Example sentences of "i could [adv] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flying from London to Los Angeles I could make New York a genuine intermediate target by taking a stop-over or I could simply score the halfway mark on the total journey . |
| 2 | Beyond the wild-tangle of flowers I could just see the upper storey of the house , grey stone with tall sashed windows and a roof of grey slate with its unsmoking chimney stacks . |
| 3 | I could already feel the rubber hosepipe . |
| 4 | I could equally describe the dense wilderness that settles on you like a heavy hand , barely an hour 's walk from Yosemite 's granite architecture . |
| 5 | I think I could probably leave the front door open all night and nobody would walk in . |
| 6 | So we had this agreement I would al arrive in a removal van just as assembly finished to start the lessons in the morning and then my removal man would come back and pick me up again at twelve o'clock so that I could then do the two-man jobs . |
| 7 | Yes , I do enjoy living here , but it 's very different from England and , I must admit , there are times when I miss things back home so much I could literally grab the first plane out of here . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I could certainly use the extra money , ’ she continued . |
| 9 | I could hardly tell the commonest birds apart , had never thought of doing so . |
| 10 | When I was a boy of fourteen , my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand the old man around . |
| 11 | There might not be space for two , and I could hardly turn the other man out now . |
| 12 | ‘ If DJs gave either side enough spins and all curry eaters bought it , I believe I could really hit the big time , ’ said Peter , who lives in Bargoed , Mid-Glamorgan . |
| 13 | As I sat facing the prisoners with an automatic weapon across my knees , I could still see the wounded German Officer a few yards away . |
| 14 | There was a fine spray of rain , and the weather was misty , but I could still see the forested islands on the lake , and the tall mountains brooding all around . |
| 15 | I could still catch the early train if I left immediately . |
| 16 | I could faintly hear the distant rumble of commuter traffic from my bedroom — a reminder of what I had temporarily escaped . |
| 17 | I could n't understand how I could possibly make the individual pine-needles knit ; it was like trying to carry grain in a net , or water in a cloth . |