Example sentences of "[noun pl] and i could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By then I was on my feet and I could see her face , the cheeks marked by the slaps he had given her , the eyes showing signs of intelligence again . |
| 2 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
| 3 | The bus stopped at the traffic lights and I could see him counting his £1 coins . |
| 4 | When I went into the shop people were tripping over themselves and banging into things and I could hear them saying : ‘ That 's Geoffrey Boycott — Geoffrey Boycott , sat in that car . ’ |
| 5 | Five more sentences and I could tell you which street you were born in . |
| 6 | And erm so we started the Brownies and I could train them and we used to have such fun together , you know |
| 7 | No he said , and I went over and I picked him up anyway , and sat him on , I sat him on my knee and I said we 'll just do some rhymes and I could feel him sort of going mm , mm , mm , like they do all pathetic and whiny , anyway Phyllis arrived and afterwards it was , by then he had calmed down and he was fine and I said wan na read the story now cos he missed it of course when he decided he could n't do without his car , so I said next week perhaps come without your car , I think I 'd won him over by the end but , it was a bit hairy . |
| 8 | And M was stabbing at the table top with her secateurs and I could see she was white with rage . |
| 9 | Well they got these blacklegs and I could tell you a story about that as well . |