Example sentences of "i could [adv] [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could tell you many tales of great joy and hope , but I could also give you far worse than the few examples I have mentioned here . |
| 2 | Because I could easily take you upstairs … " |
| 3 | ‘ I could easily hate you . ’ |
| 4 | And I 'd say no I could n't wake you , I would n't wake him . |
| 5 | I also told him of my affection for you and that I could n't injure you by marrying you without love . |
| 6 | There is no place you could go where I could n't reach you . |
| 7 | ‘ No wonder I could n't locate you . ’ |
| 8 | But I could n't bear you to think that you were feeling all that on your own . |
| 9 | No harm done , or anything — I had a bet with a friend that I could n't con you . ’ |
| 10 | I could n't leave you here with only misery guts for company , could I ? ’ |
| 11 | If you were paying for it I could n't stop you now you 're sixteen |
| 12 | I simply said I could n't picture you doing anything as unglamorous as helping wee ones count to ten . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Putney Heath , but I could n't tell you on the telephone . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I could n't tell you the regiment , but there is a lieutenant of that name staying here . |
| 15 | ‘ I could n't tell you much about Liverpool 's players these days but ask me about Uxbridge 's outside-right and I 'll give you a Dimbleby lecture — if you can stay awake long enough , ’ he jokes . |
| 16 | On the other hand I 'm afraid I could n't tell you whether Stuart was wearing his medium-dark-grey suit or his dark-dark-grey suit for the ceremony . |
| 17 | How many people have I caught , I could n't tell you cos I 've never kept a record . |
| 18 | I I could n't tell you that . |
| 19 | We did get a bit of u of er union pay then I I could n't tell you how much it was but it was n't very much , but er |
| 20 | But one one time one man put up and I do n't know the reason why and I could n't tell you the year but his name was er the Honour somebody . |
| 21 | I could n't tell you because your reactions were always so extreme . ’ |
| 22 | Yes , yes well as I say , you 're coming into the shop and I do n't know what was in now I could n't tell you , but anyway |
| 23 | He used to go to a lotta places er that as knocked down or , well I could n't tell you the kind of job , but often there was some locks on the premises was er , perhaps needed repair or he wanted them to be in before he could leave the job and say here you are , that 's the job done . |
| 24 | I could n't tell you how , but it I , cos you 'd , I do n't want nothing , but when I did , I 'd got ta use my ingenuity to get something that I could get one or two or a dozen or ten off , you know what I mean , and I got ta make it and a lot of times I made it out of wood which was easily er you know treated . |
| 25 | I could n't tell you what , but they collected quite a lot of money for us and er , and er , er , they were holding things there , er people were holding boxes at the bottom of the gate like and er |
| 26 | I seem to remember , i i i you know , you try to bri you brought something back into me mind through saying that but er I , I ca n't , I could n't tell you nothing about it no no I could n't tell you nothing about it . |
| 27 | I seem to remember , i i i you know , you try to bri you brought something back into me mind through saying that but er I , I ca n't , I could n't tell you nothing about it no no I could n't tell you nothing about it . |
| 28 | I could n't tell you what . |
| 29 | Now whether it made a lot of difference or no , I could n't tell you , but they believed it er the set of tools they had were the best in the yard , you know , so obviously they took a wee bit of pride in them and looked after them . |
| 30 | I 'm sorry , ch'un tzu , but I could n't tell you before . |