific mouth had actually touched her skin . |
| 17 | She could still get a phone call telling her sh telling her no , that 's the other thing . |
| 18 | She knew she should refuse this assignment and even resign if necessary but to her annoyance she could still see the magnificent figure on horseback , she could still hear the music and the wild applause . |
| 19 | She guessed they 'd come about twenty yards inland ; she could still hear the sigh and fall of the incoming tide . |
| 20 | She remembered the moment when he had locked the door and she had known herself trapped — she could still hear the sound of Rose Trivet crying her heart out in another part of the house . |
| 21 | She had imagined the unwelcome caller would be quickly repulsed , but after ten minutes , when she could still hear the sound of voices in the outer room , she reluctantly left the bed to enter the shower , and was fully clothed and brushing her hair in front of the bedroom mirror by the time the door opened to re-admit Rune . |
| 22 | She could still hear the chord he had sounded ; still see his fingers spreading to form the shape . |
| 23 | She could still hear the pounding of the waves on the rocks below , but felt lulled rather than threatened by the muffled boom , accepting it as an inescapable sound on an island surrounded by the Atlantic ocean . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , yes ! ’ he drawled , laughing too , but she could still hear the tension in his voice and she knew she had to tell him everything . |
| 25 | She could still see the tableau this morning : her father with tears of pride in his eyes — she knew he would go to the business and bore everyone to death with tales about how his wonderful daughter was going to university . |
| 26 | He had to admit that she could still ride a lot better than he could . |
| 27 | Armistice Day is still only celebrated in Southern Ireland by protestants : as late as the early 1970s , you could still tell a protestant by his poppy on 11 November . |
| 28 | If this maximum applies , you could still end the year in arrears . |
| 29 | The Israelis had turned the Damiani soap factory into a municipal museum but you could still see the family 's name in fading Arabic letters on the archway at one end of the building . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sure you could still get a bit of teaching work , you know . |