Example sentences of "me [subord] i could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been invited to 10 Downing Street for dinner a number of times and on one of those occasions Harold Wilson asked me if I could suggest someone who would go to Salisbury and meet Ian Smith in order to find out whether there was any basis for renewing negotiations . |
| 2 | It would be more convenient for me if I could collect them on Friday 10 May in the afternoon , say at 3.30 p.m. or later rather than at 11.30 a.m . |
| 3 | ‘ And if I had known , even just that you were free to love me if I could persuade you to , I would n't have been so — ’ Breaking off , Luke was once again silent for several seconds . |
| 4 | Of course , that might suit me because I could wear my old rags and not attract attention . |
| 5 | The double meaning , when it struck me , forced a gasp of half-hysterical laughter out of me before I could control myself ; I clamped a hand over my mouth . |
| 6 | With ninety-nine persons out of a hundred , I would have known it was a bluff ; but he was different , and a nervousness had hold of me before I could resist it . |
| 7 | Just suppose that creature eluded my first stream of bullets and got to me before I could kill it … |
| 8 | She asked me whether I could help her to remember the events of that dreadful night . |
| 9 | While I was sitting there , sipping my glass of hot , sweet Indian tea , I was approached by a shifty-looking man who asked me whether I could help him ; he had seen me with my camera ; could I help him mend his ? |