Example sentences of "i could [verb] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mast I could manage but I did n't know there were different names for the parts of the sail — the head being at the top , the leech at the back and the luff by the mast . |
| 2 | A few moments ago I could swear that you did n't hate me . ’ |
| 3 | I could swear that he told me he did n't know ! |
| 4 | I reckon I could sleep if I was warm enough . |
| 5 | I felt I could pretend that you were , it was a secret I had , I almost told you once or twice , but I thought that it might spoil things , that … |
| 6 | And when I asked him what would happen if it got known he just smiled and said I could talk if I wanted to . |
| 7 | He said I could talk if I wanted to … ’ |
| 8 | I could check that she had begun to get her divorce at about the time of Sir Charles ' death . |
| 9 | Well it 's a bit i well I , well I could do but it 's a bit tricky I mean to some |
| 10 | I could do but it 's er I did n't want to I 'm choosing when I wear it and when I do n't . |
| 11 | Well , I could do but I , you see , I have n't got the money to get home and you know |
| 12 | Probably I feel there 's always something else I could do and it never seems to stop . |
| 13 | Well no there 's no no mount or anything on that one it 's just as is that was a , the cheapest frame I could do cos I did n't like it when I finished it and I begrudged the price of the frame . |
| 14 | The least I could do when you told me … |
| 15 | I walked slowly back up the shabby road to this now miserable room , thinking all the while of what I ought to do or what I could do if I was ever going to outmanoeuvre these cunning poisoners . |
| 16 | I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do if I were reprieved . |
| 17 | Tell you what I could do if I had something like U equals sine T or if |
| 18 | I rang Haines to tell him of that fact and there was nothing else I could do as I had no notion of where in the Bahamas Max might be . |
| 19 | I had only recently begun to walk much without a stick — however — after much midnight practice to a ‘ pop ’ record I did manage even the backward steps without a wobble which I felt was the least I could do as I was representing MEDAU ! . |
| 20 | ' I could dance but I could n't turn corners . |
| 21 | I , I could feel that I have , I had to go back to the bath to the toilet quite often . |
| 22 | If I could move as I used to I 'd be running around and dancing in the street . ’ |
| 23 | There , I asked the proprietor if there were any really old places I could visit and he directed me to a farm called La Valdieu . |
| 24 | I could hope that they 'll leave before dessert , she thought bitterly , as Melissa 's affected laugh rang in her ear for the fourth time . |
| 25 | If anything , I suppose I could complain that you 've tried to take her from me — but I do n't blame you for that . |
| 26 | The meeting had been arranged with intense , frantic planning as to detail , with letters despatched by lawyers through couriers , paragraphs changed bo mutual request , assurances as to what I could say or not and , indeed , whether I could admit that I had even appeared on this day at the august offices of Olympia & York . |
| 27 | Actors like him have a system of playing through something , and , between us , I could tell that he was n't finding that something . |
| 28 | For I could tell that he was a little rusty , and I wondered if sometimes this affable and agreeable companion was worried because he knew that he was not keeping up with the strides that modern medicine was taking . |
| 29 | ‘ He telephoned to tell me about it … he was very angry when he saw you with that book and I could tell that he had said things he should not have said . ’ |
| 30 | We had some business to discuss , but his mind seemed to be elsewhere : I asked if there was anything wrong and he said ‘ No , ’ but I could tell that he was keeping something back . |