Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why — because , though at any other time I could perhaps let my feelings have their head , this time , for a reason I simply was n't seeing then , I just knew that it could not be like that with you . ’ |
| 2 | Erm yes erm well at the ti at first I could only move my head , but when I went on that holiday , St Giles had been working on me with nerve machines and muscle machines |
| 3 | I could only make my exit . |
| 4 | I no longer drank black coffee nor smoked , so I could only chew my almonds and sip my herb tea . |
| 5 | I could only attribute my captors ' sudden change of attitude to the fact that they were pleased to be getting rid of me . |
| 6 | As the last of the boys arrived I thought that maybe I could just make my way to the back of the queue , or sprint back to the changing room on one pretext or another and conveniently lose my place in the line . |
| 7 | I could just see my hand when I held it out . |
| 8 | I could just see my face in it . |
| 9 | God , if I could just get my hands on the bastards who did that to your house ! |
| 10 | If I could just add my thanks to the officers substantial piece of work , which is , I hope going to be used by many members to come for the next year . |
| 11 | I could just imagine my father jumping up and down on this argument , this need for meaning , for faith . |
| 12 | I pictured doing an impossible thing — I thought that if I got too close to coming , I could somehow angle my leg and contort it so that I caught hold of my cock in my bent knee and squeezed it like a nut in a nutcracker until it stopped wanting to come . ’ |
| 13 | No one could possibly ignore my efforts here tonight . |
| 14 | How often declared that I did not think I could possibly deserve my Pamela till I could show her a purity as nearly equal to hers . |
| 15 | I felt aggrieved at this because I had not worked with the sister during my placement , and could not imagine how she could possibly assess my work and capability . |
| 16 | At lunch I was sad and subdued , and I could hardly face my mother 's and father 's happy faces , or the rather more knowing glances of Aunt Lyallie , who I later discovered had put my mother wise to many things . |
| 17 | I felt I could hardly lift my arm to comb my hair it was such an effort ; but most of all I got so depressed knowing everything was piling up and I was n't doing anything about it , and soon I would n't be able to . |
| 18 | I could hardly contain my excitement . |
| 19 | " You could hardly expect my people , weak and hungry as they are , to carry them all the way from King Darzin 's garden . |
| 20 | I could hardly believe my luck . |
| 21 | With the election less than a fortnight away , I could hardly believe my luck . |
| 22 | He soon had it back with Granny 's belongings intact , and I could hardly believe my ears and eyes when I heard her thank him and allow him to lift her back onto the driver 's seat , in gratitude for which she kissed him on the cheek . |
| 23 | I could hardly believe my ears . |
| 24 | ‘ I sat up late watching the election results and could hardly believe my eyes . |
| 25 | I could hardly believe my eyes . |
| 26 | I could hardly believe my eyes . |
| 27 | ‘ I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw you in the market . |
| 28 | My dear , I could hardly keep my patience . |
| 29 | I could hardly keep my eyes open . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been walking up and down Fleet Street , if you want to know , ’ he said , ‘ to see whether I could still show my face in public . |