Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they could give you a decent stand to put it in cos I hate those ones at Sainsbury 's . |
| 2 | I mean we could cook it much more cheaply but we we do that then they 'd just they 'll throw the book at us , we ca n't do it . |
| 3 | That 's the point , I mean I could do it . |
| 4 | I mean I could do I think they 're fascinating and important — but I would prefer instead actually to talk about Darwinism Darwin as a biologist , rather than Darwin as a philosopher or as a influencer of morals and religious beliefs and so on . |
| 5 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
| 6 | But it was I mean I could hear it over the telly . |
| 7 | I mean you could measure it maybe and say |
| 8 | Yeah but I mean you could leave it a while till you got some |
| 9 | Well I mean you could imagine them loving it ! |
| 10 | and when we and when we were dredging that up , that used to be all like er er trunks of trees and you could , I mean you could see it when they come up it was very light . |
| 11 | Th the , the , the interim client report is ready I mean you could use it today . |
| 12 | Well I mean you could have you could have one in here . |
| 13 | I mean you could square them on your calculator , it might be easier . |
| 14 | Well I mean you could put them in for thirty , could n't you ? |
| 15 | Yes , I mean you could put it in the minutes , but also it would be quick at the next meeting of this sub-committee is after the election , it 'll be some time in June , so a quick way of dealing with it would be to put it in the bulletin , yes , but also , but I 'll put it in the minutes , as well . |
| 16 | I mean she could have it all could n't she ? |
| 17 | I realised I could race them keeping them and me fit . |
| 18 | I presume you wish to help underdeveloped countries but I fear you could do them considerable harm . |
| 19 | I expect we could teach them . ’ |
| 20 | By a miracle I found I could do it : standing upright on the pedals and pedalling with all my might I reached the road , where Nora was waiting for me . |
| 21 | But against all my expectations , the longer he kept away , the more I found I could hack it . |
| 22 | ‘ I asked for it , ’ Flavia said , ‘ the teasing and all , after the way I pretended I could get you a taxi . ’ |
| 23 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 24 | I believed I could do it . |
| 25 | I reckoned I could blackmail him into a job . |
| 26 | Cath I know who could fill it up , Cath . |
| 27 | Now I know I could do it by getting a little deeper into things but can anyone think of a pure MS-DOS way of doing it ? |
| 28 | I know I could do it |
| 29 | I know I could see you writing them anyway . |
| 30 | 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 . |