Example sentences of "i could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | fact if you do n't inhale at all you 're doing yourself a big favour , but you nearly always get some down ion to the system and really the o the only thing I could ethically recommend as a doctor , is stopping . |
| 2 | It was not until about a year later , when I became the High Master of Warboys , that I took him into Warboys and made him a sort of Staff pilot flying Oxford aircraft on special navigational training exercises ; this was something that I could physically check and I do not know why it is , and I am not being clever now , I just accepted the evidence he gave me of this phoney flying . |
| 3 | I could not write anything here yesterday because I was too desolate at the thought that I could hot come and talk to you . |
| 4 | And , yes , Edward could point out that we live in a time when the very meaning of the word myth has been debased , that it has come to signify only what is untrue , false , misleading ; and , yes , I could largely agree that it is nevertheless by myths we live , and what matters is how large the contrary truths a myth reconciles in its embrace . |
| 5 | Er Chairman I 'm perhaps I could also suggest that we change the word suggested erm because that i i it , perhaps you are looking for something slightly stronger erm er so it could just say in accordance with paragraphs two four to two nine or the points made in paragraph two point |
| 6 | I could tell you many tales of great joy and hope , but I could also give you far worse than the few examples I have mentioned here . |
| 7 | I could also give my opinion of the way you 've behaved . ’ |
| 8 | I could also check that she had not been to Baskerville Hall on the night of Sir Charles ' death . |
| 9 | Because I used Arches hot-pressed paper I could also lift the pigment off with a brush if the colour was too heavy . |
| 10 | If I could also ask those of you who have n't decided on a confirmation name , I think really by the time we meet again you should . |
| 11 | Where I could also spend a great deal of time talking about our common enemies , our mutual friends and some of the similarity and our aims for world peace and again , I 'm gon na leave that for the statesmen and the politicians . |
| 12 | I could also see the colour of paint I was using due to the pearly-white bristles . |
| 13 | I could also see the rock that Neil had pointed out to me , still half out of water . |
| 14 | I could see writing would be difficult , but I could also see I would possibly be good at it . |
| 15 | From there I could see the other islands , and I could also see a boat , far out to sea . |
| 16 | I could also see that Mala was near to exploding , which might have been disastrous . |
| 17 | I could also see the potential that Llanbrynmair had to offer ( it took Carole a little longer to see te potential ) and was very eager to start renovation . |
| 18 | I could also see something I had absolutely no wish to see at all , which was Quigley 's bottom . |
| 19 | I could also see the spire of the Church of Scotland in Porteneil , and some smoke coming up from the town chimneys . |
| 20 | I could also see there was no solution . |
| 21 | I could also appreciate that the bulk of this supposed humour was meant to derive from the anachronism of the play 's sexual mores . |
| 22 | I could also assess whether this new formula or exercise was really working for them . |
| 23 | If I could get a home where my kids could grow up with daily fear and where I could also help my father , I could push this hell out of my mind and start afresh with my family . |
| 24 | Erm I could also support Chris 's resolution if I thought it was realistic to hope for an adequately funded public transport system in , in the foreseeable future . |
| 25 | So this song sort of sprang to mind and I could hear it as I wanted it to be and I could also hear a few little modifications that would suit their purposes , too . |
| 26 | I could also pick his feet out and deal with the foot-rot which was starting to set in . |
| 27 | He knew I could well hold my own . |
| 28 | If I do n't go along with Roman I could well land in gaol , and I would n't be any good to anyone behind bars , would I ? |
| 29 | I could well imagine her lecturing : she would be wearing a mortar-board and gown perhaps , her head on one side as she usually held it when talking ; and her eyes would be twinkling , as she held forth in that clear , incisive , ‘ educated ’ voice of hers . |
| 30 | In March , I had a week of sustained psychological warfare with a heron : it would hunch on the garage roof as I left for work , and I could well imagine the thoughts of piscicide running through its reptilian brain . |