Example sentences of "i could [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | said of driving all the way back round to collect them , he said I could walk down to the Jolly Farmers |
| 2 | With my mind working with the speed of desperation , it seemed I would be safest where I was till I could break away in the direction of the bus station . |
| 3 | I could step out between the bars , and a day like this declared every reason for the risk . |
| 4 | In which case , if our relationship was already wrecked beyond repair , I could hold on to the phetam . |
| 5 | My father went back to stirring the soup , which I could smell now above the cigar smoke . |
| 6 | Forty minutes of temptation was as long as I could last out in the cold , biting wind but an invigorating walk in such conditions has to be good for you . |
| 7 | I came over it below the farmhouse and hugged the side wall like I 've seen them do in the movies until I could peer round into the farmyard . |
| 8 | ‘ If I could end up with the Olympic , world , European and Commonwealth golds , I reckon that might make even Carl blink . |
| 9 | I could tell immediately by the look on his face that he knew about Granny , for news travelled fast in our district and nothing was secret for long . |
| 10 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 11 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 12 | I suppose I could carry on with the cataloguing , ’ she suggested . |
| 13 | I could go anywhere in the world and people would recognize me as an athlete . |
| 14 | As I looked at his stern face , I knew I could go anywhere in the world with him as a colleague , but I could never lose my freedom by marrying him . |
| 15 | I could go anywhere in the house . |
| 16 | Hungry and cold would have to wait until I could go back to the cafe , dirty was obviously going to be more of a problem . |
| 17 | ‘ I could go back to the house and look for it , ’ he offered in desperation . |
| 18 | I could go back to the Happy Isles and see what little Moby was up to . |
| 19 | You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared . |
| 20 | Having lived in Australia for some years and witnessed forest fires , leaping from tree to tree and running along the thin covering of bush and grass , I could enter imaginatively into the prophet 's experience . |
| 21 | George said : ‘ Well I dare say I could find out from the Land Registry . ’ |
| 22 | If just one of them had sent one of their grandmothers , and I could come out of the sun , and if I could have a silenced chain-saw , then maybe it would be fair . |
| 23 | Well I could come along in the evening perhaps . |
| 24 | ‘ But at least I could come close to the song of electricity . |
| 25 | I do n't think yo I think you may be right but I do n't think I could keep up with the different kind of hairstyles ! |
| 26 | Charlie had left me with only two choices : I could try to run the baker 's shop myself and give up any thought of taking a degree , or I could sell out to the highest bidder . |
| 27 | I could sidle up to the hi-fi and turn it off , snap on the light-switch and announce quite calmly to all the sycophants here that Luke Denner is nothing more than a callous murderer . |
| 28 | ‘ I stopped just behind you but before I could get out of the car you were well away . |
| 29 | By the time I could get out of the Press-box into the open air , the rain which had been the cause of the stoppage was barely perceptible . |
| 30 | There , as there was no performance on a Monday , I could get back to the melin on Sunday morning and not have to leave before Tuesday afternoon . |