Example sentences of "[noun prp] [subord] i could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and she said my sister spends I mean , we 're now talking about nineteen seventy my sister spends twelve and six a week on things from for the house on the hire purchase if she ever truly runs into debt she 'll save part of the cost of the thing , you know and then she knows that she 's always going to have to put twelve and six a week aside but she does that and buys things for the house and you see if you 've got if you 've got that little bit of extra coming in it 's quite well it 's like my lodgers , Brenda if I could n't if I could n't get what I need from my lodgers well Neil pays me Neil 's house rent which thirty pound a week |
| 2 | For I knew there were English-speaking visitors in Geneva if I could only establish communication with them ; they might be induced to take up my cause . |
| 3 | I rang Prentice as I could n't think how to put it off any longer , and got him at the second number he 'd left . |
| 4 | You must be Samson Stacey cos I could n't do it ? |
| 5 | I ca n't for the love of me understand the leadership of all the unions that allowed , we do n't even get enough holidays of what they get on the continent , we should be asking for more , not taking them off us or putting it in October to celebrate Nelson and Trafalgar because I could n't give a monkey for 'em . |
| 6 | Nolan was disconcerted by having lost on Groundsel though I could n't see that he 'd done anything wrong . |