Example sentences of "i could [vb infin] [pron] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , I could do them on the train to the City some morning every week . ’ |
| 2 | When I was at college I did a pastiche of the student magazine , doing the fold , and it was called Shell , so we renamed it for that one issue Rolling Shell , and I ever so carefully did the lettering for both the title boxes , then I got really disappointed when it came to set the type for the front page article underneath the big photograph which we printed as duo tone , because I could do it on the I B M — I could actually do it in Times and I thought it was going to be really , you know , I 'd have to really struggle and find |
| 3 | And at once I could smell it on the tied-on head-cushion — that same elusive , old-fashioned perfume of the towel , of the glove . |
| 4 | The brochure also would have outlined a number of other aspects in in more detail than I could give you on the phone . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's better , ’ said Joe , ‘ in that kind of mood I could put you on a horse and let you join in the charge of the Light Brigade . ’ |
| 6 | Oh that 's erm ah yes , I should try to use the calculator if I could find it on the machine ! |
| 7 | As the time grew nearer , Shanti began to call me Molly , and I could hear her on the telephone telling her friends , ‘ I 'm going to meet my mother . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I could get him on the radio and ask for you if you like . ’ |
| 9 | no , but I could get it on the Tuesday , she said if you had n't got it by the Tuesday , to let us know on the Wednesday |
| 10 | ‘ My office sought to arrange an interview with the Secretary of State for Employment so I could brief her on the situation . |
| 11 | I could see myself on the roof of our house , as , for the last time , I spread the couscous out to dry on a sheet in the sun before my journey to London : I could see the village below me : the tops of the trees , the minaret , the ancient wall which ran round my village . |