Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I could summize the sporting facilities for the pensioners . |
| 2 | I was so angry that I could feel the scorched marks which the blood made on my cheeks . |
| 3 | I could feel the different textures of wood , gravel and asphalt racing beneath my fingers as they came to rest on the road , and was terrified of a car coming up the cul-de-sac and smashing my hand . |
| 4 | While she chatted I could feel the hard knots inside me untying themselves , the way tensed muscles relax in a warm bath . |
| 5 | He was also fantastically clean , for Auschwitz ; when he was present , and he was present everywhere , I could sense the various cuts and nicks on my queasy jawline , my short but disobedient hair , the unhappy hang of my uniform , my lustreless black boots . |
| 6 | I could afford the naked women but not the naked scepticism , the carping and sniping and the public washing of dirty linen which represents freedom to an English editor . |
| 7 | I could ask the other players ( providing of course that Leeds are in the Final ) , however because of all the troubles the players and Managers have had in the past , most of them wo n't sell their tickets and usually only give them to their families in case they fall into the wrong hands , and then they are in trouble . |
| 8 | Sometimes too , I could hear the distant sounds of other women , coughing or calling out to one another , laughing . |
| 9 | I could hear the inverted commas . |
| 10 | ‘ I could imagine the Senseless Things , but I ca n't imagine Marc Bolan being resurrected from an enormous star in the sky and having Pan 's People dancing around him , and that was what was good for me ! |
| 11 | By watching how much my members could do and seeing the different levels of suppleness , I could judge the various stages of their capability and progress . |
| 12 | He agreed and said he would train me so that I could take the necessary exams . |
| 13 | When I travelled across to the other side of the island , I could see the other islands , and I said to myself , ‘ Perhaps I can get there with a boat . |
| 14 | From there I could see the other islands , and I could also see a boat , far out to sea . |
| 15 | I could see the tiny figures of Harvey and myself moving on two of the screens as we walked across the floor . |
| 16 | Through the glass I could see the long lines of blue moving away down the street and I could still hear the shouts of the corporal . |
| 17 | The window gave on to a small lead roof beyond whose parapet I could see the topmost branches of the elm tree , the ornate brick chimneys of my own House — School House . |
| 18 | In one of them , I could see the broken towers of a Norman castle . |
| 19 | Through the cloudburst I could see the old men laying out their prayer carpets under the arches , then , on a signal from the mullah , a line of bottoms rose and fell in time to the distant cries of ‘ Allah hu-Akbar ! ’ |
| 20 | Exactly like , I could see the same patterns — faces , almost — in the damage . |
| 21 | After his long , slow climb Stoneley had found himself to be a novice at office in-fighting , some examples of which could make the brutal intentions of a common criminal seem almost harmless . |
| 22 | This was considered fairer because the amount of advertising time would be small and expensive , which could favour the wealthiest clients . |
| 23 | One of the main reasons for this disagreement could be the dynamic character of DNA curvature , caused by differential sequence-dependent DNA flexibility ( 8,9 ) and the existence of context-dependent interactions which could influence the wedge-like features of dinucleotide steps , as in the case of AnTm tracts ( 5,9,26 ) . |
| 24 | A more dynamic approach of this kind was possible with the advent of computers which could analyse the necessary amounts of synoptic data . |
| 25 | But suppose instead that the two countries quarrelled because of some misunderstanding — then flying machines would carry weapons of devastation which could blast the two capitals to the ground ! ’ |
| 26 | This of course is what inspired Thor Heyerdahl 's dramatic Kon-Tiki expedition in which he sailed on a raft from South America to Polynesia , thus hoping to prove that he was following in the wake of ancient migration routes which could explain the cultural similarities he found between the two culture areas . |
| 27 | Since consultants gave their time free they were more available in more wealthy urban areas which could support the private practices that provided their income . |
| 28 | Within the year there was money made available for projects which could take the broad skills of a science like genetic manipulation and give them a saleable medical application . |
| 29 | Everyone could feel the abnormal strains that were now racking the monied world . |
| 30 | Nothing could withstand the terrible forces unleashed . |