Example sentences of "because i [verb] [pers pn] could [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ When I had the idea of setting up a promotions business , I immediately thought of Pete because I knew I could work with him . |
2 | But , anyway , I said yes , because I thought I could escape from him easier than from madam . |
3 | Because I thought he could use me in his own way , and that would make me happy . |
4 | I have n't toured for a few years now , apart from the World Cup and I made that an exception because I felt we could go all the way and win it . ’ |
5 | Presumably all this applies equally well to , to shops because I suppose you could link up the cash registers to some sort of stock control , so that you could almost keep a running total of what you , you have in stock as you erm punch the appropriate numbers up on the , on the till ? |
6 | It 's too bad because I think we could have fetched about five thousand Swiss Francs for it . |
7 | And he 's quite rare because I think I could get away with imposing my ideas on him . |
8 | Erm quite rightly the director said that predictions in terms of residential admissions and nursing home admissions would be easier to make this year than last year and I accept it was very difficult then year but I 'd just like to know how close the actual outcome is likely to be to the original prediction , really for information , not because I think you could have got it any closer than did but it would be just interesting to know what the s the gap was . |
9 | But do n't hang up on the shares because I reckon they could hit Pounds 4 by Christmas . |