Example sentences of "[coord] i could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could do what was expected of me by the crowd , or I could do what he trusted me to do . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Or I could carry you . ’ |
| 4 | Well exactly , yes , she can give you a ring erm or I could give you a ring for that matter erm . |
| 5 | I could put it into Event , or I could give it to you for Time Out … |
| 6 | Or I could make it into a puppet . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As neither Marcella or I could sing we spoke along to the music in what we felt , somehow , was Good Old Cabaret Style … |
| 9 | ROS : Or I could lick yours , of course . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a damn good job you do n't , laddie , or I could see you being hauled up before the old man . ’ |
| 11 | I could help these lunatics or I could fight them on behalf of Stok ; neither of those ideas appealed to me . |
| 12 | ‘ Neither Connie nor I could touch it . |
| 13 | As they sat in the kitchen , Jonadab glanced across at George and remarked , ‘ While we 're a bit slack afore haytime starts , Aah thought as 'ow thoo and me could deliver them two pairs of shires ti Stephen 's . ’ |
| 14 | Helmut was going to transfer so much a month into a bank account for me and I could draw it out at an office in the Champs-Elysées . |
| 15 | Well I put this on yesterday and I could smell it ! |
| 16 | It was only a one-sided lock , which is completely and totally different to an ordinary lock er working both sides , you see what I mean and er I er I 'd got to er make a key , number thirty-nine just like that , see but I had it and I could find out what thirty-nine was and I could make them one and send it and knowing it would fit see and er when they had different people working there , you know staff , things like that , not a lot of orders but er somebody else come . |
| 17 | You love it here , and I could make it possible for you to remain here . |
| 18 | ‘ maybe you and I could make it a bit bigger though . ’ |
| 19 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
| 20 | It suited me , because the yard kept an eye on Joanna , and I could leave my car there . |
| 21 | If someone could wave a magic wand , and I could change something , I think I 'd like to go down a couple of cup sizes . |
| 22 | Momentarily staggered , she rose to the challenge , and I could feel her mind racing feverishly . |
| 23 | No he said , and I went over and I picked him up anyway , and sat him on , I sat him on my knee and I said we 'll just do some rhymes and I could feel him sort of going mm , mm , mm , like they do all pathetic and whiny , anyway Phyllis arrived and afterwards it was , by then he had calmed down and he was fine and I said wan na read the story now cos he missed it of course when he decided he could n't do without his car , so I said next week perhaps come without your car , I think I 'd won him over by the end but , it was a bit hairy . |
| 24 | I pushed my hand into the mouth and I could feel it all right . |
| 25 | about ten past one , well I had indigestion all night and I could feel it , and we 'd had our tea and I thought oh I do n't know , but I went to bed feeling alright and suddenly I woke up I thought oh my god I 'm gon na be sick , I come running down stairs , but you know I was , I was sick but I know I had n't finished and I 'd sat down and I was sick three times . |
| 26 | ‘ You came , ’ he said , ‘ with your argumentative aggravating , adorable ways , and I could feel my invulnerability slipping away . ’ |
| 27 | In truth , the first word I ever spoke was ‘ Granpa ’ , the second ‘ farthing ’ , and I could repeat his whole sales patter word for word by my third birthday . |
| 28 | " And I could telephone you . |
| 29 | Does n't make any difference , and I could borrow my mum 's . |
| 30 | She said you could have kept this shut and I could tell her myself . |