Example sentences of "[noun sg] but i could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A female voice answered Bunny 's phone and told me he was out seeing a man about a second-hand tenor sax but I could leave a message after the beep . |
| 2 | I know that Eric was interested in seeing a panzer division on the move and being so close to the enemy but I could see him getting paler and paler , probably at the thought of what would happen if we were stopped . |
| 3 | I could tour it just like a normal album but I could use the art circuit as kind of a base audience . |
| 4 | Now I know it was a great honour but I could see no way of accepting , so I put it on the mantelpiece and more or less prepared to forget all about it . |
| 5 | One might suggest that the vibrancy in the Philippine health movement is a measure of the critical nature of the struggle but I could argue that it is a product of the manner in which the struggle is being waged . |
| 6 | I was glad of this ; I should have made every effort to see to her comfort in the cottage but I could imagine the thunderous impact that Préfleur would have on her . |
| 7 | It was a great strike but I could have driven a bus through the gap in our defence . |
| 8 | Mum was out of earshot but I could hear . |
| 9 | It was too cold to push my face far out of my sleeping bag but I could see the yellow damp stain , like a map , on the wall opposite , and the little nest of cobwebs in a comer of the ceiling . |
| 10 | I thought it was my spine but I could move my limbs so I thought it could n't be too bad . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't have the most stamina in the world , I was called a lazy player but I could have played till midnight . |
| 12 | Mum never said a word when I invited Nellie into our house but I could tell she did n't like her . |
| 13 | I know I do n't have the telly on full blast but I could hear it |
| 14 | Everyone remarked on how she 'd taken after my side of the family but I could see George in her , I was certain of it . |