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Example sentences of "i could [verb] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	As we 're so poor , it would be an advantage if I could marry someone with money . "
2	Unfortunately I could do nothing at all .
3	With me it was all too simple and evident , my behaviour — and I was a most law-abiding child — caused my parents pain , and as I could do nothing about it , certainly nothing to improve it , except to cease to exist , I grew more and more guilty .
4	I want to be a social worker so I could do something for these girls . ’
5	‘ I wish I could do something for them , ’ she said , and the concern in her voice was now innocent of duplicity .
6	I could do something with that hair . ’
7	Mrs Ross , Mrs Girdlestone added , had only her pension to live on , and she repeated that she would be glad if I could do something about her as soon as possible .
8	I felt wonderful , and it was at that moment that I realised that if I started taking my athletics seriously , if I started training properly , if I started listening to Ron , then maybe I could do something in the sport .
9	I popped in on yer to see if I could do anything for yer , like did yer want a medical bandage that I could get cheap .
10	After twelve years in management , I have n't yet had a tape arrive which I thought I could do anything with .
11	My time was my own ; I could do anything in the world I liked .
12	‘ I really thought I could handle something like that !
13	He said : ‘ I trained tremendously hard and felt sure I could beat anyone in the world . ’
14	There 's no blooming so I mean I could drink something like that , which is purely chemical and never seen as li a damn orange That 's all it is is flavourings and water and
15	He hoped that I could undertake something in that line , especially in relation to Italy : for I had been giving him my impressions of the visit to Rome , which included encountering at close quarters , Mussolini , Count Ciano , and Edda his wife , and the by comparison rather puny Neville Chamberlain .
16	‘ What kind of man do you think I am , that I could forget something like that ? ’
17	So I did the CD , put it out and thought , ‘ Hey , if it sells a couple of thousand , I 'll be smiling all the way , ’ because I just did it so I could have something to hand people .
18	I could say nothing to Lollo , she had become a silent , horrible , raw red thing .
19	‘ You mean I could say anything at all ? ’ she asked with a mischievous smile .
20	As far as I could discern none of the courts operates on any form of jury system .
21	I could put everything on my back between villages because , this side of Adrar , they occurred almost every twenty miles .
22	It seemed I could learn nothing of happiness from Lili unless I could first discover her secret .
23	‘ If I wanted to get into a fight , I could pick one behind any pub in Luton any night I wanted , ’ he says , only half jokingly .
24	‘ I made it quite plain to him that I could find no-one in mid-Essex who wants this unloved road , ’ said Mr Burns .
25	I could find nothing in the text to justify such an idea , but my aunt said she knew by ‘ feminine intuition ’ .
26	I could keep one in the green Eurobonds advert .
27	The footsteps stopped , and I could hear nothing at all .
28	Some people will actually say , if I could add something to the plan that would cost you just a little bit more , which means that if you 're off work through illness , the company , Abbey will pay the premiums for you , would you be prepared to pay a bit more .
29	I suggested that it might be a good idea to get it in midsummer so that I could get plenty of practice in before the skiddy weather set in , but he thought there might be too much tourist traffic going through the town and on the roads around it in the middle of the summer .
30	‘ I could get anyone under the spell , ’ he says , adding that he had hypnotised their maid ( as Breavman had in The Favourite Game ) and feared that he had driven her insane by it !