Example sentences of "[conj] i could help " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wish that I could help , ’ she said , ‘ do something . ’ |
| 2 | Sadly , I was n't sure that I could help him . |
| 3 | Marie could look after the baby and I could help out by going to the shops for fags and milk and stuff like that . |
| 4 | Aunt Branwell could teach them , and I could help when I had time . |
| 5 | ‘ However , if you wish to sell , I work as an estate agent , and I could help . |
| 6 | On many a winter morning I jumped out of bed and put a letter of his in the fire , feeling it would be wrong to allow it to survive ; and when some years ago I was asked by a distinguished man of letters if I could help him to write an account of Maurice |
| 7 | The head of a training department for a big bank in the City of London recently asked me if I could help find him suitable conference locations . |
| 8 | A short while after the alert had been called off for the missing officer , a CID friend contacted me to see if I could help with their ‘ enquiries ’ . |
| 9 | I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it . |
| 10 | A year beforehand , Chudnovsky , who was a collector from Leningrad , and a very well-known one , had been to see me and asked if I could help him . |
| 11 | I ran to see if I could help the traveller , who was swearing furiously as he pulled himself free of his horse . |
| 12 | I wonder if I could help ? ’ |
| 13 | So I asked him again , asked if I could help , and he became very agitated . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not callous ; if I could help your sister I would , ’ she murmured , hardly aware of what either of them was saying . |
| 15 | If I could help him — and , after all , he was only doing the job we paid him to do , was n't he ? — ; then it would be a personal shot at redemption on my part . |
| 16 | Some months ago a gang of local youngsters asked if I could help them in this direction . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | I never tried if I could help |
| 19 | She asked me whether I could help her to remember the events of that dreadful night . |
| 20 | While I was sitting there , sipping my glass of hot , sweet Indian tea , I was approached by a shifty-looking man who asked me whether I could help him ; he had seen me with my camera ; could I help him mend his ? |