Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] i could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I left it was open ended so that if things did not work out for me I could go back to playing Charlene . |
| 2 | He is very wealthy and everyone looks up to him but as for me I could understand from my limited Italian he is very sad because one of his ships is very late in arriving in port and is feared lost . |
| 3 | The truth is that I kept on having mental lapses , during which I could hear every word that was being spoken , understand the meaning of each word and even of some phrases , but could n't make these disparate utterances add up to anything that made sense . |
| 4 | She was scanning the windows of the ward above , and holding up a plastic shopping bag , through which I could discern two bottles of wine and several cartons of cakes and other goodies . |
| 5 | To escape this branding of myself as a bodily failure , I longed to be able to attach myself to an organisation stronger than myself , an association through which I could derive a feeling of physical achievement and personal status I would not otherwise possess . |
| 6 | Stead argues that only constant inquiry ( for which I could substitute ‘ inside ethnography ’ ) can prevent such an unacceptable trend , and it is some comfort to see a probationary policewoman , such as Cressida Dick ( 1985 ) , pointing out the political compromises such autocracy can produce , but which few of the chief officers seem willing to admit or even acknowledge . |
| 7 | From where I was standing , far below me I could see a separate miniature fort linked to the mother fortress by an umbilical causeway . |
| 8 | In front of me I could see the dark shape of a summer-house and I moved towards it . |
| 9 | His explanation is simple : ‘ Of course , I could have done better , but I enjoy the friendship of running and would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race ’ |
| 11 | ( No car of my own of which I could boast ) , |
| 12 | Repressing it , on the other hand , would mean existing in a drab , twilight world of pretended affections out of which I could see no escape . |
| 13 | He saluted the coach and we drove through the gates and up a hill past the enormous parade ground at the far end of which I could see the Monument aux-Morts , the memorial to every dead legionnaire . |
| 14 | I enjoyed what little of it I could manage , though . |
| 15 | It was disappointingly empty of anything I could comprehend ; mainly there was local news , with a great deal of editorializing about the German Constitution . |
| 16 | Well I used to cycle from Gedling to Apsley , me debit was at Apsley and I used to have to cycle from there to Apsley and I used to take bit of food an and bread and cheese and pieces of anything I could pick up in me pocket , and I dare n't come home till I 'd got some business . |
| 17 | Ahead of us I could hear the noise of the waterfall — there had been plenty of rain and when we arrived at the foss , the beck that eventually joins the Ure to travel down Wensleydale was hammering over the lip of the force . |
| 18 | Behind me I could hear the men calling again , " Hey , mister . |
| 19 | Behind her I could see into what is rather optimistically known as the vestry — which is nothing more than a curtained-off area of the floor , rather like what you might see in a hospital casualty ward . |
| 20 | Behind him I could see my mum , Emily and Mrs Quigley , who appeared to be carrying a large sheaf of corn . |
| 21 | I checked the map against what I could see . |
| 22 | Oh I have a wee store , yes , but you see you do n't carry them , I do n't carry them with me , if I carried them with me I could sing I could , well that 's it , |
| 23 | I picked up a pair of combat boots from a pile in the corner , found some laces , and looked at the other people wondering with whom I could swop my uniform . |
| 24 | I sat in the café as the rain showed no sign of letting up and drew up a short list of people I had met with whom I could air my perplexity . |
| 25 | As with other books I have collaborated on , I was particularly fortunate in having a co-author with whom I could work closely and well , though not without disagreements . |
| 26 | I looked round for something with which I could knock him out after we had taken off . |
| 27 | With her I could do no wrong . |
| 28 | He is the most remarkable looking creature I have ever seen , and I believe I could love him very much , and I believe that with him I could forget Fergus . |
| 29 | I was not in love with Terry , never had been ; I went after him , deliberately , because I was ripe for an affair and I thought with him I could have one and enjoy it and still feel like the nice clean girl-next-door afterwards . |
| 30 | Had I spent a little more time with it I could have justified asking money for my very first attempt at using the Tascam 228 ! |