Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] i could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One girl was a hard , chain-smoking sales machine letting me know I could not set up a multi-national congress without multi-national advertising . |
| 2 | You 'd really need to see them to I mean I could n't explain it to you really . |
| 3 | I mean I could n't care less , as long as it was something |
| 4 | I mean I could n't walk for any great distance with it but I 'm going to have taxis . |
| 5 | Yeah , at least you get a bit more of a how long you got a you got a , I mean I could n't cope with , I mean I 'm not pleased with it now I 've done it . |
| 6 | I mean I could n't have , what with being sick and everything , but still I would have liked to tell everyone that I was pregnant . |
| 7 | Well , I looked a bit of a sight , but I thought well , well , you know , what else can I do , I mean I could n't take clothing to get changed in to . |
| 8 | Well , well she was , she was standing outside , I mean I looked at her this morning and I 've loo so I 've sort of looked at her , and I was going to speak to her and then this fella walked up and I thought , I , I mean I could n't gauge whether , and I mean my , I , I was thinking what I was going to say anyway , I was going to say er you know sa is it Paula so you perhaps do n't remember me but I , I , and then I was going to say I 'm Adrian , Adrian |
| 9 | I mean I could definitely do with these sides done . |
| 10 | ‘ I could never do that to her , ’ I said , ‘ or perhaps I mean I could never do it to myself . |
| 11 | I realized I could never become well-educated just by attending old Mrs Wopsle 's evening school , so I asked Mr Wopsle 's cousin Biddy to teach me everything she knew . |
| 12 | I wanted to touch her and make her better but I realised I could n't do that . |
| 13 | I was sure I could cope but the CF clinic people had all gone home by the time I realised I could n't manage — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Even while I was speaking I realised I could well turn the tables with that . |
| 15 | Anyway , I realised I could never find that awful wool in that dreadful dirty mustard colour . |
| 16 | Whenever Mackie was n't actively helping Tremayne she stayed close also to Fiona , and although I tried I could n't dislodge the underlying anxiety in their eyes . |
| 17 | He made me a fair offer in the circumstances and I even picked up another two pounds from one of the street traders for Charlie 's huge barrow ; but hard though I tried I could n't find a buyer for Granpa Charlie 's dreadful old nineteenth-century relic . |
| 18 | ‘ No matter how hard I tried I could never reach your standards . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll come up this evenin' , ’ said Linda , ‘ and if 'er shoes want a polish , I fink I could find some spit for 'er , I expect I could easy find a penn'orth . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I found I could not afford it so I pulled out , ’ he said . |
| 21 | But I found I could just sit down and play by ear . |
| 22 | Anyway the workload gradually increased until I found I could n't continue any longer and have been off work for the last six months . |
| 23 | I prodded with my pole , but somehow the current made it cling , and I found I could n't shake Casey away . |
| 24 | I found I could n't do the tarot readings anymore . |
| 25 | ‘ No , nor I , and although I might have wanted , so very many times , over the past few years , to walk away , shed my responsibilities , let them all get the hell on with it , perhaps I 'm a marginally better person than I had thought , because I found I could n't do it . |
| 26 | I mean I keep on saying if I found I could n't do the maths I 'd ditched |
| 27 | I could n't tell how exactly , except that I found I could n't teach you so well . |
| 28 | And when I did I found I could n't concentrate on my work at all . |
| 29 | ‘ I wondered what exactly was going on when I found I could n't get into my own garage because of a great red car parked in the way . ’ |
| 30 | sitting on the bed in my old room last night , I found I could n't work out how I felt about Hilda dying . |