Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were my feelings not so strong I could not bring myself to say goodbye . ’ |
| 2 | This was something so endearing I could n't speak for a moment . |
| 3 | I am so sorry I could not revert to the ‘ phone at the very moment you rang on Thursday . |
| 4 | the water stood so clear I could not gauge |
| 5 | I was born a poor black boy down in Mississippi , out in Alabama and he 's like a jet white ai n't he ? and he says I always felt different cos all the other kids they just sit there and they 'd be tapping their feet and then you go onto the oh and they 're getting the old rhythm going , like they do and he 'd be going like I all so different I could n't quite do this and he used to get in look , and er |
| 6 | By this time , my temperature and blood pressure was so high I could not even be given a proper anaesthetic . |
| 7 | ‘ I did get some interviews but I would be so paralysed I could n't do myself justice . |
| 8 | Yes , I do enjoy living here , but it 's very different from England and , I must admit , there are times when I miss things back home so much I could literally grab the first plane out of here . ’ |
| 9 | At school the next day I hurt so much I could hardly bear to stay sitting down . |
| 10 | When I was a boy of fourteen , my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand the old man around . |
| 11 | It seemed so sad I could have cried . |
| 12 | But I was so nervous I could n't get it out properly . |
| 13 | ‘ It was so dark I could hardly see where to put my cross on the voting slip — and then I could n't get to the ballot box which was situated in a poky little office . |
| 14 | It was so obvious I could n't imagine why I had n't seen it before . |
| 15 | I 'm just so glad I could do it ! |
| 16 | At one point I felt as if I was drifting slowly across a huge , vivid moviescreen , so large I could n't see its edges . |
| 17 | ‘ I was so cold I could only just press the stop button . |
| 18 | I hurried on , slipping on the black ice , cursing and praying , hammering at the doors I passed but I was so cold I could hardly cry out . |
| 19 | I was soaked to the skin , my hands so cold I could hardly keep hold of the tiller . |
| 20 | ‘ I was hoping Branson would be so tired I could beat him down , nag him into submission , ’ says McLaren . |
| 21 | And when it was so deep I could n't see the bottom , Old Bolton 's prize sow , you know the one who had borne so many litters , there was no space atween her belly and the ground . |
| 22 | But the trouble was , he was so vile I could n't respect him . |
| 23 | Now that there was somebody else here , the thought of going back , the thought of the house and the valley being empty again — this time forever , I was sure of that — seemed so terrible I could not bear it . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh Celia I 'm so unhappy I could kill myself . |
| 25 | It swam straight into my chest and bowled me over , thank God it swam on but the adrenalin was flowing so all I could think about was what sort of picture I 'd got . |
| 26 | There were no books in the room so all I could do was look out of the window and wait for the quarterly chimes from the Cathedral Clock . |
| 27 | By next morning some stray cat had eaten much of his back , so all I could do was measure him . |
| 28 | So all I could do was to prance about waving flashcards and realia like a second-rate conjuror at a children 's party , and try not to glance at my watch more than once a minute . |
| 29 | He was wearing a balaclava so all I could see was his eyes . |
| 30 | Well when , when Friar Lawrence returned when he was meant to be giving the letter to Romeo , I was just devastated , I did I just did n't know what to do so all I could do was rush down to the graveyard and try and stop Romeo , by the time I was there it was too late . |