Example sentences of "[adv] i could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards Jared Tunstall had said to her mama , ‘ It was a question of a little hustler meeting a big one , and if it were n't that he has hurt Sally-Anne so badly I could almost admire the swine for his gall . |
| 2 | I had often rehearsed the choice phrases which I would use on this very occasion but the sight of the animal restrained me ; if he had come to consult me professionally I could hardly start pitching into him right away . |
| 3 | Luckily I could still ride the bike . |
| 4 | I 'd been lying on my bed , thinking of you , and suddenly I could n't bear it a moment longer and jumped off the bed intending to phone you — and there you were , looking half drowned and so nervous I was afraid to put a foot wrong . ’ |
| 5 | That 's the thing , apparent apparently I could n't even walk straight , and yet there 's me fucking climbing up the outside of a building , which to me sounds about right . |
| 6 | ‘ Basically I could not get enough . |
| 7 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 8 | Richards , 40 , said : ‘ I was flattered to receive the offer , but morally I could not accept . |
| 9 | Only I could n't . |
| 10 | And , you know only I could n't live without that ! |
| 11 | Only I could n't do it . |
| 12 | Only I could n't . |
| 13 | Only I could n't believe it . |
| 14 | Only I could so much . |
| 15 | In order to reassure himself , he might question the stranger about things from my own past , recalling occasions which only I could possibly remember and comparing his answers with those that I would be likely to give . |
| 16 | Anwar asked Changez and me to wash the floor of the shop , thinking that perhaps I could successfully supervise him . |
| 17 | Perhaps I could just advise members , Chairman , that erm , that the timescale for that would be fairly tight , erm , and my recollection is that when we er , we went out to consultation previously in the sphere of learning disability on an issue that I well you should know , erm , I think there were some thirteen plus consultation meetings required in , in order to , erm , to get a fair spread of , of , of opinion . |
| 18 | We do n't need all that much from each club to keep us afloat but if we do n't get your help , I am very concerned that in the present recession we shall not be able to keep up our work and in conclusion Your Royal Highness perhaps I could just say that the Seamanship Foundation is very grateful to the R Y A , to the Treasurer , Chris and particularly to the Senior Managers who have done everything they can to help the foundation , thank you . |
| 19 | Perhaps I could just inject here the the one of the more recent elements of the discussion which was the er issue of er changing worker densities er to calculate land requirements . |
| 20 | The other thing perhaps I could just say , chairman , is that I did meet a representative of the district auditor last week to bring you up to date on the work which the education committee was doing . |
| 21 | Perhaps I could just add something to the the the item about the data processing . |
| 22 | £ Well , I think I really had better stop there , and then if you want to ask any questions erm we can go into them , but perhaps I could just mention two things that I would like to have said more about , one was , that you probably know , there were three or two major epidemics in Oxford , of what they call plague , but it was probably a form of typhus , in 1643 and 44 , and a good deal of sickness , I think , still in 1645 , and the other was that there was a very serious fire , which almost certainly arose from these kind of living conditions , because Anthony Wood says it was a soldier roasting pig , erm and I think a lot of cooking went on in very unsuitable situations . |
| 23 | And since the frozen peas and firm bandaging were applied by the fair hands of a comely maiden , I began to think that perhaps I could reasonably update my views on the ankle , Eros-wise . |
| 24 | Or perhaps I could n't tell , blood being the same colour as the jersey , but there was no great wet patch . |
| 25 | You , you might think , ooh I do n't really know what I 'm doing at the moment er perhaps I could n't do it on my own . |
| 26 | Perhaps I could yet do better . |
| 27 | Er Chairman I 'm perhaps I could also suggest that we change the word suggested erm because that i i it , perhaps you are looking for something slightly stronger erm er so it could just say in accordance with paragraphs two four to two nine or the points made in paragraph two point |
| 28 | Perhaps I could even invent some spurious sexual peccadillo to ensure maximum coverage and boost sales . |
| 29 | Obviously I could not relax and take stock in the turret after what had happened , so I worked my way back to the Bible Room , closed the door quietly and lay down in the bunk . |
| 30 | Obviously I could n't wear tops that were short which would show where the belt was , so that summer was terrible . |