Example sentences of "[pron] could [vb infin] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we sat in the garden behind his surf shop and talked I could feel the long grass beneath my feet with a sensual awareness I 'd never experienced before . |
| 2 | In the candle-light I could see a long table , in the middle of which was a large yellow shape , with hundreds of insects feeding off it . |
| 3 | Through the glass I could see the long lines of blue moving away down the street and I could still hear the shouts of the corporal . |
| 4 | The specialists had said that if she was careful , she could live a long time . |
| 5 | Charles behaved rather like a landlord who could take a long view of the future and expect his possessions to provide him with an income in the fullness of time . |
| 6 | ‘ With most criminal kidnaps you could expect a long wait . |
| 7 | And erm you could see a long distance with it like that you know , especially if you could see a fox from er about a mile and a half , you could see right going along the rocks in the mountains . |
| 8 | It was a very clear day and we could see a long way . |
| 9 | The countryside we drove through was beautiful , but behind it we could see the long , dark , frightening hills of the moor . |
| 10 | With the spring we could begin the long slow climb out of the recession . |
| 11 | Andrew played back sections so that we could take a long , hard and critical look at our technique . |
| 12 | Even here , one could wait a long time . |
| 13 | The house seemed to stand in a field near the top of a hill , and they could see a long way . |
| 14 | But they could have a long wait . |
| 15 | He could see the long walkway below him , the small iron gates at each end with steps leading down to both sides of the house . |
| 16 | From where he stood , he could see the long procession outside the walls , motionless now , and the wagons unshackled behind it . |
| 17 | Yet when one starts to look at the overall picture a little more deeply , will the obvious strengthening of what will be nine single Championship weeks , be anything more than a move which enables the rich to get richer and actually sets into motion what could become a long term contraction , rather than expansion of the sport , especially if the much-needed revival in the world economy takes longer to become bullish than some of the optimists have been forecasting . |