Example sentences of "found [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I found I could communicate better with men . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I found I could n't do the tarot readings anymore . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But I found I could just sit down and play by ear . |
| 7 | I even found I could hold her head and pet her while she threw up . |
| 8 | In the end I found I could n't even live in it . ’ |
| 9 | Eventually , I found I could hang the slide on my index finger and doodle around that way . |
| 10 | ‘ I found I could not afford it so I pulled out , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I was about to add his son had been an excellent patient , and found I could not do it . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Having lost my own job , I found I could relate to everything in this honest and moving article . |
| 15 | And when I did I found I could n't concentrate on my work at all . |
| 16 | In the end I found I could n't . |
| 17 | But against all my expectations , the longer he kept away , the more I found I could hack it . |
| 18 | When I tried I found I could n't , but Bri took pity on me and we spent hours playing cards . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 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 | I prodded with my pole , but somehow the current made it cling , and I found I could n't shake Casey away . |
| 23 | ‘ I wondered what exactly was going on when I found I could n't get into my own garage because of a great red car parked in the way . ’ |
| 24 | sitting on the bed in my old room last night , I found I could n't work out how I felt about Hilda dying . |
| 25 | I could n't tell how exactly , except that I found I could n't teach you so well . |
| 26 | ‘ No , nor I , and although I might have wanted , so very many times , over the past few years , to walk away , shed my responsibilities , let them all get the hell on with it , perhaps I 'm a marginally better person than I had thought , because I found I could n't do it . |
| 27 | Anyway the workload gradually increased until I found I could n't continue any longer and have been off work for the last six months . |
| 28 | I started relationships with women my own age , but found I could n't take to them because I could n't forget the woman I had married . |
| 29 | I mean I keep on saying if I found I could n't do the maths I 'd ditched |
| 30 | Dot found she could read the letters and was surprised . |