Example sentences of "i could [vb infin] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I thought I could make mine by designing and making better products , and selling them to the world , ’ said Mark . |
| 2 | Erm and really the only way I thought that I could prevent myself from doing anything like that was to kill myself in a very violent way because I |
| 3 | We were on honeymoon , I could do it without loving or being loved , but not here … not in Hong Kong … |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | We called for some fish and chips to take back for all of us , but I was n't sure that I could eat them after seeing that documentary where they all had ulcers . |
| 6 | For my part I would have to decide how much I could tell her without giving away Neil 's presence on Moila . |
| 7 | I wish I could stop myself from having to have everything just right , ’ Sue admits . |
| 8 | ABBERLEY : Promise me not to — I could kill you for making me ask you that . |
| 9 | The main light was behind him , but I could still see the shadows on his face ; they were more marked than ever , and I had the foolish illusion that I could remove them by stroking them with the tips of my fingers . |
| 10 | I was disgusted by the whole idea of class and thought I could abolish it by pretending it did n't exist . |
| 11 | Then I began to wonder whether , by wearing a loose jacket and sitting down all the time , I could keep him from noticing . |
| 12 | Perhaps , Bill , I could help you by using the example that Sharon Mace , on of erm the physically handicapped people who came to lobby Council yesterday , used . |