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Example sentences of "i could [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ Is there anything else I could lay on the shelf ? ’
2	‘ I could walk along the beach with you .
3	There is on record a confession of Cobden-Sanderson 's , who said of a failure to bind a copy of Tennyson 's In Memoriam to his satisfaction : ‘ I could spit upon the book , throw it out of the window , into the fire , upon the ground and grind it with my heel . ‘
4	I had only to make it to Dover and then I could sleep on the ferry to France .
5	I mean whether I 'll ever work offshore again 's another thing , but I would like to try going offshore I mean then again I mean I reckon I could work offshore no problem at all , but whether I could sleep on the platform is a completely different matter .
6	Amongst all the noise of London Bridge Station , I could sleep like the proverbial top .
7	I arrived late at night so I had nowhere to go , but I met a greenkeeper who told me I could sleep in the greenkeeper 's hut on the course .
8	I mean , I could sleep in the lounge .
9	I repeat what I have always said : 175 is the best estimate that the senior chief inspector and I could make of the number required after the transitional period to carry out the duties that I have described .
10	My figures were the best estimates that the senior chief inspector and I could make of the numbers required to carry out the policy that I have laid before the House .
11	We are working to achieve an agreement at Maastricht in December , but it must be an agreement that I could make in the confident expectation that I could commend it to the House .
12	Actually , I could throw at the moment but I could n't afford the shoulder seizing up the next day and suddenly finding I 'm out for three months .
13	I wish I could sit at the table and help cut up Annie 's food like I used to , and we 'd have crackers and we 'd wear those paper hats and have them little prezzies from inside the crackers .
14	In fact , within a week I could sit on the same chair as the dog with Dawn on my fist .
15	Yep the only difference between the two , is the colours If I could talk to the animals walk with the animals , sing and dance and squawk with the animals ah la la la la !
16	Er but perhaps I could talk about the Centre , which is not .
17	Before I could protest at the misrepresentation , Mary said , ‘ Oh , no , that 's not so at all — that 's a very unscientific remark , if you do n't mind my saying so , sir !
18	As Fielding led me back to our table I made a powerfully worded verbal pass at a salacious waitress , who appeared to be all for it but then came down with some deep sorrow in the kitchen , and when I burst through the double-doors to console her two men in sweat-grey T-shirts assured me there was nothing I could do for the poor child .
19	Do n't look at me like that , it was the best I could do on the spur of the moment . ’
20	Lying about my family 's social status came easily enough , but there was nothing I could do about the more visible signs of poverty .
21	‘ There was nothing I could do about the accident .
22	and he said well it was the least I could do under the circumstance .
23	Pleasant to browse but unwise to buy as I could do without the extra weight of heavy tomes for the long haul after the town up past Hay Bluff to the Gospel Pass — a climb to more than 1,750 ft .
24	I think I could do with the rest . ’
25	I could do with the company and Mrs Manners has still got enough turkey to feed the third world and the poor Albanians .
26	’ I could do with the rent ! ’
27	Mark discharged himself , came on to the film set and proceeded to tell me what I could do with the part , the film and the clinic . ’
28	I could do with the company .
29	Again I I showed all due diligence I could do in the situation .
30	For if there is the smallest hope of escape … if there is the merest chance that I could return to the world and to Grainne , I would tear this place down stone by stone .