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 . |