Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] i could make " in BNC.
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1 | The fields shone a new green in the sun , and the air which for days had been hazy had been cleaned by the rain so that I could make out the shapes of sheep grazing near the old Coal Road above Cowgill as I walked down the lane . |
2 | At one time my major ambition was to have my father buy me an excavator so that I could make really big dams . |
3 | So if I could make a plea to anyone who wishes to buy a pony whether from a private owner or ‘ saved ’ from the meat man , to make sure they know the commitment they are taking on . |
4 | I had no means of knowing what sort of line I had kept on my cross-country stumble , but it had been NNE as near as I could make it . |
5 | The owner , a bachelor in his fifties , slept on a camp-bed in the vestibule of the hostel and cooked on a two ring stove in the courtyard , mostly a kind of vegetable stew as far as I could make out . |
6 | Oh , roamed about all over Earth , as far as I could make out , travelled on foot across huge mountain ranges and vast great deserts where nothing lived . |
7 | But as far as I could make out the Ambassador was away . |
8 | Even if I could make an impression it 'd be the worst thing I could do . |
9 | Maybe if I could make myself invisible , then I could walk down a street without feeling on trial for the way I look . |
10 | " Yet if I could make him notice me perhaps he might consider my suitability as a wife . |