Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [adv prt] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I could pass on a message for you . ’ |
| 32 | Who did I think I was imagining glibly that I could bring up a child all by myself ? |
| 33 | I could make out a couple of dozen large buildings . |
| 34 | I could make out a sort of close-fitting purple cap on the back of her head . |
| 35 | I remember that it could whack a fist-sized stone well over the creek and twenty metres or more into the undulating ground on the mainland , and once I got keyed into its natural rhythm I could send off a shot every two seconds . |
| 36 | As long as mum is alive and as long as I 'm able to look after her , there 's no way I could hold down a job . |
| 37 | Well , the thing is what 's happening , I thought we might spend some time on if wanted , what I wanted to do was to be sure in my own mind that by the second week I could put up a master sheet with all the headings of what you were doing , that 's got ta be done . |
| 38 | I could ring up a colleague in New York . ’ |
| 39 | I could take on a Gladiator and probably beat them ! ’ ’ |
| 40 | I thought I could look around a bit more , and that Gus would always be there if I changed my mind . ’ |
| 41 | I could train up a successor , sir . ’ |
| 42 | So I could write out a cheque saying paid Carl sixty pounds for doing my car . |
| 43 | If I was you , I 'd walk on a bit till ye gets to the Half Moon — it 's along the Overclyst road , so … ’ |
| 44 | If I was in their shoes I 'd hold off a couple of days . |
| 45 | When I regained consciousness it was to find that I 'd injured my spine and the doctor had ordered that I was to stay put , otherwise there was the possibility that I 'd end up a cripple . |
| 46 | Geraldine read us a short story and , as I had each contraction , I 'd kneel over a bean bag . |
| 47 | ROBBIE Sometimes when I was washing the car , he had a great big Ford estate , I 'd pick up a piece of gravel and just scratch the paint a wee bit . |
| 48 | I would also actually suggest that again if you wanted to ease it a bit I 'd pick up a point also made just now er in that P P G refers to building and the E two refers to development . |
| 49 | If I really wanted to make it all ‘ organic ’ I 'd take out a section of , like , six guitarists , who could all double up on parts . |
| 50 | I 'd line up a Brief if I were you . ’ |
| 51 | The funniest moment came after I 'd read out a letter about a young couple who were getting married at St Luke 's Parish Church in Charlton , let's say at 2 o'clock on the whatsit of May . |
| 52 | Then came the period when I used to hang out a lot just with DeFries and we 'd drive down to David and Angie 's place in Beckenham , Haddon Hall , on Sundays , and Angie would cook and we 'd sit around . |
| 53 | ‘ Fenella and I would set out a day later , ’ he said , looking at Fenella and thinking that she was rather a nice sort of companion to be having on a journey . |
| 54 | I recognised my own handwriting and the way I would scrunch up a calendar date before throwing it away . |
| 55 | I would send in a note addressed to Mellowes . |
| 56 | I just kept working harder and harder as I did n't want to let anyone down and I did n't believe I would pick up a drink again . |
| 57 | I shall draw up a rota of ministers , each of whom is to be referred to in turn as ‘ the next leader of the Tory Party ’ , thus destroying their careers . |
| 58 | I shall draw up a timetable , hour by hour , and allowing for the fact that he must have slept , I expect to see the spaces filled in . |
| 59 | One of these days I shall start up a school like that . |
| 60 | I shall pick up a lot more in a minute . |