Example sentences of "[adj] i could " in BNC.

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1 Although during the years I worked there I had the opportunity to meet many people , mainly the farmers who were our principal customers , I can honestly say that my job was the most boring and monotonous I could possibly have had .
2 It 's possible I could s if I walk from Newcastle catch a bus to Newcastle then walk from Newcastle .
3 This ‘ staff ’ he referred to was , of course , nothing more than the skeleton team of six kept on by Lord Darlington 's relatives to administer to the house up to and throughout the transactions ; and I regret to report that once the purchase had been completed , there was little I could do for Mr Farraday to prevent all but Mrs Clements leaving for other employment .
4 There was really very little I could do actively to refute the charge of selfishness .
5 I thought my eyes must be starting out of my head , too , but there was little I could do ; I was trying the best I could to think of something distracting to say to Eric .
6 ‘ There was little I could do to set her mind at rest except be myself , but I think they feel comfortable with me now .
7 Ma and Pa Pickering tried to probe , but I was sorry I could n't help them .
8 ‘ I 'm sorry I could n't telephone first . ’
9 Sorry I could n't get some basic staples up at the house for your arrival .
10 ‘ I 'm sorry I could n't see you earlier , Inspector , ’ Nicholson said .
11 ‘ I 'm sorry I could n't stay longer but it was getting rather boring . ’
12 " Sorry I could n't ring .
13 I am sorry I could not help .
14 ‘ I mean , I 'm sorry I could n't get through to you on Thursday evening , but I did try , and got cut off .
15 Sorry I could n't get the vase , ’ she breathed , ‘ did you manage ? ’
16 I am so sorry I could not revert to the ‘ phone at the very moment you rang on Thursday .
17 Sorry I could n't be of more help .
18 Sorry I could n't have been more help . ’
19 No I 'm s no I 'm sorry I could n't er .
20 Sorry I could n't quite get that .
21 I 'm sorry I could n't hear everything that the Maxwell people were saying , sitting behind me , you you 've lost their , their voice and you you know , I could n't hear what they were saying .
22 Sorry I could not help about your friend . ’
23 Erm , oh the raffle coffee morning I 'm sorry I could n't come , but I was laid low erm how did it go ?
24 This was something so endearing I could n't speak for a moment .
25 and he said well it was the least I could do under the circumstance .
26 Were my feelings not so strong I could not bring myself to say goodbye . ’
27 If Dad was alive I could talk to him .
28 For that I could have three separate weeks in Alpine chalets .
29 The last time I went there was in 1968 ; after that I could n't go there because I was a British citizen .
30 All of that I could understand , but it concerned me that she was so nervous and desperately unhappy .
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