Example sentences of "i could [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't sure I could make up my own mind . |
| 2 | I could make up my own mind . |
| 3 | Having identified her mast , in a moment I could make out her whole shape . |
| 4 | Nothing major and it took me a minute or two before I could make out what it was . |
| 5 | But as far I could make out she had n't been outside , at least not in the garden where you 'd expect her to go . |
| 6 | We greeted each other for the afternoon , but before I could sit down she took hold of the fabric of my kilt and gently fingered it . |
| 7 | I could do exactly what I want . |
| 8 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
| 9 | For reading yeah , I could do now I think for distance |
| 10 | Oh yes , yes in the , in the window yes I think and many and many a ticket I got when I first got married to my first wife I used to do my mother-in-law 's little tickets for all the various custards , and , and Eccles cakes and four for thruppence ha'penny it does n't of course I could print right you see she said , being a draughtsman I always could print right so I used to do the four for thruppence ha'penny . |
| 11 | It was Miss Honey this and Miss Honey that and Miss Honey I do honestly feel I could move almost anything in the world , not just tipping over glasses and little things like that … |
| 12 | I dug a comb out of my bag and adjusted the driving mirror so I could sort out my hair before it dried frizzy . |
| 13 | He gave me few specific directions , but I could pour out my hopes and fears and failures and be reassured and restored . |
| 14 | But erm sweets , I could eat well mine and somebody else 's ! |
| 15 | ‘ I could tell beforehand he was n't right . |
| 16 | I , I , do you know I wish , I just wish that I could explain how I feel , but I ca n't . |
| 17 | If I could go back I think I would have come out on the Tour three years later . ’ |
| 18 | I could guess why he might have had trouble with the sort of people Barbara described : she said she had watched what happened but the men had not spotted her . |
| 19 | One thing I used to wish he would invent : something I could wear round my head — a kind of miner 's lamp — that would destroy film in the cameras of people who come to my concerts and take flash photos during the performance . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd need a great deal more money before I could start up my own stud farm here . |
| 21 | And I could say well I , I 've never done this . |
| 22 | I mean I could say well I could go on a diet , but , er and keep on this sort of thing like Margaret does you know |
| 23 | I wish I could say exactly what I saw . |
| 24 | He installed me in the base-camp , an old redbrick gardener 's cottage with roses climbing up the side , offered me the keys to the crew bus so that I could pick up something to eat in nearby Worksop , and even had the foresight to take a pint of milk from the warden 's fridge so that I 'd be able to make a cup of coffee in the morning . |
| 25 | I was sure that I could smooth over our little misunderstanding , and that Sergia would then be glad to have me on the job — so to speak — instead of some heavy-footed FedPol type . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ Or perhaps I could find out something through faculty records . |
| 28 | ‘ You remember you asked me to see if I could find out who it was that had sent that news item about Leila in to Al-Liwa . ’ |
| 29 | There was no way I could know just what passed between Mme G and her son when they were together and alone . |
| 30 | So it seemed to be crying out to be orchestrated , and I could hear just what it would be like in my head . |