Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I thought , if I got that I could give it to Irene and could go wedding . |
| 2 | If I could do that I could do anything , as a chef once said to me when I told him he had sprinkled sugar on a steak and kidney pie . |
| 3 | The point was , he 'd made sure I could n't sell it and blow the proceeds on some other scheme . |
| 4 | ‘ What has he got that I could n't give you ? ’ he asked in a dull tone that chilled Ruth more than if he had bawled at her . |
| 5 | If I wanted to do something like three add six I could put brackets round the three and round the six and it would n't make any difference . |
| 6 | I found that by adding white I could achieve my desired effect . |
| 7 | ‘ I am very proud of what the film has said — and by saying this I could possibly lose a lot of work from the people who make glamorous war films , ’ he admitted . |
| 8 | I tried the clean channel ( channel 1 ) first and found that , good as its word , it remained clean , surviving all I could throw at it . |
| 9 | I assured her that all was as it seemed , and that I was not under suspicion of murder , and that I was indeed doing all I could to help the police . |
| 10 | It was only after the resolution which this experience brought that I could say with a new reality , ‘ This God is my God . ’ |
| 11 | Up until then I had seldom visited a doctor and prided myself that most things that went wrong I could put right myself . |
| 12 | I can conduct in front of the mirror , but if I was conducting an orchestra and something went wrong I could not put it back on the rails again . ’ |
| 13 | Lord Palmerston sent for me and told me in a jaunty way that he would have nothing to do with this Gothic style , and that though he did not want to disturb my appointment he must insist on my making a design in the Italian style which he felt sure I could do as well as the other . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I trained tremendously hard and felt sure I could beat anyone in the world . ’ |
| 15 | This might have been because he 'd been kept in an aviary and not given enough exercise , and i felt sure I could put that right . |
| 16 | I felt sure I could work it through the orifice without cutting the sphincter . |
| 17 | And er the car arrives I looked all I could see was mother sitting in the car and puffing this smoke puffing out through the window |
| 18 | I did not mind that often the work was well below what I felt certain I could do . |
| 19 | Yes I , after I lost my daughter I had to go into erm , into the factory to make aeroplane pieces at Burnt Mill cos I was so bad with my nerves after I lost her , er just afternoons I had to go and then I was taken ill I could n't do it , well then after my erm , I got my family off to school I took a part time job in erm one of the factories making tea in the mornings for the office and coffees and that for the office and then in the afternoons I used to do the tea as well , I used to cycle there , I quite enjoyed it until my right hip started coming bad then I had to pack it in , but I was in there , I was there for about four years and I thoroughly enjoyed it you know making tea and that , I did n't have to take it round only collect the money to go round and collect the money , but used to have to put the trolley outside and they used to come and get their tea each one , of which they knew which was their mugs and cups ha , you know , I , I thoroughly enjoyed that job , really great |
| 20 | My immediate concern on that first morning in Punta Arenas was to learn all I could about the ship . |
| 21 | The two young girls , I predicted , would not find such changes so difficult to accommodate , but I did all I could to see that Mrs Clements suffered the least adjustments , to the extent that I undertook for myself a number of duties which you may consider most broad-minded of a butler to do . |
| 22 | I did all I could to encourage Bernstein to chat with John , who seemed even then to be developing into one of Canada 's most versatile and brilliant conductors . |
| 23 | I did all I could for that plant , but while my White Poplar in the garden went from strength to strength , sprouting new branches and hundreds of suckers that came up like a forest over all the lawn , the fern bought on that memorable day when the second deluge had fallen just faded away before my eyes . |
| 24 | I always held that view and did all I could to press for an election before Christmas in order that we might get a majority large enough to stand the racket . " |
| 25 | " Great-grandfather , you must know already that I did all I could to stop Kim taking the gibbon , " he said , whispering aloud in the hope that his fervent words might be audible to his father and grandfather standing a few feet away . |
| 26 | When he noticed me , he immediately called to the waiter , making sure I could hear , ‘ Listen , you ! |
| 27 | I had discovered all I could for the moment . |
| 28 | The boy would speak ‘ say the Chorus from Henry V and I would go further and further away from him , forcing him not to shout but to make certain I could hear him . |