Example sentences of "[conj] i could [vb infin] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could help these lunatics or I could fight them on behalf of Stok ; neither of those ideas appealed to me . |
| 2 | If I were to ask a school-teacher to choose for me a sample which she considered to be a fair cross-section of her pupils so that I could interview them for a survey , there would almost certainly be a personal bias in the sample given to me . |
| 3 | We called for some fish and chips to take back for all of us , but I was n't sure that I could eat them after seeing that documentary where they all had ulcers . |
| 4 | But I believed that I could avoid them , with some help from the Vadinamian processes themselves . |
| 5 | We gave my home address over the air so that volunteers could send me a stamped , self-addressed envelope so that I could forward them a diet sheet . |
| 6 | I even took some photographs of myself crying so that I could show them to Marcus later and he could see how upset I had been . |
| 7 | Since John 's abduction I had kept a diary , hoping somehow that I could capture the time John was missing , to keep things from fading so that I could share them with him when he came back . |
| 8 | This he did and later in the evening he said that I could keep them . |
| 9 | The main light was behind him , but I could still see the shadows on his face ; they were more marked than ever , and I had the foolish illusion that I could remove them by stroking them with the tips of my fingers . |
| 10 | When the next spawning took place , I was ready with a new tank for the adults , so I could move them straight away . |
| 11 | I came up with a lot of very hard guitar parts for this album and I had to practise the hell out of them so I could pull them off . |
| 12 | Luckily I knew how many there were of them ( 53 if I remember correctly ) so I could count them out again — something which involved a lot of shaking of the shell into a bucket of tank water . |
| 13 | ‘ I had had those moments myself , so I could appreciate them , ’ says Ray . |
| 14 | As they sat in the kitchen , Jonadab glanced across at George and remarked , ‘ While we 're a bit slack afore haytime starts , Aah thought as 'ow thoo and me could deliver them two pairs of shires ti Stephen 's . ’ |
| 15 | It was only a one-sided lock , which is completely and totally different to an ordinary lock er working both sides , you see what I mean and er I er I 'd got to er make a key , number thirty-nine just like that , see but I had it and I could find out what thirty-nine was and I could make them one and send it and knowing it would fit see and er when they had different people working there , you know staff , things like that , not a lot of orders but er somebody else come . |
| 16 | Those things happened , I know that , and I could swear they happened to me . |
| 17 | ‘ I do remember in Madrid , there was a crowd of teens , and I could see they knew her and were looking at her . |
| 18 | ‘ The bullets were hitting the road and I could see them coming towards me a lot faster than I was able to reverse . ’ |
| 19 | Lead me into a room and I could pick them out for you . |
| 20 | When I went into the shop people were tripping over themselves and banging into things and I could hear them saying : ‘ That 's Geoffrey Boycott — Geoffrey Boycott , sat in that car . ’ |
| 21 | In the meantime , the sheep took off on cue and I could hear they had reached the Lion by the din coming from the main bar , I was put in a police van and off to the " cop-shop " ; when I took off my smock and the stupid hat there really was a frightened wing commander underneath . |
| 22 | Next time the Snows are on the programme : ‘ It would be nice if you and I could take them on and split them up , ’ Mr Wilson said . |
| 23 | And erm so we started the Brownies and I could train them and we used to have such fun together , you know |
| 24 | You had to buy your own stuff , I bought a pair of thigh boots and they were all made with leather and he and I used to put neat's-foot oil on them and I could roll them down just like a b just like a boot . |
| 25 | ‘ And I could teach them drawing , and Gay could come and take English and history , and we 'd have a school in no time ! |
| 26 | I 've instructed all those you wish to see to be available today , but it would be helpful if I could give them some idea of the order in which you wish to see them . ’ |
| 27 | It would be more convenient for me if I could collect them on Friday 10 May in the afternoon , say at 3.30 p.m. or later rather than at 11.30 a.m . |
| 28 | You 're very perceptive , because there are things playing on my mind , and yes … it would help me so much if I could talk them over with someone . |
| 29 | ‘ I was n't too keen on two or three of the swear words , ’ he said , ‘ and I asked if I could leave them out . |
| 30 | They would n't believe me , even if I could tell them . |