Example sentences of "[det] i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There was really very little I could do actively to refute the charge of selfishness . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ There was little I could do to set her mind at rest except be myself , but I think they feel comfortable with me now . |
| 5 | and he said well it was the least I could do under the circumstance . |
| 6 | For that I could have three separate weeks in Alpine chalets . |
| 7 | The last time I went there was in 1968 ; after that I could n't go there because I was a British citizen . |
| 8 | All of that I could understand , but it concerned me that she was so nervous and desperately unhappy . |
| 9 | After that I could never see the point of toiling up a steep incline in preference to riding comfortably on a ski-lift ! |
| 10 | At times like that I could not care a toss for JTR and wondered why the hell I was in such a situation . |
| 11 | After that I could n't get rid of him . |
| 12 | It was only after the resolution which this experience brought that I could say with a new reality , ‘ This God is my God . ’ |
| 13 | If I could do that I could do anything , as a chef once said to me when I told him he had sprinkled sugar on a steak and kidney pie . |
| 14 | The Working Party helped me to express my lesbianism in a positive way in that I could come out , and it helped me to deal with the suspicion and fears of colleagues Black and white , gay or straight , male or female . |
| 15 | And after that I could n't really get back into it . |
| 16 | After that I could n't see inside any more ; it was too bright . |
| 17 | While I spoke like that I could pretend that Syl and his house were unreal and my projected presence in it merely an extension of that fantasy , but the wedding loomed ever closer like a rock and I , poor ship , was about to founder on it . |
| 18 | After that I could n't be touched , of course . |
| 19 | ‘ What has he got that I could n't give you ? ’ he asked in a dull tone that chilled Ruth more than if he had bawled at her . |
| 20 | it then for that lesson , but after that I could n't remember again how to do it |
| 21 | And I thought , if I got that I could give it to Irene and could go wedding . |
| 22 | Opal Fruits and things like that I could of got them that but of course a great big bag of Minstrels , you could n't just let them rummage through that , so what I done I took a couple of handfuls out and put them in here |
| 23 | whether we needed to go back for anything to go in the fridge or freezer If I got this page sort of full by the end of the week , people there were picking out their , they were getting tea bags and coffee and biscuits , you know for two pages full , I 've got one page full and of course with that I could get erm , packet of the Ferrera Roche |
| 24 | I mean , for that I could have , do a lovely one for under , a reasonable price , and they 're going straight for the cord . |
| 25 | It 's funny how the mind works at a time like this I could n't hear anything so I called : ‘ Warton , Golf Zulu Sierra . |
| 26 | But even this I could not do . |
| 27 | Once the legs were jointed I turned the leg and stretcher assembly upside down on to the bottom of the seat and from this I could mark the centres to be drilled and set the bevels to repeat the process . |
| 28 | It was the solitude growing around me , growing under me : this I could n't take . |
| 29 | This is bloody hard work — if I 'd wanted a holiday like this I could have gone down the mines for a fortnight . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I am very proud of what the film has said — and by saying this I could possibly lose a lot of work from the people who make glamorous war films , ’ he admitted . |