Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i could [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could help these lunatics or I could fight them on behalf of Stok ; neither of those ideas appealed to me . |
| 2 | As neither Marcella or I could sing we spoke along to the music in what we felt , somehow , was Good Old Cabaret Style … |
| 3 | The main light was behind him , but I could still see the shadows on his face ; they were more marked than ever , and I had the foolish illusion that I could remove them by stroking them with the tips of my fingers . |
| 4 | I took that as an indication that I could play him every match . |
| 5 | You say they 've got some sort of guidance , perhaps through the Magistrates ' Association , or maybe through some local starting point tariff if I could put it that way . |
| 6 | So this song sort of sprang to mind and I could hear it as I wanted it to be and I could also hear a few little modifications that would suit their purposes , too . |
| 7 | I pushed my hand into the mouth and I could feel it all right . |
| 8 | You see what you could do , is you could go on the Friday and I could pick you up Saturday evening . |
| 9 | I would like green eyes if I could have them but it 's just a passing thought , not a real obsession . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , do you think you could skip a Saturday and I could pick you up somewhere , then we could take a run out into the country , across into Northumberland , beyond Hexham way ; it 's wild and wonderful up there . |
| 11 | I know that Eric was interested in seeing a panzer division on the move and being so close to the enemy but I could see him getting paler and paler , probably at the thought of what would happen if we were stopped . |
| 12 | So Herbie did n't try and jump in the car before I could lift him and trying to get Audrey in with her stiff leg . |
| 13 | ‘ Neither Connie nor I could touch it . |
| 14 | I have no idea what I shall be doing even this time next year ; I have n't any achievements or even firm plans that I could offer you . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been told by my superiors that I could use it in the same way that I would to prosecute anyone found mistreating a dog . |
| 16 | With the TV cameras there , Julian Wilson asked Mr Webber if I could pop her over the fence . |
| 17 | Hearn said : ‘ What happens next depends on what is said by Nigel — he 's in breach of contract and I could fine him , although I do n't like that . ’ |
| 18 | Oh that 's erm ah yes , I should try to use the calculator if I could find it on the machine ! |
| 19 | When I did Nurse Ratchett in One Flew Over The Cuckoo 's Nest up in Manchester I read the novel and found a speech in the book that was really wonderful on the character and I asked the director if I could read it for him . |
| 20 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
| 21 | And Lawrence confirmed yesterday : ‘ I would not discount making a move if I could get him for something like £700,000 . ’ |
| 22 | I wanted people to think I 'd gone to Summertown and I could prove it if necessary . |
| 23 | Lead me into a room and I could pick them out for you . |
| 24 | So I was thinking , when you go she could move into my room and I could have yours . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got pretty good hearing but I had to wait almost a moment before I could imagine I could hear anything . |
| 26 | The bus stopped at the traffic lights and I could see him counting his £1 coins . |
| 27 | When I went into the shop people were tripping over themselves and banging into things and I could hear them saying : ‘ That 's Geoffrey Boycott — Geoffrey Boycott , sat in that car . ’ |
| 28 | As they sat in the kitchen , Jonadab glanced across at George and remarked , ‘ While we 're a bit slack afore haytime starts , Aah thought as 'ow thoo and me could deliver them two pairs of shires ti Stephen 's . ’ |
| 29 | I told him I had planned to take him to lunch but he said he could n't wait as he had some business to attend to , but he 'd be in a pub called the Banker if I could pick him up about three . |
| 30 | So , it 's no good er me looking up in some book Theresa 's dreams if I could decipher it like some kind of code in which every single thing in the laten in the manifest content represented something latent for what we 're trying to then kind of decode as in a code book because er that 's not valid , at least it 's not valid in general terms . |