Example sentences of "i [vb past] you could " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suppose I assumed you could n't cope with people 's reaction to your breaking up with Jennifer when you learnt she had MS . ’ |
| 2 | and I told you could always pop in . |
| 3 | ‘ I heard you could eat any amount of steak and you 'd lose loads of weight ’ , or ‘ did n't I read somewhere that you are n't supposed to eat carbohydrate and protein at the same meal ? ’ |
| 4 | The first was a good attempt but yeah you missed misled or confused then there could be several others I felt you could 've picked up that would be highlighting the second appointment that carried the whole process through |
| 5 | And because I 'd let her fall off , she would n't be allowed to be a nun any more , because she had fallen into the lake of mud and I knew you could n't be a nun unless your clothes were clean . |
| 6 | I knew you could do it . |
| 7 | I knew you could not be C'zaki , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I knew you could . |
| 9 | ‘ I knew you could do it . |
| 10 | I knew you could be trusted . ’ |
| 11 | You 're brilliant , I knew you could do it , it 's wonderful , now then what else do we need to do in there ? |
| 12 | He took command three from home and won by ten lengths , but Davies , with a typical wisecrack at trainer Gardie Grissell , exclaimed : ‘ I thought you could train — he blew up at the water . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Last night , I thought you could have told from last night — ’ |
| 14 | It was your idea for me to do the swimming , so I thought you could do the same for me . ’ |
| 15 | That 's when I thought you could make money out of gardening . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought you could tell the Ship what to do ! ’ said Masklin . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought you could n't stand them . ’ |
| 18 | Mrs Willmot was now going on about a film evening in October : ‘ I thought you could lay on some nature things — I know that 's your forte . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I thought you could , ’ she whispered . |
| 20 | You once said I should let you know when I thought you could help the work of CPRW . |
| 21 | I thought you could take charge of that . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I thought you could handle this — ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I thought you could n't stand him . ’ |
| 24 | But I thought you could look at it here , by your fire , and think of Rodie at La Gracieuse , with hers . |
| 25 | ‘ If I thought you could n't look after yourself , you see … ’ |
| 26 | I thought you could probably take both . |
| 27 | I thought you could have that . |
| 28 | I thought you could keep hold of that ? |
| 29 | I thought you could only er do two hours ? |
| 30 | I thought you could take them back to that Wilko 's if they were no good , you know . |