Example sentences of "[conj] i could [verb] my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Any idea where I could lay my hands on an idiot 's guide to disputes ? ’ he asked . |
| 2 | I have often wondered if Levin made a 12-string guitar and if so , where I could lay my hands on one . |
| 3 | After a while I became so deep in my cups I grew surly , said I felt unwell and trotted off to bed where I could nurse my hurt as well as conceal my bad manners . |
| 4 | I had gone , as the doctor had ordered , where I could feast my senses . |
| 5 | I could have my own contributions returned or I could leave my pension where it was and draw it at the age of sixty-five . |
| 6 | In September 1938 , when I was sixteen , I went back to my native country for a holiday ; partly because 1 wanted to see my friends in štanjel , and partly so that I could visit my uncles , aunts and cousins on my mother 's side of the family in Mavhinje . |
| 7 | Although my paralysis was pretty well complete , I did find that I could move my eyes . |
| 8 | I was never really good at pretending that I could assume my client to be innocent because I or my instructing solicitor had been careful to ensure that he did n't actually confess . |
| 9 | To cut a long story short , it was n't until Wednesday that I could fit my shoes for the wedding , which was Thursday ! |
| 10 | I thought that I could make my contribution by joining the Trade Union movement , and improve things from there . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I knew that there was always the danger that I could lose my sight , but I really thought it only happened later in life , ’ says Philippa . |
| 12 | ‘ I had to come to terms with the fact that I could lose my baby at any time to a foster mother . |
| 13 | At around midnight , the chairman used my pregnancy — I was huge by then — as an excuse to break up the meeting : he said that even if no one else was tired , he thought we ought to disperse so that I could get my rest ! |
| 14 | During this time , the King of Lilliput had written to ask the King of Blefuscu to send me back , as a prisoner , so that I could receive my punishment . |
| 15 | I pulled my window down and twisted round so I could stick my head out . |
| 16 | ‘ Mummy , ’ Matilda said , ‘ would you mind if I ate my supper in the dining-room so I could read my book ? ’ |
| 17 | It suited me , because the yard kept an eye on Joanna , and I could leave my car there . |
| 18 | ‘ You came , ’ he said , ‘ with your argumentative aggravating , adorable ways , and I could feel my invulnerability slipping away . ’ |
| 19 | Does n't make any difference , and I could borrow my mum 's . |
| 20 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 21 | I remember seeing the red card and looking up , there was 30,000 people jeering and I could see my dad in the front row of the directors ’ box . |
| 22 | And I could wish my days to be |
| 23 | ‘ Because what I 'm about to say would then be very much out of place and I could lose my practice . ’ |
| 24 | Then they would n't find me , and I could plan my life and find a job and a flat and go home in six months ' time having proved I 'm adult and they 'll have to let go and let me do what I absolutely , passionately want to do with my life . |
| 25 | Think , we could go to the Louvre , and I could practise my French — Miranda 's French is smashing — you heard her talk to that old stick-in-the-mud at lunch , and we could visit Versailles … |
| 26 | ‘ I think you manage remarkably well , ’ Helen said , ‘ and the fact that you do makes me wonder if I could hold my party after all . |
| 27 | If I could get my applicant , you see if , let's say we pay somebody , I du n no fifty , sixty quid a week , fifty quid a week to come and for , two mornings , three mornings , or whatever that 'll then give me enough time to contact the applicants and then ma , maybe maybe two stroke three sales extra per month . |
| 28 | If I could get my hand on the dirty little tyke who wrote it — ‘ |
| 29 | Even now , if I could get my hands on him . |
| 30 | If I could get my hands on that Micky Danby now , I 'd break his sodding neck . ’ |