Example sentences of "i [vb base] that [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I mean that you could probably spend the rest of your life doing nothing more taxing than the sunbathing you were so clearly enjoying today . ’ |
| 2 | I consider that it could only be of assistance to them if they had that foundation with which to commence their overview of the requirements of the case and the discharge of their statutory duty under the Children Act 1989 . |
| 3 | I know that I could suffer in that way but I hope I will be able to cope , ’ she added . |
| 4 | I know I could win the title again and I know that I could do Britain proud . |
| 5 | There are drawbacks to the house and sometimes we think about moving again , but I know that I could n't leave that garden . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And the other thing is that it 's erm er , er Jeremy had er er , inadvertently really , er I , I know that I could have crowned him when he did it , but he was getting er , taking the lamp from the bookcase erm , which is at the end of the bookcase through to his own room to use temporarily because in trying to get the shade off his , the old one there , he , he snapped the fitting , and why , when he did that , erm , he er , disconnected the phone and of course , wiped out all the memory you know , the numbers that that you put in ! |
| 9 | ‘ I know that he could n't have done owt to Mr Bishop , though ! 'Cos he was n't here on Friday . |
| 10 | I remember that it could whack a fist-sized stone well over the creek and twenty metres or more into the undulating ground on the mainland , and once I got keyed into its natural rhythm I could send off a shot every two seconds . |
| 11 | I said knew about it , erm , you must have known about it , erm , that standard edition of the complete psychological works of Freud , that 's its title , and you 're one of the editors , one of the editors , I said , there 's no evidence that you ever intended to include this book in it , even though , you know , I understand that it could n't be published as long as Woodrow Wilson 's family was still alive , but erm , you know , why was n't it published in the standard edition ? |
| 12 | I 'm not against the concept of co-opted members and I believe that they could add a useful dimension to any authority 's work , but apart from the obligatory brace of businessmen and I accept the Right Honourable and Noble Viscount Lord Whitelaw 's phrase and I quote powerful reference to a broad approach and new ideas and a fight against crime , but apart from the the brace er , er of such business people , they should surely come from representative sections of those communities which the authorities serve . |
| 13 | However , I believe that I could manage to call you father if it is appropriate to the circumstances . ’ |
| 14 | In either event , I believe that it could only cause confusion if we were dealing with more than one previous life at a time . |
| 15 | On the whole the wooden aircraft were extraordinarily successful and I suppose that we could hardly have won the War without them . |
| 16 | * I suppose that one could consider that the crack has been blunted . |
| 17 | Speaking more generally , I suppose that I could sum up the Prime Minister 's speech — without rancour — as timid , devoid of national purpose and lacking in inspiration . |
| 18 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 19 | Right but then I suppose that you could say that it 's the idea of the balm cake which it would be on the level of the , in , in intellect |
| 20 | But I suppose that it could happen if one of them became faulty . |
| 21 | In principle , I suppose that it could be done , but it is hard all the same to see how . |
| 22 | Before I move on I note that I could have fished the swim from the other bank , although there was no shallow-enough water nearby to ford the river . |
| 23 | ‘ I feel that it could be boxed in by bureacracy and not make much contribution to a company 's performance . ’ |
| 24 | Sometimes I feel that I could get to the point where I 'd let her get on the bus [ transport to day care ] in the morning and then ring them up later and say ‘ Do n't bring her back because I wo n't let her in ’ … |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I feel that I could overwhelm her with love now . |
| 27 | I 've thought about this a lot , I doubt that I could have started this channel . |
| 28 | I doubt that I could do the job without it . ’ |
| 29 | If he can produce individuals who will come and have a discussion with him or with me , I bet that we could find somewhere where they could work , especially in a city such as London where jobs in the tourist industry , in the retail trade and in the back-up to that are still available . |
| 30 | Yes , I think that we could actually kill as it were two birds with one stone here er , the conversion of military industry into civilian industry has begun in the Soviet Union but it was going very slowly and part of the reason for that is , is it 's very expensive , now that seems to me a worthy recipient for Western direct economic aid . |