Example sentences of "[coord] i could [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had never been in the lift since moving — either it was out of order or I could smell the putrid stench seeping out into the lobby and avoided it . |
| 2 | ‘ Think about it , dear girl , ’ Spencer said softly , ‘ anything is better than disgrace to the family name , do n't you think , and between us , you and I could rescue the old family firm ? |
| 3 | Peter Tomlinson , inexperienced in television terms , had been brought in for a key " anchor " role and I could appreciate the excessive pressure on him . |
| 4 | Then she took one step more towards me so that a bar of light fell across her face and I could see the angry expression on it . |
| 5 | Agnes looked timid and I could hear the old servant weeping in the scullery . |
| 6 | . Do n't blame it on the mother-fucking and I could fill the whole fucking , A is for apple , K is kill , I 'm killing , killing if you wan na rock that there , come on . |
| 7 | If he had been close to the cliff I would not have been able to see him , but I could see the whole section of shoreline , and there was no boat there . |
| 8 | It was too cold to push my face far out of my sleeping bag but I could see the yellow damp stain , like a map , on the wall opposite , and the little nest of cobwebs in a comer of the ceiling . |
| 9 | I loved trains , but I could remember the mounting excitement that I felt , as we approached the path leading to the station , change suddenly and inexplicably to fear . |
| 10 | But I could hear the breathy snarl that Mala makes when she is about to hurt someone quite badly , and with it a menacing series of grunts that could only be Gharrgoyles . |
| 11 | I was glad of this ; I should have made every effort to see to her comfort in the cottage but I could imagine the thunderous impact that Préfleur would have on her . |
| 12 | Mr Wilson commented on the BBC doing nothing which would do a disservice to Linfield Football Club , but I could say the same about Glenavon . |