Example sentences of "[conj] i could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I needed was something like a slightly battered Ford Transit van , and I knew exactly where I could borrow one . |
| 2 | ‘ Any idea where I could lay my hands on an idiot 's guide to disputes ? ’ he asked . |
| 3 | I have often wondered if Levin made a 12-string guitar and if so , where I could lay my hands on one . |
| 4 | ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 5 | After a while I became so deep in my cups I grew surly , said I felt unwell and trotted off to bed where I could nurse my hurt as well as conceal my bad manners . |
| 6 | I had gone , as the doctor had ordered , where I could feast my senses . |
| 7 | I do n't suppose you 've any idea where I could find her ? ’ |
| 8 | Can you let me have a phone number where I could get you this evening ? " |
| 9 | Leon always opened his door after that and , standing in the same spot where I could see him , he would play . |
| 10 | I could do what was expected of me by the crowd , or I could do what he trusted me to do . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't do it ! ’ she had to tell her , and , when her sister 's look suddenly became hostile , ‘ I 'm sure if you wrote to Mr Gajdusek , or phoned him — or I could do it for you , ’ she volunteered hastily , not wanting to be bad friends with her , now of all times . |
| 12 | Or I could carry you . ’ |
| 13 | Well exactly , yes , she can give you a ring erm or I could give you a ring for that matter erm . |
| 14 | I could put it into Event , or I could give it to you for Time Out … |
| 15 | Or I could make it into a puppet . |
| 16 | I could have my own contributions returned or I could leave my pension where it was and draw it at the age of sixty-five . |
| 17 | As neither Marcella or I could sing we spoke along to the music in what we felt , somehow , was Good Old Cabaret Style … |
| 18 | ROS : Or I could lick yours , of course . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's a damn good job you do n't , laddie , or I could see you being hauled up before the old man . ’ |
| 20 | I could help these lunatics or I could fight them on behalf of Stok ; neither of those ideas appealed to me . |
| 21 | ‘ Neither Connie nor I could touch it . |
| 22 | No need to pretend otherwise , although I could tell you some stories … |
| 23 | Mazzin did n't lose his temper , although I could feel he was itching to have a go at me , but , as before , he knew he had no justification for doing so . |
| 24 | Not quite true , Sarah thought , although I could see their good points . |
| 25 | Her clothes were different — foreign , and smart — but her hair was red , and although I could see she was n't beautiful I thought she was . |
| 26 | If I were to ask a school-teacher to choose for me a sample which she considered to be a fair cross-section of her pupils so that I could interview them for a survey , there would almost certainly be a personal bias in the sample given to me . |
| 27 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 28 | In September 1938 , when I was sixteen , I went back to my native country for a holiday ; partly because 1 wanted to see my friends in štanjel , and partly so that I could visit my uncles , aunts and cousins on my mother 's side of the family in Mavhinje . |
| 29 | Everyone needs to earn a living , and when I went to New York , I was glad that I could earn mine by my playing . |
| 30 | That I could express nothing if I did n't have the technique to do so . |