Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] i could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The front area of the house , including our bedroom , was dry , and how I wished I could lock myself in there and pretend the rest was n't happening . |
| 2 | How I wished I could buy him a record-player for all those useless records , but there was no point in thinking along those lines , so in the end I got him a belt , made of different coloured woven leathers , very gay and rather spivvy , only of course it would n't look spivvy on him . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , how I wish I could go home and find him there ! ’ thought Penny , as she hurried along the footpath that led to her house . |
| 4 | How I wish I could draw , Donald ! |
| 5 | How I wish I could find a master like you , tough and strong . |
| 6 | Seven months on , how I wish I could say that the Escort/Orion range is at least going in the right direction . |
| 7 | How I wish I could have helped him . ’ |
| 8 | From where I lay I could see the repeated pattern of the sleepers slowly passing beneath the train . |
| 9 | Using the cover of the bushes or whatever , I crouch as low as possible and manoeuvre myself into a position where I know I could cast to them , not forgetting to make a note of a landing site , for it is useless to hook a fish if you can not play it to the landing net . |
| 10 | Her head did not nearly reach his shoulder , and even from where I stood I could sense the gentleness , the protectiveness , which were to be her portion . |
| 11 | Even from where I stood I could smell the strong , stale wine fumes which permeated the stench of the ripped body . |
| 12 | Even from where I stood I could see the white and yellow of dog-daisies and hawkear blowing in the sea-breeze like coloured veils over the green . |
| 13 | It must have taken her an awful lot to write those words , and they were why I felt I could go back and see her now . |
| 14 | ‘ I see now why you said I could give it back to you when the time was right . ’ |