Example sentences of "and [adj] i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although during the years I worked there I had the opportunity to meet many people , mainly the farmers who were our principal customers , I can honestly say that my job was the most boring and monotonous I could possibly have had . |
| 2 | And these I could n't get up this morning thought about . |
| 3 | Eva was only two then , and all I could think was that he 'd stolen my little girl . |
| 4 | She got hold of the railings and all I could hear was screams . |
| 5 | The ‘ magic ’ medium in this endearing space-hopper device is Siporax , claimed to work wonders in nitrate-removal , though my levels stuck resolutely at 30ppm and all I could seen in terms of visual improvement was a better class of blanketweed : sort of lusher , nar mean ? |
| 6 | ‘ I realised he was n't going to be able to stop and all I could do was watch him come closer and closer to me . |
| 7 | I wanted to run out and scream , but Mum had the key and all I could do was stand stock still , listening to the thumping of my heart . |
| 8 | Is that what she was like ? ’ and all I could do was say well , no , not at all … but that was the licence you got at the NME , because the most important word in the paper is I . ’ |
| 9 | There was an immediate loss of power and all I could do was to crash-land the aircraft . |
| 10 | There was a big rubber mark on Alain 's fairing , and all I could see was this big black torpedo trying to bite my leg off . ’ |
| 11 | I gazed at the picture of the crocodile pool and all I could think of to say was , did the gallery owner give you a discount because you 're a friend of Robert 's ? |
| 12 | The air dissolved around cordon bleu , and all I heard were parrot screeches , barking and the blowing of a horse 's soft mouth — that was him — and all I could say was : Quack quack quack . |
| 13 | And all I could do at this terrible invasion was to rise and stand mutely , with my hands by my sides , staring up at this tremendous being — whom I now saw clearly for the first time . |
| 14 | There were only a few spots of blood and all I could think about was how Mum must n't see them . |
| 15 | And all I could think about was George , about how I had nothing at all left for George now . |
| 16 | And all I could think , as the service began , was the whole truth of my heart ! |
| 17 | I 'd only experienced them through other people and it was something I could n't bear to think about , really , because my mother had died of it and all I could remember was a series of silences and around the silence was terror to me . |
| 18 | And all I could think of was the way that baby had felt in my arms , and inside I was hating God for doing this to me . ’ |
| 19 | It was the last lecture of the day , and all I could think about was getting back to Chelsea Terrace . |
| 20 | And all I could remember and all the the only thing I can remember about that was running after the car with . |
| 21 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |
| 22 | ‘ He asked me what I could say of you , Callanish , and I waited for your signal knowing that when he was wiser and ready I could tell him . ’ |
| 23 | They looked about ten , with long hair , both so brown and handsome I could have hugged them ; if I were a woman I would have made a date with them for ten years ' time . |