Example sentences of "way i could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | We could see the sights , have some fun , and maybe I could think of some ways I could help you . ’ |
2 | ‘ I 'm sorry if I hurt you but it was the only way I could do 'im some damage . ’ |
3 | So it was all a hotchpotch , it was all and I had to do the the best I could for those who showed fish and that was the only way I could do it . |
4 | I could I know about there if I really want to but no way I could do it . |
5 | ‘ Then suddenly I just could n't take it any longer — the knowledge that the only effect I had on you was sexual , the only way I could influence you was physically , whereas you loved Jones , as I thought ; your relationship with him was emotional … |
6 | ‘ When I discovered you 'd be accompanying him to Margrida 's lunch party , I decided that the only way I could handle it was by avoiding you . ’ |
7 | There has obviously been some continuity of habitation on the site but , quite honestly , there is no way I could classify it other than , perhaps , Romo-Stuart-Georgian ! |
8 | The only way I could protect you was to make myself scarce that evening . ’ |
9 | I had no intention of leaving Armstrong and had kept the engine ticking over as there was no way I could start him up in a hurry . |
10 | I thought that way I could bring them together . |
11 | And , since Inge 's on holiday and it 's Nettie 's day off , there was no way I could leave her at Lomond View . ’ |
12 | I did n't mean to become so intense about it — I had realised my mistake the previous time — but I needed to keep from pining and working a sixteen-hour day seemed to be the only way I could manage it . |
13 | There was just no way I could get you to talk to me . |
14 | That way I could hear it faintly in the shop and the soft music would help the atmosphere . |