Example sentences of "i could [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I could lead you from that paragraph on page three fifty over to page three six four page three six four , one two three , four paragraphs from the top it 's ab it 's the second of two paragraphs that begins the Board affirms the church 's th that Christ teaches that marriage is special and divorce is not the way he would wish for his people and then this sentence no-one would wish to condens condemn someone to stay in a marriage which is beyond redeeming . |
| 2 | ‘ But I would always have regretted it if I had turned down the chance to find out whether I could make it at this level . ’ |
| 3 | I could do it on each of these . |
| 4 | ‘ I could do it for thirteen . |
| 5 | The way I got into national radio from local radio was listening to programmes and thinking , ‘ I could interview X , and I could get it into that programme , if I could do it in that format . ’ |
| 6 | The others you might not have argued but , you know , you might say my experience is that it , I could do it in eighty percent of that time . |
| 7 | So , it 's no good er me looking up in some book Theresa 's dreams if I could decipher it like some kind of code in which every single thing in the laten in the manifest content represented something latent for what we 're trying to then kind of decode as in a code book because er that 's not valid , at least it 's not valid in general terms . |
| 8 | ‘ I could give it to another paper instead , could n't I ? ’ |
| 9 | I could beat you along that line if I liked . |
| 10 | I could tell you about some of their sins ! |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't get you to come down here , Bella , so that I could escort you to bloody parties . |
| 12 | He told me that he would donate £5,000 to the fund if I would undertake to invite his little son , then at school in Oxford , to tea on odd occasions , so that I could acquaint him with some of the matters relating to Judaism . |
| 13 | ‘ I wish I could court you with beautiful words , ’ the farmer went on , ‘ but I can only say I love you madly and want you for my wife . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , well you just said I could have it for thirty . |
| 15 | I could have you for that ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But thinking I could orchestrate us like that was pretty high-handed . ’ |
| 17 | When a pump action toothpaste tube became empty in my bathroom , I decided to take it apart to see if I could put it to further use . |
| 18 | because the editor picks it up and say ‘ I can use that because I can see an angle , I could use it in this way or that way or , |
| 19 | If I could just get a role doing some of the falls in the action replays , say , I could save him from horrible injury , or at least the odd booking . |
| 20 | I could tear you in two , but I 'm not really here . |
| 21 | Erm if I knew the pages in the report as well as I try to know my bible I could point you to another place Moderator where er |
| 22 | We are all frightened that fossil fuels are going to run out in the foreseeable future , and I wonder if i could ask you about one or two possibilities . |
| 23 | I ought to say , however , that I am in the habit of writing on any scientific topic which may arise , and have such excellent opportunities of getting the best scientific information , that I have no doubt I could please you on any subject connected with my department of science which you may suggest . |
| 24 | Then I could keep it for many months . |
| 25 | I could rip him to fucking pieces with my bare hands ! " |
| 26 | I was told I could get him on 2001 . ’ |
| 27 | The way I got into national radio from local radio was listening to programmes and thinking , ‘ I could interview X , and I could get it into that programme , if I could do it in that format . ’ |
| 28 | I could sue you for that . |
| 29 | Some months ago a gang of local youngsters asked if I could help them in this direction . |
| 30 | It came to something like 60 hours and I decided that I could share it between two people . |