Example sentences of "[interj] [pers pn] [verb] i could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , er , Oh I wish I could learn how to change a p put on a plug properly . |
| 2 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 3 | No he says I could do it in a lot less time than that , he said and a lot neater , I said , you saying I 'm a scruffy writer ? |
| 4 | Yes I think I could become really absorbed in croquet . |
| 5 | And your mum used to say cor I wish I could write that down but you , but I could never remember . |
| 6 | Mm I suppose I could take my computer down grandma 's . |
| 7 | And he said yeah I said I could 've got two for the price of one . |
| 8 | Ah I wish I could lift my carpet up . |