Example sentences of "i could [vb infin] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was with him I was in a more or less permanent state of sexual excitement , and I could bring myself to orgasm just by looking at him , without the aid of hands . |
| 2 | Erm and really the only way I thought that I could prevent myself from doing anything like that was to kill myself in a very violent way because I |
| 3 | ‘ I was desperately waiting for the magic word ‘ Cut ’ so I could attach myself to the wires before falling , ’ he says . |
| 4 | She was the first athlete that I could identify myself with ; she was always in the news . |
| 5 | The front area of the house , including our bedroom , was dry , and how I wished I could lock myself in there and pretend the rest was n't happening . |
| 6 | If I was n't going to enjoy a plethora of gifts and compliments , at least I could soak myself in a great comforting pool of self-pity . |
| 7 | I wish I could stop myself from having to have everything just right , ’ Sue admits . |
| 8 | I 'd be a lot happier if I could disentangle myself from What I 've already done and create songs from a completely fresh perspective . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If you just ring them up you can not understand the problems they face so I thought this would be a good way that I could use myself as a focus on their work . ’ |
| 10 | Oh to get away so I could exhaust myself with intense experiences , where everyone spoke of intense subjects and never said " pass the bread and butter . " |
| 11 | I could get myself into trouble with a colleague of yours in another town but er I am hopeful , so as I say , er on the seventeenth of January then we could be returning to the situation and I understand in nineteen seventy four when there was a sergeant and six constables here in until the demise of the Urban District Council when they were all moved to . |
| 12 | Or I got a garden , I could occupy myself in the garden . |
| 13 | I could see myself on the roof of our house , as , for the last time , I spread the couscous out to dry on a sheet in the sun before my journey to London : I could see the village below me : the tops of the trees , the minaret , the ancient wall which ran round my village . |