Example sentences of "[vb past] i could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I realised I could race them keeping them and me fit . |
| 3 | I realised I could help myself and did n't have to be this fat , unhappy child , ’ she says . |
| 4 | Yet , strangely , even as he approached I could tell he would not harm me . |
| 5 | ‘ I asked for it , ’ Flavia said , ‘ the teasing and all , after the way I pretended I could get you a taxi . ’ |
| 6 | I even found I could hold her head and pet her while she threw up . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But against all my expectations , the longer he kept away , the more I found I could hack it . |
| 9 | I believed I could do it . |
| 10 | ‘ I would never have been a dancer or believed I could do anything if it had not been for him , ’ said Crawford . |
| 11 | I never believed I could wish anyone dead , but last night changed all that . |
| 12 | It seemed I could learn nothing of happiness from Lili unless I could first discover her secret . |
| 13 | I noticed I could see my breath . |
| 14 | I reckoned I could blackmail him into a job . |
| 15 | And as soon as the bell went I could release my energy . |
| 16 | ‘ I felt I could do it better with myself . |
| 17 | I still felt I could do it . |
| 18 | I felt I could whizz it round the country lanes on school runs and trips up to town . |
| 19 | It was important to me that I did tell them individually because on their own I felt I could get their attention and having to explain why I felt like this , but more than that , I wanted them to fully understand that all of a sudden I was n't a lesbian whose name was Carla — I was still Carla , except that I just had different feelings . |
| 20 | He seemed to like me as a person — I felt I could trust him . ’ |
| 21 | Although the piece is set in the ‘ Roaring ‘ 20's ’ , Cy Coleman 's music rarely goes into period style , but instead exploits a cod-operatic vein , going from Puccini to Piaf , with winks and nods in all directions , and superbly served by Madeline Kahn , who has the voice of a sarcastic diva and a vocal presence so strong that I felt I could see her . |
| 22 | Because he knew I could handle it , he knew I would n't rip him off , and he knew I 'd automatically get treated with respect everywhere I went in the world to represent the company . ’ |
| 23 | I knew I could stand it , but not the kids . " |
| 24 | ‘ I knew I could stop him if I said I was hungry , ’ he said when it was all over . |
| 25 | You took my youth , my innocence — everything I had ! — and then you flung me aside when you knew I could give you nothing … and you left me nothing ! ’ |
| 26 | I knew I could trust him implicitly . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought at first the food was a trap , but after you left the pink mixture I knew I could trust you . ’ |
| 28 | But I knew I could trust you , and that at least you would believe me . |
| 29 | ‘ I knew I could trust you , sir . |
| 30 | I just knew I could trust you . |