Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] i could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's no point in me doing it I mean if I could just hear Ben going ah ah ah |
| 2 | I never really regretted opting out , and I know that I could never have settled down to a steady shore job while the cutters were still available . |
| 3 | I have so looked forward to it , making all the things with Matey , and thinking of what we shall do with the money we make — which is stupid really , when I know that I could so easily give them so much more — But that would be nothing , for what I have done with Matey has been done by me , and not by Papa , for that is what giving them his money would mean . |
| 4 | I 'd find something as er pretty near to what I wanted , you know and I could perhaps , and did , use what 's called beeswax a lot , you know and er warm it up and ply it and put it onto er something to make it to what the shape I wanted , you know . |
| 5 | The , for example , where I worked I had to bale out you know in the morning about thirty pails of water , you know before I could even see my footboard . |
| 6 | It 's only now that I feel that I could actually decide to have a relationship which is specifically going to be monogamous , which is a really big change for me … that makes me think immediately of AIDS but I 'm not sure . |
| 7 | It 's my stomach again , I feel if I could just get it |
| 8 | I wonder if I could just pop over . |
| 9 | I wonder if I could just raise an issue on item two three D on page four referring to horse riding because there is a concern about a , a lot of walkers , that horse riding on footpaths creates problems for them erm in , in terms of chewing up the path in , in such a way that they 're difficult to walk on , people even wearing boots . |
| 10 | I wonder if I could just take a step back in conclusion and ask you a couple of rather broader questions , more general questions . |
| 11 | I think if I could ever call anyone a role model , for me it would be someone from both categories — Madonna for her strength of character and Joni Mitchell for her musicianship , and her lyrics are bloody great . ’ |
| 12 | Chairman I I wonder whether I could just make a sort of general statement from the department 's view before we go on to a particular issue if I may . |
| 13 | ‘ I wish , ’ cried Dorian suddenly , ‘ I wish that I could always stay young and that the picture could grow old . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I wish that I could always stay young and that the picture could grow old , ’ cried Dorian . |