Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] i could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time I believed that the United Kingdom would be facing severe economic problems in the future , and I decided that I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community , and make a contribution to the resolution of those problems . |
| 2 | I replied rather coldly that I had not drunk alcohol since 1939 , and that it had been my hope that we should stop somewhere where I could wash up generally , relieve myself and have a little rest . |
| 3 | I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep . |
| 4 | Although my certificate in Sociology had not yet come , I knew that my next and most important study must be Theology , only so I could understand the situation that my children would face in the future , and other people 's children would have to meet as well . |
| 5 | Much better than I could have been in the role . |
| 6 | I let her stroke me so that I could analyze the scent . |
| 7 | ‘ I was so astonished that I 've been waiting until people started to come to church so that I could show somebody and you 're the first and most suitable . |
| 8 | I even took some photographs of myself crying so that I could show them to Marcus later and he could see how upset I had been . |
| 9 | Later I put one on the wall of my study so that I could watch these changes in my appearance . |
| 10 | He told me that he would donate £5,000 to the fund if I would undertake to invite his little son , then at school in Oxford , to tea on odd occasions , so that I could acquaint him with some of the matters relating to Judaism . |
| 11 | Determined to shoot one with a really fine head , I decided to spend a night near the mountain-top so that I could hunt for them in the early morning before they lay up for the day . |
| 12 | Keith Thomas pressed a button and a huge door clanked upwards so that I could peer into the heart of the furnace . |
| 13 | Adam gave it to me the other day so that I could lock up . |
| 14 | ‘ So that I could welcome Isabelle 's daughter to my house in person . ’ |
| 15 | Mrs Singh had been visited at home and the head had arranged for me to be present so that I could explain and reinforce any suggestions . |
| 16 | I reached the desolate head of the valley ( few flowers here ) and decided to attempt a crossing to the other side of the beck so that I could return by the path descending from Black Sail Pass . |
| 17 | Then she flew on to a high window-sill and I had to ask the headmaster to bring me a ladder so that I could bring her down . |
| 18 | I took the line and hook off him and immediately had to drop them again so that I could strike , play and land another chub of about 3lb . |
| 19 | And how it fits into your life , I have the feeling that er if I could fix it so that I could do it sort of in the house , by the way , I could , I could do certain things and I could stick to them , and I would see that I 'd do them . |
| 20 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 21 | I mean it stuck out like a sore thumb , I mean er by King George 's playing fields erm cos of the , they had n't the , th the , the s other story for that was as I said was we they sent er some of us to a class in Walsall for er aircraft recognition and er the days I went to this class , cos I went as er , er both for the factory and for the Home Guard , so that I could cover both the factory and when I were on duty , Home Guard and we was at a building on the corner of Corporation Street and west , and we was taking classes in there . |
| 22 | I 'd go to the SS Great Britain and sit by the breezy river , and I 'd compose my stupid self and compose my story so that I could tell lies confidently instead of giving myself away . |
| 23 | " I would work much harder if you came now and then so that I could tell you of my progress . " |
| 24 | It was one of the reasons why I was anxious to learn English at school : so that I could tell her in her own language how grateful I would always be . ’ |
| 25 | My sister buried all her valuables showing me the spot so that I could tell her children where they were in case she was killed . |
| 26 | The fields shone a new green in the sun , and the air which for days had been hazy had been cleaned by the rain so that I could make out the shapes of sheep grazing near the old Coal Road above Cowgill as I walked down the lane . |
| 27 | At one time my major ambition was to have my father buy me an excavator so that I could make really big dams . |
| 28 | Why do you think I brought you down to his place if it was n't so that I could stake a claim on your patience — make you listen to what I have to confess because there was no way you could run away from me — flag down a taxi , catch a bus and head for the airport ? ’ |
| 29 | He stretched out his arms and then turned slowly so that I could view the recycled Archie from all angles . |
| 30 | The friend felt Levi had survived ‘ so that I could bear witness ’ . |