Example sentences of "[pers pn] i could [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Told me I could burn the rest for all she cared . |
| 2 | This told me I could have a flight to America , if I was quick , a copy of Flight Stimulator too ! |
| 3 | Such intimacy as life with my mother entailed should cease with parturition , and since Syl so resembled her in his attitude to me I could see no end to my continued childhood . |
| 4 | From where I was standing , far below me I could see a separate miniature fort linked to the mother fortress by an umbilical causeway . |
| 5 | Mr Gillis continued writing and when Alec turned to me I could see the strain on his face . |
| 6 | In front of me I could see the dark shape of a summer-house and I moved towards it . |
| 7 | Behind me I could hear the men calling again , " Hey , mister . |
| 8 | So I was determined to show them I could take a joke and the next time a big stork went over I pretended not to know what it was called and asked my girl . |
| 9 | He was speaking to someone and beyond them I could see a brightly lit room with vast chandeliers and women in white dresses . |
| 10 | I told him I could do the job and that he would regret not taking this gamble . |
| 11 | With her I could do no wrong . |
| 12 | I told myself going to the 18th today that if I could birdie it I could win the tournament . ’ |
| 13 | From where I stood outside it I could see the Channel and the town of Boulogne set around the port . |
| 14 | Out of the drone of insect life around us I could distinguish the sound of an aeroplane engine . |
| 15 | If they want to meet us I could see no objections ’ . |
| 16 | Ahead of us I could hear the noise of the waterfall — there had been plenty of rain and when we arrived at the foss , the beck that eventually joins the Ure to travel down Wensleydale was hammering over the lip of the force . |