Example sentences of "i could [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always the message was the same : ‘ Child , I could set fire to green grass , but it would not burn . ’ |
| 2 | I was stupid to think that I could bring reason and truth into their lives and thoughts . |
| 3 | Now if I were to mix some of that with another substance I could make printing ink . |
| 4 | I could make love to you in any room in the house , ’ he grinned . |
| 5 | I could watch telly and actually hear what Jim was saying in Neighbours . |
| 6 | This is precisely what he had been attempting in " The Dry Salvages " , for example , and it is significant that he used much the same phrase in his demand that contemporary poetry should have such a strong relationship to current speech that " the listener or reader can say " that is how I should talk if I could talk poetry " . |
| 7 | As much as I could do south of the equator |
| 8 | I could do park parade tha , a girl was , er er anywa , I went in the factory and one of the girls says they were saying about a dance , says ooh I quite a few you ought to see him dance the park parade ! |
| 9 | I could stay in the house and be marked as frightened , or I could do battle with the elements , making my way to the family as usual . |
| 10 | " If I could do something- " |
| 11 | ‘ And I could do news from abroad and about the war , ’ said Carrie . |
| 12 | Maybe I could do business with this guy , I thought . |
| 13 | Whilst the seconder is coming to the rostrum colleagues , perhaps I could advise Conference of what the position is at the moment concerning the programme . |
| 14 | I could smell sawdust in the cold , damp air and hear the buzz of the freezer . |
| 15 | I heard small noises from the cottage below my window , and I could smell cooking . |
| 16 | Straightaway I could smell toast being made in the little room behind the shop among the scales and ledgers . |
| 17 | I could smell smoke and hear the most terrible screams . |
| 18 | That really turned my stomach , even if , I mean I remember when I was carrying , when I was carrying the twins , and he used to go out huge things you know , and so much so that if he came home in the night , right , and I was already in bed asleep , I would be able to er , he would wake me in the bedroom cos I could smell smoke on him , but he did n't smoke , but where he 'd been the pub or a night club , I smelt |
| 19 | He said I thought someone was here he said cos I could smell fag smoke . |
| 20 | And erm , one day we had friends round , and I went into the loo it stinks of smoke in here , it was really bizarre , and I , I went , and sort of just thought oh , and then I went in again , and I really did smell , and I thought , this is really odd , and so when I came out here I said , did anyone else smell smoke in the ba in the bathroom , and they said oh yeah , I could smell cigarette smoke , and then , it must have just been upstairs , and it wafted down , and in through ours , cos there was no one else really around . |
| 21 | Then my sense of smell came into play and I could smell motor oil and if I concentrated , I could feel the cloth wrapped tightly around my head . |
| 22 | It is only November , but I could smell snow in the air . |
| 23 | I could feel excitement in my stomach — a rising , tingling rush . |
| 24 | I could feel water seeping through my jumper and making my back damp . |
| 25 | Again , in that head-state , I could feel anger that I could have made such a mistake , and a determination it would n't happen again . |
| 26 | I could scream abuse at him all day long ; he would n't mind at all . |
| 27 | Tristan looked wounded ; " I told you I could cook sausage and mash . " |
| 28 | I thought I could bestow beauty |
| 29 | One young waiter did , but very ( very ) badly , and after several efforts asked whether I could speak English . |
| 30 | But no I think er they thought I could speak English better than some of them themselves so they sent me off to English universities or wherever to put across our problems . |