Example sentences of "i could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , I believe that I could manage to call you father if it is appropriate to the circumstances . ’ |
| 32 | She was willing to give everything up , but we talked it through and I said I could manage on my own . |
| 33 | I could manage that |
| 34 | This meant that we had to find somewhere I could manage on my own and that was centrally located , because I could not walk far . |
| 35 | So as soon as it began to move back , I gave it the biggest push I could manage . |
| 36 | So I had to try to prove to them that I could manage him . |
| 37 | With such dignity as I could manage I began to walk back to the village . |
| 38 | " I could manage one , I think . |
| 39 | ‘ I think I could manage a quick one . ’ |
| 40 | I doubt I could manage to play anyone as colourless as you . ’ |
| 41 | ’ I could manage an hour . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ I really do not think I could manage my affairs without her assistance . ’ |
| 43 | But I knew I could manage to stagger to my feet and find fresh kindling . |
| 44 | All I could manage was to haunt Rocamar like a beast with no heart . ’ |
| 45 | ‘ But I 'm not sure what time he 'll get here and I do n't think Alf and I could manage this lot on our own . ’ |
| 46 | I suppose I could manage on my own , but — ’ |
| 47 | If I had a stick I could manage all right , really . ’ |
| 48 | I did n't mean to become so intense about it — I had realised my mistake the previous time — but I needed to keep from pining and working a sixteen-hour day seemed to be the only way I could manage it . |
| 49 | I could manage tomorrow after surgery . |
| 50 | I I do n't think I could manage it . |
| 51 | I do n't know whether I could manage to make mad passionate love to anybody now . |
| 52 | But I could manage . |
| 53 | I could set the man trap at dusk and let the police interview him in the morning . ’ |
| 54 | It meant that instead of guessing that the presence of a red spot or the flicking of a tail was acting as a threat signal or a courtship display , I could set about proving it . |
| 55 | Now I could set my sights on the European Championships in Stuttgart . |
| 56 | I observed this routine the day after I learned that my services were no longer required at the Oxford International Language College , and I knew that barring an Act of God I could set my watch by it thereafter . |
| 57 | Always the message was the same : ‘ Child , I could set fire to green grass , but it would not burn . ’ |
| 58 | I could set the wine glasses also , Emil said . |
| 59 | It meant I would n't be perceived as another girl singer — and I could set the look and feel and energy of what I was about . ’ |
| 60 | If I could set something up in Northumberland it would be a good thing . |