Example sentences of "could [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They told me they could sack me , but I do n't care , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 2 | I would be grateful if you could reassure me . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ and she flinched at the cutting acidity in his voice , ‘ I never thought I 'd see the day when a woman could fool me , but you managed pretty well . |
| 4 | I would be glad if Miss Marsden could spare me a few moments . ’ |
| 5 | I would be most grateful if you could spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 6 | I was wondering if you could spare me an hour . ’ |
| 7 | I flew too high , and then I was going higher , faster , I could n't stop , like a feather finding a vent I just shot up to the spindle , and there I stuck , dangling in zero-g I kicked and flailed , I was hopeless , I had no idea how to get away I had n't got anything I could throw I could n't even see straight anyway , my eyes were tearing The pollution was pretty bad up there , I started coughing , and then I could n't stop |
| 8 | Perhaps you could answer me another question — name one band that tells people they should be gay . |
| 9 | How I wish you could answer me . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps I was showing too many teeth which could make me appear roguish and untrustworthy . |
| 11 | When I asked if they could make me an identical one trimmed with black fur and beading instead , they were horrified but they agreed in the end . ’ |
| 12 | My brother could make me cry just by lifting me on to a five-foot-high garden trellis and leaving me there , so I was hardly a miniature Chris Bonnington . |
| 13 | I would not forsake ye , I would not forsake you for sweetest of scenes : For sweetest of gardens that nature could make me I would not forsake ye , dear valleys and greens : Tho' Nature ne'er dropped ye a cloud-resting mountain , Nor waterfalls tumble their music so free , Had Nature denied ye a bush , tree , or fountain , Ye still had been loved as an Eden by me . |
| 14 | I was a little afraid , but this was something really important ; nobody could make me get married after I had discovered something as strange as this . |
| 15 | You 're stronger than I am , and I know you could make me do … ’ she lowered her lashes in embarrassment ‘ … things … that I do n't want to do . |
| 16 | Only one thing could make me angry and that is if you demand to leave here . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Michael could make me laugh very easily , ’ said Cossins . |
| 18 | My reprieve could make me somehow feel quite snubbed . |
| 19 | Your charms could make me forget the world . |
| 20 | this cardigan was sixty two pounds , but it 's really nice , you know , and it 's , I 'm saying this you could make me one the same |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps you could lend me a servant to guide me back to the Grange ? ’ |
| 22 | Does anyone know of a signwriter who could paint me a decent menu board for my catering trailer ? |
| 23 | And dad could knock me off on the way to get the papers . |
| 24 | ‘ Daddy , ’ she said , ‘ do you think you could buy me a book ? ’ |
| 25 | That could buy me in ! |
| 26 | I used to slow down when we played kiss chase so Grant could catch me ! ’ |
| 27 | He got there at four o'clock he had four fish he could catch I think out of the ten for the week cos he caught the others and he 'd caught them all by half past four . |
| 28 | You could introduce me maybe . |
| 29 | I suppose you could describe me as ‘ headmistressy ’ . |
| 30 | Lucky for me that I got out before you could entice me into the ultimate folly of going to bed with you . ’ |