Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had few friends , just one or two left over from school , but on the infrequent occasions when we met I could see from their faces that they pitied me , finding me foolish and Syl a bore . |
| 2 | So I realized I could do an act based on what it is like to be me . |
| 3 | There 'd been some snow , and erm er he was n't well , and could I if I cared I could look for a work elsewhere , as i it was just impossible for him to pay wages , you see ? |
| 4 | ‘ I realised I could influence the situation by saving resources and helping to keep the environment as clean as possible . ’ |
| 5 | As soon as he found out I knew about cameras and all that , he realised I could make myself useful round the studio , so I sort of moved in . |
| 6 | I realised I could race them keeping them and me fit . |
| 7 | I 'd barely finished my prawn cocktail before I realised I could fall for him . ’ |
| 8 | I realised I could help myself and did n't have to be this fat , unhappy child , ’ she says . |
| 9 | If I strained I could see the world as others did , stereoscopically , but if I relaxed binocular vision would ensue , and while one ‘ eye ’ would remain focused , the other would slide away into the clouded periphery where The Fat Controller and his machinations held sway . |
| 10 | While I was on bail and Stephen was still with foster parents , they promised I could have Stephen for Christmas . |
| 11 | and as I cooled I could have been |
| 12 | Yet , strangely , even as he approached I could tell he would not harm me . |
| 13 | ‘ I asked for it , ’ Flavia said , ‘ the teasing and all , after the way I pretended I could get you a taxi . ’ |
| 14 | I even found I could hold her head and pet her while she threw up . |
| 15 | All the shops and cafés were sheltered under the arcades , and I found I could walk almost the entire length and breadth of the village under cover . |
| 16 | By a miracle I found I could do it : standing upright on the pedals and pedalling with all my might I reached the road , where Nora was waiting for me . |
| 17 | Having lost my own job , I found I could relate to everything in this honest and moving article . |
| 18 | I decided to approach the Mental Health Unit and once I 'd started visiting there , I found I could work every hour of every day . |
| 19 | Eventually , I found I could hang the slide on my index finger and doodle around that way . |
| 20 | But I found I could communicate better with men . |
| 21 | I thanked my lucky stars for Twelve French Poets , the A-level syllabus , and our rectangular French teacher , who was so thorough that I found I could discuss symbolism and synaesthesia without batting an eyelid . |
| 22 | But against all my expectations , the longer he kept away , the more I found I could hack it . |
| 23 | I found I could force the steering wheel a quarter of a turn and flex all sorts of things , like the casting for the gearbox mounting . ’ |
| 24 | It was difficult to make sure I had taken the right things but not too much and I found I could have done with less . |
| 25 | J. was one of these in his capacity as fitter/armourer , and he was there when an accident occurred which could have escalated into absolute disaster . |
| 26 | As the search intensified , a firm in Lincoln surfaced who could supply and erect a new building 200′ by 100′ and still be within the budget considered by NAM . |
| 27 | And when her husband cracked another joke , she found she could laugh with the rest . |
| 28 | Anna found she could do it quite well , but Corrie had no aptitude at all , though when it came to learning Foundling hymns she excelled . |
| 29 | From that moment Tess found she could whistle tunes to the birds just as Mrs d'Urberville wanted . |
| 30 | Pulsatilla LM1 produced a response within 3 days when her mouth felt as if it was coated with glue and then she suddenly found she could smell again ! |