Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well , if they were interested in speaking to me I could probably put them on to not just myself but members of my flight , it is n't my flight it 's flight erm and there are several of us in Scotland who could come in and do things like that for a modest remuneration erm |
| 2 | ‘ You told me I could n't stay in the woods , ’ said the boy calmly . |
| 3 | Co when our Carl was showing it me I could n't believe it ! |
| 4 | " He kept telling me I could n't get pregnant the first time , but I did . " |
| 5 | Once the idea took hold of me I could n't rid myself of it . ’ |
| 6 | The organiser had hysterics , telling me I could n't cancel as I was the biggest name on the bill . |
| 7 | ‘ I am dumbfounded that Ferguson tells me I could n't have spoken to Edwards , but the person I feel really sorry for is Gary Bull . |
| 8 | ‘ But Steve Coppell told me I could n't have him until he found a replacement . |
| 9 | If the man had struck me I could n't have felt worse . |
| 10 | So my skin began to look better , my guts were giving a great , big heartfelt vote of thanks , but I went on losing weight that it seemed to me I could ill afford to lose . |
| 11 | Knowing the effect this had on me I could never conceal myself from a child of mine . |
| 12 | ‘ One or two people came in , but nothing I could n't cope with . |
| 13 | ‘ They were a bit wild in the studio , but nothing I could n't handle ! ’ he laughs . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , she called me a tart , a gold-digger , nothing I could n't handle , ’ she murmured . |
| 15 | There was a bit of chafing there , but nothing I could n't handle . |
| 16 | ‘ Nothing I could n't take , ’ he replied , with the same arrogant grin . |
| 17 | There seemed nothing I could usefully add to whatever Henniker might be doing , and as it was getting on for half past twelve I decided to find a pub and a sandwich . |
| 18 | During my term of office I hope to introduce all of you to the ‘ Team ’ who are the driving force behind the Society — Friends without whom I could not manage ! |
| 19 | ‘ Right , ’ said a small , fat man in the front row whom I could not remember ever having seen before . |
| 20 | ‘ But when I saw them I could n't believe how clean they were — and they 'd recovered all the pieces . |
| 21 | There was a look of betrayal in her small , moony eyes , and as I looked into them I could n't help feeling a sense of guilt . |
| 22 | I guard them like a mother tiger , and when Nina starts to tear into them I could cheerfully strangle her , and it shows . |
| 23 | Without them I could not have completed my course . |
| 24 | It 's ba , yes , I I could n't give you an answer , because I I I |
| 25 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
| 26 | I I could n't tell you that . |
| 27 | We did get a bit of u of er union pay then I I could n't tell you how much it was but it was n't very much , but er |
| 28 | Er I I could n't tell you off the top of me head I because I was working on it till half past midnight . |
| 29 | I I could n't tell you the exact number but it was over a hundred shops in Edinburgh . |
| 30 | Oh I I could n't agree more . |