Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood very close to me , leaning on the verandah railings , so that I could feel , or imagined I could feel , the warmth of her skin . |
| 2 | ‘ I would never have been a dancer or believed I could do anything if it had not been for him , ’ said Crawford . |
| 3 | ‘ Is there a shower or bath I could use ? ’ |
| 4 | In almost anything that happened I could find guilt and apply it to myself . |
| 5 | In the silence that followed I could hear the beer pumps hissing behind the bar at the back of the room . |
| 6 | I was that shocked I could n't he myself ! |
| 7 | Anyway , that meant I could have a decent drink and trust to luck not to have to need a lift back . |
| 8 | I 've always been a worker yet there is a part of me that feels I could end up like that , too . |
| 9 | So try and get that wish I could get through that . |
| 10 | Haughtily I will now declare that even if asked I could not endorse anything in which I did not believe . |
| 11 | ‘ Hope that even after all the anger and the pain you 've been through in your life , you 'll still be able to search your heart and realise I could never betray you . |
| 12 | I was about to add his son had been an excellent patient , and found I could not do it . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'ope it 's not damaged permanent , ’ she said , ‘ I do n't know what I 'd do if I 'ad more 'ard luck and found I could n't ever walk again . ’ |
| 14 | I then bought some designers ' gouache ( colourfast ) and found I could still paint wet into wet without the whole thing going into a swim as in a watercolour painting . |
| 15 | I went home every weekend for three nights and on Wednesday night , and believed I could blast up the motorway when summoned for the birth . |
| 16 | It 's an eight-way-scrolling arcade extravaganza with graphics and sound I could have cheerfully shot my grandmother for . |
| 17 | I was so elated and relieved I could have kissed them , but immediately felt ashamed that I 'd let them see my fear . |
| 18 | As we sat in the garden behind his surf shop and talked I could feel the long grass beneath my feet with a sensual awareness I 'd never experienced before . |
| 19 | I had taken very little , but this screw took great pleasure in going through all my things and saying I could n't take most of it . |
| 20 | I have always kept myself fit and feel I could continue playing until I am 35 . ’ |
| 21 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |
| 22 | Half the racing world had seen me pick up Nolan and knew I could defend myself . |
| 23 | I was disgusted by the whole idea of class and thought I could abolish it by pretending it did n't exist . |
| 24 | The sun was setting and there were moments when I , too , felt like ‘ stout Cortés ’ and thought I could see the Pacific . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , someone got up and said I could n't propose throwing redcoats out of Belfast because there were n't any nowadays . |
| 26 | I also told him about the new hip and thigh diet and said I could do with some more volunteers to try it out . |
| 27 | After the things that dreadful man has done and said I could n't go back . |
| 28 | And when I asked him what would happen if it got known he just smiled and said I could talk if I wanted to . |
| 29 | And then he looked , when he put it out he looked over to me and said I could see your face Irene . |
| 30 | I looked at him and wished I could be so unconcerned . |