Example sentences of "[subord] i could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you could find me a garret somewhere near you , where I could live for the next three months , I could finish it , and perhaps get it Published . |
| 2 | " But my mistresses go home to their husbands for Christmas , and although I could stay at the Covington-Pyms and ride out with the hunt on Boxing Day morning , and call round at the Moons on my way back to cheer up poor Marie … |
| 3 | I had problems at first , but I have had more help from your magazine than I could get from the instruction book especially with the Fair Isle necklines . |
| 4 | He had me educated so I could speak for the Romanies of today — and of the future . |
| 5 | I shouted , desperately trying to turn my horse 's head so I could flee like the wind . |
| 6 | Dod dropped me in Hackney , two streets away from Stuart Street so I could call in the Chinese take-away on the way . |
| 7 | At the A227 turn-off I switched off the cassette-player so I could concentrate on the terrain . |
| 8 | I checked my watch and stood up so I could look across the Paddock . |
| 9 | I remember I had to get some photos so I could get into the swimming pool for nothing . |
| 10 | I took a step forward so I could see over the edge . |
| 11 | I asked Mum if I could go on the Pill . |
| 12 | Yes , if I could comment on the traffic calming . |
| 13 | I should be more encouraged if I could identify within the Labour party a consensus for the preservation of the Union . |
| 14 | Yep the only difference between the two , is the colours If I could talk to the animals walk with the animals , sing and dance and squawk with the animals ah la la la la ! |
| 15 | In the circumstances , if I could detect from the statute any statutory purpose or intention pointing to one construction rather than the other , I would certainly adopt it . |
| 16 | I wondered if I could arrange for the wreck to be taken back — er — back home . |
| 17 | He added , ‘ But I would chuck it immediately if I could get into the army . ’ |
| 18 | It would be fun if I could get into the , that rocket too , thought Scott . |
| 19 | He had a spare ticket for the Leeds end which I said I would take if I could get past the ‘ security ’ outside the Leeds end . |
| 20 | It would be a help if I could get about the countryside when he was working . |
| 21 | Erm , just if I could say about the , there 's something next week also about the ambulance . |
| 22 | From time to time , and I think mainly to keep in touch , Aunt Janie would ring me to ask if I could come to the house to help with a small task , such as fixing the cellar door , hammering in a stray loose plank over the cistern and so on — although she must have known as well as I did how useless I was at such household chores . |
| 23 | And er he told me I could start and if I could relieved from the other pit , so I went and saw the under-manager at , and I says , Aye , he says , you can go . |
| 24 | I wriggled until I could peer over the edge into the wet depths below and I could n't see him at all . |
| 25 | I worked my way back through the hop field until I could get over the fence and into the wood . |
| 26 | I mean whether I 'll ever work offshore again 's another thing , but I would like to try going offshore I mean then again I mean I reckon I could work offshore no problem at all , but whether I could sleep on the platform is a completely different matter . |
| 27 | About midday on 29th. the Navy in Malta suddenly asked me whether I could search along the Greek coast for the remnants of the Italian Fleet which was believed to be escaping northwards . |
| 28 | Before I could protest at the misrepresentation , Mary said , ‘ Oh , no , that 's not so at all — that 's a very unscientific remark , if you do n't mind my saying so , sir ! |
| 29 | I knew he 'd be inside his ground-floor flat with the door locked before I could get into the hall , no matter how fast I was . |
| 30 | I left again , before I could get to the chow I had ordered . |