Example sentences of "[adv] i could [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One even had a flagpole and over the top of the trees below I could see the Union Jack fluttering . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , if only I could win the first prize ! ’ breathed Angela . |
| 3 | Some temperaments hanker after blueprints — ‘ if only I could find the right formula I 'd triumph ’ . |
| 4 | If only I could find the connection ! ’ |
| 5 | Or perhaps I could summon the musicians . |
| 6 | Erm , er I 'll I 'll close it at two , but perhaps I could ask the the applicants erm , I mean I appreciate that obviously erm it er it economy in in in obviously in what you 're doing , but I think it it it would be fairly obviously to , I mean it 's been stated that that that that residents nearby would prefer either two bungalows or a house and a bungalow , and I think er that certainly erm new developments adjacent to where you are proposing these are in fact all bungalows , er with the exception of the mill , which of course has been there a long time , er all those on that side of the road , both those two built and those two proposed are a bungalow or a semi bungalow , er and so erm you can see that obviously it is that the height of these buildings , it is erm causing the offence , largely , erm I I think , I mean obviously you will want to main you know , optimize your er development , but whether er a scheme with two bungalows that they would n't be four bedroomed bungalows , because there would n't be room for two of the four two four bedroomed bungalows , erm |
| 7 | ‘ Or perhaps I could get the Avery prize . ’ |
| 8 | Perhaps I could tempt the Minister to upstage his boss today and tell us exactly what the Secretary of State for the Environment has in mind . |
| 9 | Perhaps I could use the toilet before we go ? ’ |
| 10 | Oh I 'm sorry my Lord perhaps I could read the passage out and then er I can hand it up to your Lordship but it after setting out the dictor from Mr Justice in the Midland Bank . |
| 11 | So , I mean , they was trying to come up one day so I could watch the telly and I really needed to . |
| 12 | I could n't tell what was happening so I asked them to move so I could take the coal into Granny 's house . |
| 13 | yeah and so I could see the blokes and tell them that were crap at rugby ! |
| 14 | You know yesterday I was I was listening over it you know so I could write the people who I 'd spoken to yeah . |
| 15 | I think I did it with a pair of tweezers to , so I could stick the |
| 16 | At eight o'clock I could see the faces of the audience well enough , but by and by the room became quite dark , and I seemed to be addressing an audience of silent and attentive ghosts . |
| 17 | Would you like to come in I could shut the door . |
| 18 | Soon I could see the beach … and a crowd of people standing and watching me . |
| 19 | I stopped to take a photograph of one estancia that I knew belonged to a Scottish family who had lived there for five generations : even from two miles away I could hear the rhythmic clattering of the tin roof as it was lifted and dropped by the gales . |
| 20 | Far , far away I could hear the slow , grinding sounds of traffic — but muffled , as if I were wearing earplugs . |
| 21 | When I got downstairs I could see the drawing-room light was on so I thought they must still be up , I 'll go and see if they want a snack . |
| 22 | The choir outside seemed to have stopped , but downstairs I could hear the Quigleys . |
| 23 | Outside I could hear the sounds made by Miss Hinkle as she returned from lunch . |
| 24 | Outside I could hear the wind driving the snow against the window . |
| 25 | When I leaned over I could smell the fragrance of the shiny black hair . |
| 26 | To survive , a performer has to establish dominance within twenty seconds , and already I could feel the pack instinct rising in them . |
| 27 | But here he had to leave me to attend to stores which were being brought on board , and some twenty minutes later I could see the place for myself . |
| 28 | Years later I could say the same of my old MGB . |
| 29 | The adrenalin of going to a Court had kept it at bay so far but now I could feel the walls closing in again . |
| 30 | Now I could hear the throb of impatience in his voice as he waited for the curtain to go up . |