Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] i could [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , I mean I could generate P H D theses for you by the dozen out of all this . |
| 2 | Er , you there 's no offend that I can cover with you , I 'm just having a wee chat with you on it in general terms on it , but I mean I could fill pages and pages |
| 3 | I thanked my lucky stars for Twelve French Poets , the A-level syllabus , and our rectangular French teacher , who was so thorough that I found I could discuss symbolism and synaesthesia without batting an eyelid . |
| 4 | At least , I went — I suppose I could tell Hayley that . |
| 5 | Back at the scene of the burglary , I can remember thinking next , ‘ Oh well , I suppose I can re-wrap some of the parcels that have just been torn open ; I suppose I could use cash instead for some of the presents that have gone ; there is some way that I can cope with this . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose I could have coffee … ’ she suggests doubtfully . |
| 7 | I feel I could topple tables and chairs , Miss Honey … |
| 8 | Today I felt I could leave things no longer , so I had a word with a colleague in the Home Office . |
| 9 | I felt I could ask questions , I felt she would n't mind . |
| 10 | ‘ I knew I could beat Robin Reid , who qualified for the Olympics , and I just hope that winning the title will show the selectors they have made a big mistake . ’ |
| 11 | I thought I could give dad some of these and then eat them all myself |
| 12 | I thought I could bestow beauty |
| 13 | I thought I could read Wordsworth and forget about the damned queue . " |
| 14 | I thought I could put Lisa in charge of the maintenance side . ’ |
| 15 | Alice said : " I think I could tell Madame Rochard . |
| 16 | I said I could see Victor was right , I had over-complicated the plot ; I should not have introduced the letters , which were paraphrases of a correspondence I 'd been reading on my journey to London . |
| 17 | I wished I could have screens put round my bed like the really sick people had , so that instead of giving me sidelong glances of pity because I had no visitors , people would drop their voices and whisper sepulchrally to interested outsiders , " Poor little thing — she 's dying , you know . " |
| 18 | I swear I could hear amusement in her voice . |
| 19 | You 've been very good , and I wish I could explain things , but I must ask you to accept that I ca n't . |
| 20 | ‘ I wish I could get hold of Clarissa . ’ |
| 21 | I wish I could see Annie again , but they took me away , and they would n't let me see her again . |
| 22 | Ludens was about to pursue the matter further when Marcus said , ‘ I wish I could write poetry . ’ |
| 23 | Do you think I could take Monday off , please ? |
| 24 | While I was on bail and Stephen was still with foster parents , they promised I could have Stephen for Christmas . |
| 25 | But no I think er they thought I could speak English better than some of them themselves so they sent me off to English universities or wherever to put across our problems . |
| 26 | A couple of months later he did come to the Hammersmith Odeon with Bernie and me to see them play I could seethe relief on his face when he realised they really were a band . |
| 27 | ‘ He said I could have discount if I did the business . ’ |