Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] i could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I know I could make valuable contributions to the business … ’ |
| 2 | I never run when I know I could crawl . ’ |
| 3 | Another door , Harry had said , down by the river 's edge : and in fact , when I looked I could see it , a once-painted slab of wood set in brickwork , its bottom edge barely six inches above the water . |
| 4 | ‘ The big turning point was against Norway , when I proved I could go for 90 minutes . |
| 5 | You took my youth , my innocence — everything I had ! — and then you flung me aside when you knew I could give you nothing … and you left me nothing ! ’ |
| 6 | I thought she might not be there long and when she left I could stop her and try to persuade her . |
| 7 | I could n't really tell what it was till she told me , but when she did I could see it . |
| 8 | I had few friends , just one or two left over from school , but on the infrequent occasions when we met I could see from their faces that they pitied me , finding me foolish and Syl a bore . |
| 9 | Well when he said I could come it was er September . |
| 10 | When he discovered I could play the piano , whenever we were off together he dragged me down to one of the older lecture rooms in the Medical School basement that happened to possess a piano , to thump out the background beat . |
| 11 | I knocked on his door and when he answered I could tell from his face that he 'd been crying . |