Example sentences of "i could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Instead of waiting to be salvaged , some of the inhabitants had got together in an effort to cheer things up , and , so far as I could gather from the film , they were busying themselves pasting pieces of brightly coloured plastic over broken windows . |
| 33 | As far as I could gather from the producer , my job would be to record this deterioration and then , without sounding too pious or moralistic , point out its implications for people who drink at work or when they 're driving . |
| 34 | I wondered if I could arrange for the wreck to be taken back — er — back home . |
| 35 | In the circumstances , if I could detect from the statute any statutory purpose or intention pointing to one construction rather than the other , I would certainly adopt it . |
| 36 | The situation is best illustrated by a letter that reached me at this time from Mrs Mugabe : There was no way in which I could reply to the letter except by a futile expression of sympathy . |
| 37 | I believed for many years that I could move towards the future and leave the past behind , that there was no need for me to return home . |
| 38 | I wriggled until I could peer over the edge into the wet depths below and I could n't see him at all . |
| 39 | Keith Thomas pressed a button and a huge door clanked upwards so that I could peer into the heart of the furnace . |
| 40 | He had me educated so I could speak for the Romanies of today — and of the future . |
| 41 | " I could speak to the nuns . " |
| 42 | On the first part , I could quote to the House increased statistics for money spent on training , but I do not wish to mislead the House into thinking that there is any qualification that can guarantee against the abuse that we have seen . |
| 43 | I went home every weekend for three nights and on Wednesday night , and believed I could blast up the motorway when summoned for the birth . |
| 44 | Supposing that I could stand on the hills surrounding this Castle and send out the Samhailt , the ancient and precious gift bestowed on the Noble Houses of Ireland ? |
| 45 | I could float around the ward , and even went outside into the snow . |
| 46 | The concerns about what to wear , the latest haircuts and how to deal with acne were subjects I knew well — and I could identify with the girls ' interests too . |
| 47 | I should be more encouraged if I could identify within the Labour party a consensus for the preservation of the Union . |
| 48 | The figure that the hon. Gentleman is quoting from the newspaper article bears no relation to the figures that I used , which constituted the best estimate that the senior chief inspector and I could give of the numbers required to carry out the policy . |
| 49 | I could complain about the truth of some of the bits of information my father passed on to me , mind you . |
| 50 | I was obliged to write essays … where I gave myself up to an almost purely artistic rendering of such facts as I remembered , and such opinions as I could concoct by the help of memory , fancy , and the radical and the free-thinking influence of home … |
| 51 | For instance , when I was first in Britain , I saw all the sights , I could travel on the tube and no-one recognised me . |
| 52 | The occasion was the purchase of a new carpenter 's apron for my father and Mum said that as a special treat , my two sisters and I could travel on the bus , one way . |
| 53 | However , that is not an accusation that I could level at the Leader of the Opposition , as he has not found time to say anything at all about the environment — true or false . |
| 54 | For what is being suggested is that I knew today and not yesterday , despite the fact that there was no difference between the two days that I could tell at the time . |
| 55 | ‘ I could tell from the fear on his face he was not joking . ’ |
| 56 | I could tell from the blank embarrassment in Tom 's expression that she had not acknowledged him . |
| 57 | I could tell from the amount of condensed milk which Duncan dripped into his Queen 's Jubilee china mug that he had a hangover . |
| 58 | I could tell by the tone of her voice : Mrs F could see it too . |
| 59 | I could tell by the quality of her alarm , which was actressy and overdone . |
| 60 | I could tell by the expression on your faces when only I felt |