Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] i could [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's the point , I mean I could do it . |
| 2 | But it was I mean I could hear it over the telly . |
| 3 | By a miracle I found I could do it : standing upright on the pedals and pedalling with all my might I reached the road , where Nora was waiting for me . |
| 4 | But against all my expectations , the longer he kept away , the more I found I could hack it . |
| 5 | I believed I could do it . |
| 6 | Now I know I could do it by getting a little deeper into things but can anyone think of a pure MS-DOS way of doing it ? |
| 7 | I know I could do it |
| 8 | It 'd take me a while to learn how to drive it , but after I learned that I reckon I could do it . |
| 9 | Erm I I reckon I reckon I could do it in an hour . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose I could do it , ’ says Mr Neasom . |
| 11 | But then again , I suppose I could do it without the though . |
| 12 | Well yes , I suppose I could give it a try but I do n't want to promise anything . |
| 13 | I suppose I could let it go for this week , though . ’ |
| 14 | I suppose I could clean it really . |
| 15 | I felt I could whizz it round the country lanes on school runs and trips up to town . |
| 16 | ‘ I felt I could do it better with myself . |
| 17 | I knew I could stand it , but not the kids . " |
| 18 | But this time I knew I could use it , even if I could n't think exactly how . |
| 19 | When I tried it , it was so beautiful , I knew I could try it just once ’ |
| 20 | Another door , Harry had said , down by the river 's edge : and in fact , when I looked I could see it , a once-painted slab of wood set in brickwork , its bottom edge barely six inches above the water . |
| 21 | I bet I could find what all the others have ; I bet I could track it down . |
| 22 | I thought I could make it on my own here , but I 'm not so certain now . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought I could do it as an outsider , as an Englishman coming in , ’ Schlesinger claimed . |
| 24 | Because it was no use to the farmer , there was no water to be seen there , and I thought I could do it with my own garden tools , and so once I 'd removed all the rough brambles and so on and discovered the periphery of the old pond |
| 25 | ‘ I thought I could handle it — but the very next day we 'd been sightseeing and returned to our suite and I looked into your eyes and felt myself drowning . |
| 26 | Well I saw this present I thought I could find it sort of erm well I suppose I would off everywhere . |
| 27 | I thought I could call it erm a Spanish omelette . |
| 28 | I think I could like it here . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ But I think I could keep it going for quite a while . |
| 30 | I told 'im I was gettin' over me wounds an' 'e said the work was 'ard an' did I fink I could manage it . |