Example sentences of "[vb past] i could [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead . |
| 2 | Erm , got back here about quarter past nine , which was great , cos it meant I could watch One Foot in the Grave . |
| 3 | ‘ I felt I could do that with you , but it was more difficult with her — partly because she was about the same age as me probably . ’ |
| 4 | I knew I could find all the Playgroups in the area easily ( apart from stopping wrecking branch libraries ! ) because all Playgroups must register with the Social Services and Social Service Resource Directories for each ward are kept in their local branch library . |
| 5 | I knew I could get pregnant when I was sleeping with Michael before . |
| 6 | The moment that fucking kraut mentioned Miletti I knew I could kiss that sweet dream goodbye . |
| 7 | ‘ I never thought I could feel this way about any woman . |
| 8 | As for Mark Crowe , the Argus sport and nature ramble hack , well , I thought I could expect some loyalty there . |
| 9 | I mean nobody thought I could do that . |
| 10 | Of course , if I had obeyed the rule strictly , I would n't have had any problems , but because I did n't want to knit the next row I thought I could move both cams . |
| 11 | I thought I could discern two elements in his ‘ game ’ — one didactic , the other aesthetic . |
| 12 | Mum and Dad and Mr and Mrs Lewis entered into the spirit of the occasion but I thought I could see some sadness in Mrs Lewis 's eyes . |
| 13 | " Now , I do n't want to know what was discussed at the meeting ; if I did I could find that out easily enough . |
| 14 | I cleared that and fixed the vice up and they said I could do that and I used the and that in their place and er then they had to quit the premises completely , did n't they ? |
| 15 | I used to go to Sunday school all the time before and they said I could go free . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I nivver said I could read Indian signs , but them 's some make of jeep thing . |
| 17 | She was about to say : He said I could have five hundred pounds . |
| 18 | And there was a big and eh , the farmer said I could have all of this , his wife wanted to , so I , I gathered amount towards wife . |
| 19 | you said I could have another sherry ! |
| 20 | Yeah , Stacey , Stacey said I could keep this like this , she said she would n't mind |
| 21 | She said I could keep any of the stuff she left behind , or sell it if I wanted , but I du n no about that . |
| 22 | Now , I 've got plans , and I hoped I could bring those about while you screwed on with this cockamamy set up . |
| 23 | I felt shy of talking about my feelings with Terry and Tom and wished I could have half an hour alone with Brian . |
| 24 | If I wanted I could take some revenge on him , which would also — some puny power — be a bitter reproach to my own pointless life . |
| 25 | If I wanted I could tear this place apart to find him . |
| 26 | We agreed on the use of Gordon Ingles for another commercial film and Leon suggested I could make any necessary further contact on such matters directly with Hellen who was apparently designing film sets , writing scripts and sometimes directing Shelly productions . |