Example sentences of "i [vb base] i could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | That 's the point , I mean I could do it . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | But it was I mean I could hear it over the telly . |
5 | 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 ? |
6 | I know I could do it |
7 | I know I could see you writing them anyway . |
8 | It 'd take me a while to learn how to drive it , but after I learned that I reckon I could do it . |
9 | Erm I I reckon I reckon I could do it in an hour . |
10 | I mean I believe I could love him in the other way , his way , now . |
11 | He is the most remarkable looking creature I have ever seen , and I believe I could love him very much , and I believe that with him I could forget Fergus . |
12 | ‘ I suppose I could do it , ’ says Mr Neasom . |
13 | But then again , I suppose I could do it without the though . |
14 | Well yes , I suppose I could give it a try but I do n't want to promise anything . |
15 | ‘ Hmm , this circle might interfere with any melodious resonances , but I suppose I could give you a rattle each to shake . ’ |
16 | I mean I suppose I could contact them and say yeah I 'll take that . |
17 | I mean you 've got to try and keep yourself afloat , and then even that 's not going to help you , if nobody comes along and picks you up either , so I mean that But I mean I I did n't Oh well I Suppose I could say I gave up hope a few times but obviously if you s The struggle to survive comes through in the long run , and I mean it 's it 's not easy to give up hope , |
18 | I suppose I could let it go for this week , though . ’ |
19 | I suppose I could clean it really . |
20 | Franca , sweetheart , I bless you , I worship you , you have a great soul , I feel I could serve you as if you were God — ’ |
21 | I bet I could find what all the others have ; I bet I could track it down . |
22 | He 's a big bloke but I think I could handle him . |
23 | I think I could pay you two shillings a week for the first year and we 'd have to see how things went . |
24 | But she 's , well , she 's kind , and I think I could tell her about you , and maybe she will think of something . " |
25 | Even when people are sitting in the chairs I think I could push them over , and bigger things too , much bigger things than chairs and tables … |
26 | ‘ I have such confidence in Edgar 's love that I think I could kill him , and he would n't blame me for it . |
27 | I think I could like it here . ’ |
28 | ‘ But I think I could keep it going for quite a while . |
29 | ‘ Oh , I think I could promise you it would be that . ’ |
30 | I like you , Mrs Jackson , and I think I could get you to like me . |