Example sentences of "[adv] i could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We won for a third time at Zandvoort , the first grand prix of the season : apart from the prize money , that moved us up a scale on the start money and suddenly I could see our way through the rest of the season . |
| 2 | ‘ If only I could control my responses , but I seem unable to do anything about them . ’ |
| 3 | Oh , if only I could tell you " |
| 4 | ‘ If only I could make you see how wonderful it is . ’ |
| 5 | I thought of it as a sanctuary , and something more as if there were some magic property in the room itself that would stop this happening , if only I could reach it . |
| 6 | But he remained hopeful of securing Walden in the future , for he ‘ would be the making of the Leeds City team if only I could get him to Elland Road ’ . |
| 7 | I feel I could be entirely useful if only I could get something to focus on . |
| 8 | If only I could see him before next week . |
| 9 | If only I could see you – just once ? all our drams , Vincent , where are they ? |
| 10 | ‘ If only I could see it as a tourist one day , ’ she said wistfully . |
| 11 | ‘ If only I could play it again , ’ sighed Nicola , head cupped in both hands , after losing to a bold Higgins birdie on the 19th . |
| 12 | ‘ If only I could find you a job here . ’ |
| 13 | Then I thought , wait a minute , I 'm an MP , perhaps I could do something . ’ |
| 14 | Right , what I 'd like you to do , is oh , Andrew perhaps I could show it with your 's . |
| 15 | Perhaps I could suggest her getting someone in to look after him and she could come for half time . |
| 16 | ‘ I hope you 're not going to be too bored — ’ he stopped , hand on the door ‘ — though perhaps I could drive you away by boredom ? ’ |
| 17 | The books were at the auditors and I did n't want to hold up the minutes and , as you 'd all mostly seen them anyway , I felt that perhaps I could let them go . |
| 18 | My Lords , before the Noble Lord sits down , perhaps I could ask him to remember , he was saying s how , how splendidly the Lord Chancellor and the Chancellor of the Duchy appointed magistrates and I entirely agree , but they appoint them , not from a list that they 've constructed themselves , they appoint them because the keepers of the roles for respective counties propose names to them which they very carefully er selected by the very special and an an and complicated process of of er of er of of examination of people whose names come forward , I find in my case that only one-third of the people whom I interview for this purpose with my Committee er are the ones which I 've I propose . |
| 19 | Perhaps I could ask you to read Psalm 5 ; and St Luke 's Gospel , Chapter 11 , verses 1 to 4 . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps I could teach him some of the things I know instead ? ’ suggested the Bookman . |
| 21 | Perhaps I could keep it , could I ? |
| 22 | Perhaps I could call you Sarah ? |
| 23 | Perhaps I could commission something special from her while I 'm there . ’ |
| 24 | I suggested that perhaps I could help him fill in gaps in his memory . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps I could help you to feel warmer . ’ |
| 26 | If you 'd like to come into the office , perhaps I could help you to search . |
| 27 | Now , that 's really great to me because I mean , you 're really stimulating the youngsters at that age , and quite obviously I could tell you loads of stories the way this neighbourhood engineers er er , scheme works at the moment but as I say we are embarrassed at the moment because , quite obviously , loads of school want us to participate but we got a very shortage of engineers . |
| 28 | Obviously I could tell I was getting pathetic , but surely I sounded completely under control as far as the director 's box was concerned ? |
| 29 | I longed to prove you were unfaithful to him so I could make him throw you over — I felt like a monster with every ungenerous thought that flickered through my mind . |
| 30 | ‘ I had to spend a month in a cast , ’ he recalls , ‘ so when they set the cast , I had them set it so I could move my arm just enough to play . ’ |