Example sentences of "[pron] could [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door . |
| 2 | I , I could summize the sporting facilities for the pensioners . |
| 3 | ‘ If I blast an enhancer that size , ’ he muttered , ‘ I could blow the whole Caribbean off the map . |
| 4 | I went to do what I thought I could do the best . |
| 5 | And he added : ‘ I genuinely think I could do the better job because I 'm full of confidence . |
| 6 | And he added : ‘ I genuinely think I could do the better job because I 'm full of confidence . |
| 7 | I thought that I could do the same in sprinting . |
| 8 | I could do the same thing with rich people I suppose , I could paint yuppies . |
| 9 | That 's why I was head-hunted — in the hope I could do the same for them . ’ |
| 10 | I could do the same thing with rich people I suppose , I could paint yuppies . |
| 11 | I day-dreamed that I could do the same and we would sit together unashamed in the afternoon sun . |
| 12 | Well , thought Spruce , recalling his Methodist boyhood , true enough , and I wish I could do the same right now . |
| 13 | Do n't know if I could do the electric one definitely Guess that 's about whether the I 'd like one of them , one of them and yeah but we do n't know when it can be delivered , so we ca n't do it that early you ca n't say yeah but but er we 'll let you know , well we can so it 's there that 's what we wish , they 'd the bills go and we 'll let you know when you can be the keys can be available for you to put it in . |
| 14 | I would , I would have to be absolutely honest and that and er I would n't exclude myself from that particular er way of thinking because when they moved in , when you got a time for a job , erm for example there was one particular job that I was on erm and I thought that I was doing it reasonable accurately and rapidly , erm and they wanted to introduce a new fixture so that you know , I could do the whole series of faces on it . |
| 15 | But before I could phrase the right remark , the question that would show her I saw no reason why in Conchis 's absence she should maintain the pretending to believe , she stood up . |
| 16 | Even from where I stood I could smell the strong , stale wine fumes which permeated the stench of the ripped body . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I could smell the musty earth . |
| 19 | I could smell the fresh wine on his breath . |
| 20 | I could feel the sad power of disintegration : husbands gone off , wives abandoned , children baffled . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I could feel the strong arm of Montaine 's custody of Jean-Claude when he played . |
| 23 | I could feel the cold draught from the hole in the roof but I had no intention of getting any closer . |
| 24 | Even on my return through the ward , past ulcer and oedema , past sleepwalker and sleeptalker , I could feel the hungry suck of it on the soles of my black boots . |
| 25 | I was so angry that I could feel the scorched marks which the blood made on my cheeks . |
| 26 | Or rather , I could feel the old cautious Bodenland inside , but it seemed as if a new man , fitted for decision and adventure , had taken control of me . |
| 27 | I could feel the same horror burning through Tom and Terry — the impotence , the rage , the fear and shame at doing nothing for our friend . |
| 28 | I could feel the different textures of wood , gravel and asphalt racing beneath my fingers as they came to rest on the road , and was terrified of a car coming up the cul-de-sac and smashing my hand . |
| 29 | While she chatted I could feel the hard knots inside me untying themselves , the way tensed muscles relax in a warm bath . |
| 30 | He stretched out his arms and then turned slowly so that I could view the recycled Archie from all angles . |