Example sentences of "i could [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got the first ferry I could after I heard … |
| 2 | I pushed as hard as I could but it was obvious there was no chance of passing him . ’ |
| 3 | I kept you here for as long as I could but I ca n't do that anymore . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And so I would , madam , if I could but confess , ’ suggested Isabel tentatively . |
| 5 | But at the end of all I sigh and think if I could but see old England again , and the dear , dear treasures it contains , I would contentedly sit down at my working table and stroke , stroke away to the end of the chapter , that is health permitting . ’ |
| 6 | I rushed her over to see him as soon as I could but he was still drugged up after the operation . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ He asked me if I could help and I said I could but , to be honest , I do n't know how easy it will be to get the things they need . |
| 8 | Well it were u under there with more of the rubble , so I brought it out to flatten it if I could but |
| 9 | I I could but I have to be very careful |
| 10 | Well I I I could but all |
| 11 | I thought I could , I thought I could I really thought I could but oh God I 'd be okay if I could |
| 12 | I would have to go as fast as I could while I could still see the way , and then rest for longer , and then probably crawl . |
| 13 | I did everything I could while Mother was alive . |
| 14 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 15 | ‘ I can not recall the dates but it must have been in the very late twenties if I was still at school , because I left just as soon as I could when I made up fourteen . |
| 16 | ‘ I was going as carefully as I could because I had a 25-second cushion over Berger so I was able to slow down a bit and the pain eased . |
| 17 | In the end I agreed to do this but I remember leaving the meeting literally , I am afraid , in tears and saying that although I would obey the majority I would resign from the Government afterwards as quietly as I could because I should have failed to uphold an almost lifelong conviction … |
| 18 | I said I wish I could because I I I am sorry for your situation . |
| 19 | I was mad with him , could have battered him into the ground I could if I was strong enough . ’ |
| 20 | After that the jug of water was empty and I was full , but the waiter was smirking in an enigmatic Eastern way , so I toyed with the final concoction , just to prove I could if I wanted to , and that any I happened to leave was just for manners . |
| 21 | I could if I just pick up one other point about you know , like the the non-standard times , or the non-standard occasions when we do fire evacuations currently er , I do n't know where we think the fire is but we all troop out via our normal fire exits and to our normal assembly ports erm , it maybe men , maybe an idea to do some fire evacuations where we stayed where the fire actually was and people have got to take other other routes to evacuate the building . |
| 22 | Maybe I could if I tried . |
| 23 | I suppose I could if I could pull the machine out and were , were the pipe goes over into the waste I mean people do that in the Isle of Wight are n't they , were they 've got to , need |
| 24 | I mean even me I could if I lifted it up |
| 25 | I 'd buy grams whenever I could as it 'd save me going over to Liverpool to score . |
| 26 | Ah went in to where John were working cos I wanted to borrow a spanner , he said I could just murder a cig and his , his mate said ah I could as well . |
| 27 | And I mean I would like to go offshore again , just to prove to myself whether I could or could not do it . |
| 28 | I stayed in the cafe for as long as I felt I could and then went back outside . |
| 29 | I tried to be as patient as I could and I think David 's mother has realised for quite a long time that I was quite a good daughter-in-law to her ( although I was n't a daughter-in-law at that time ) but as a girl friend , I could understand her finding it obnoxious that her son brought some strange person into the house . |
| 30 | You are very kind to have thought of him and when I gave him your kiss he gave me a hundred in return to pass on to you believing I could and indeed I wish he was correct in his supposition . |