Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] i could [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | W well if it wou if it would help I mean I could produce the list that we have in mind . |
| 2 | ‘ I realised I could influence the situation by saving resources and helping to keep the environment as clean as possible . ’ |
| 3 | From where I lay I could see the repeated pattern of the sleepers slowly passing beneath the train . |
| 4 | If I strained I could see the world as others did , stereoscopically , but if I relaxed binocular vision would ensue , and while one ‘ eye ’ would remain focused , the other would slide away into the clouded periphery where The Fat Controller and his machinations held sway . |
| 5 | I found I could force the steering wheel a quarter of a turn and flex all sorts of things , like the casting for the gearbox mounting . ’ |
| 6 | Eventually , I found I could hang the slide on my index finger and doodle around that way . |
| 7 | I should have water for some hours yet , but I did n't know how long I 'd be ashore , and as the shingle here seemed fairly hard I reckoned I could get the rubber dinghy to the water even at low tide . |
| 8 | I know I could do the job , but |
| 9 | I know I could win the title again and I know that I could do Britain proud . |
| 10 | I do n't care if it sound 's big-headed , I believe I could run the whole show . ’ |
| 11 | I fancied I could hear the cold laughter of market traders and the chant of children 's games . |
| 12 | Reading them lifts my spirits so much I feel I could conquer the world . |
| 13 | ‘ Now I feel I could watch the game again , ’ he said when Connon finished . |
| 14 | I started off the way I write every album — wrote a couple of songs , got a feel for the music and called up the musicians that I thought I could do the songs with . |
| 15 | I went to do what I thought I could do the best . |
| 16 | I did n't tell you about this monster because I was afraid you would kill him and I thought I could handle the matter . |
| 17 | I thought I could handle the situation . |
| 18 | To my right , almost on the horizon , I thought I could see the square tower of a church . |
| 19 | ‘ I remember that she was standing in front of a blue backdrop and her eyes were so blue I thought I could see the back of her head , ’ Bailey recalls . |
| 20 | I thought I could see the horrible creature there in front of me . |
| 21 | Sometimes I thought I could hear the noise of the rapids . |
| 22 | Sometimes , just sometimes , I wish I could burn the entire building to the ground ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I wish I could frame the question so you could just answer Yes or No , Phil , but I ca n't do that . ’ |
| 24 | Well , thought Spruce , recalling his Methodist boyhood , true enough , and I wish I could do the same right now . |
| 25 | ‘ I wish I could turn the clock back two years , when my time was spent running KITS . |
| 26 | Heiko Bleher — he 's done things I wish I could find the time to do . |
| 27 | I wish I could see the front properly . |
| 28 | I wish I could say the same for ours and , soon , I shall . |
| 29 | ‘ I wish I could say the same . |
| 30 | ‘ But I wish I could say the same for your superiors . ’ |