Example sentences of "that i could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Everyone needs to earn a living , and when I went to New York , I was glad that I could earn mine by my playing . |
| 3 | Then she flew on to a high window-sill and I had to ask the headmaster to bring me a ladder so that I could bring her down . |
| 4 | We called for some fish and chips to take back for all of us , but I was n't sure that I could eat them after seeing that documentary where they all had ulcers . |
| 5 | But I believed that I could avoid them , with some help from the Vadinamian processes themselves . |
| 6 | I have no idea what I shall be doing even this time next year ; I have n't any achievements or even firm plans that I could offer you . |
| 7 | ‘ Crilly , ’ I say as we lie together , ‘ when the nurse gave me the anaesthetic , she jabbed me so deep that I could feel it throbbing in my veins like an explosion , and it hurt like anything . |
| 8 | We gave my home address over the air so that volunteers could send me a stamped , self-addressed envelope so that I could forward them a diet sheet . |
| 9 | So I had to try to prove to them that I could manage him . |
| 10 | He told me that he would donate £5,000 to the fund if I would undertake to invite his little son , then at school in Oxford , to tea on odd occasions , so that I could acquaint him with some of the matters relating to Judaism . |
| 11 | It knew that I could sense it , just as it can sense me . ’ |
| 12 | I even took some photographs of myself crying so that I could show them to Marcus later and he could see how upset I had been . |
| 13 | I do n't have anything else that I could show you at the moment I 'm afraid . |
| 14 | I don ‘ t think that I could do it with anyone whose bones stuck out . |
| 15 | ‘ I had so many people telling me that I could do it — and I did ! |
| 16 | ‘ I had so many people telling me that I could do it — and I did ! |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't really look like Manson at all , ’ he admits , ‘ but I just felt that I could do it best ! |
| 18 | I knew at once that I could do it . |
| 19 | And how it fits into your life , I have the feeling that er if I could fix it so that I could do it sort of in the house , by the way , I could , I could do certain things and I could stick to them , and I would see that I 'd do them . |
| 20 | I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that my noble Friend will make a very strong statement of Government policy , even though I wish that I could do it myself . |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't get you to come down here , Bella , so that I could escort you to bloody parties . |
| 22 | But I was seduced by the thought that I could pull it off . |
| 23 | When she had finished , she passed it over so that I could sign it . |
| 24 | I wish that I could warm you with my kisses . |
| 25 | I feel that I could overwhelm her with love now . |
| 26 | The adrenalin was pumping but I knew that I could control it , knew that it was necessary to a good performance . |
| 27 | It was one of the reasons why I was anxious to learn English at school : so that I could tell her in her own language how grateful I would always be . ’ |
| 28 | " I would work much harder if you came now and then so that I could tell you of my progress . " |
| 29 | A private internal affair needed resolving , and I went on that review group , I was prepared to do all that I could to resolve it . |
| 30 | Enough work so that I could enjoy it but not so much work that I would be fed up . |