Example sentences of "[subord] i could [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Well you could n't have anybody more careful than me could you ?
2 The calves raised white-slobbered mules enquiringly as he hung over them but they could offer no more explanation of the mystery than I could myself .
3 If I could I should be extremely doubtful .
4 If I could I would pull the mountain down on his head and close his smiling eyes .
5 No , can I just say something right , I 'm not desperate and I 'm not a slag or anything , it 's just that I really really fancy Howard , and if I could I would suck his willy .
6 My Lord yes , if I could there was a fifth officer that erm had authorised nothing and was n't .
7 Cos I could we could do with getting a a case , erm do you think we need a case of cans of Pils ?
8 But I was slow to get started on this project and before I could something unforeseen happened .
9 To the stone wall by run as fast as I could one one but Lindy did not mind .
10 and I remember one particular February , it will always stand out in my mind because er , it 's a fairly long walk done to the factory from , from here and every day after the midday meal , when I set out to walk down there as quick as I could it had been cloudy since , it was raining , every day without fail I used to get to work soaked , first
11 As soon as I could I went to see Aunt Louise in her new home .
12 ‘ But this first guitar was just a $20 acoustic , and as soon as I could I bought an Ibanez SG , then that was stolen and I went to a Les Paul .
13 As soon as I could I got Méli on his own .
14 One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening .
15 My only regret on that particular occasion now is that I did n't organise properly getting it videotaped , because it would have been a nice thing to keep , but as far as I could I kept to the traditions of mayoral ceremonial on those sorts of occasions .
16 My only regret on that particular occasion now is that I did n't organise properly getting it videotaped , because it would have been a nice thing to keep , but as far as I could I kept to the traditions of mayoral ceremonial on those sorts of occasions .
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