Example sentences of "[adv] i could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and they look quite good , but irritatingly I could have done with them , after the first workshop . |
| 2 | ‘ It was the most I could imagine . ’ |
| 3 | This meant that we had to find somewhere I could manage on my own and that was centrally located , because I could not walk far . |
| 4 | I quite like somewhere I could get uhum a cover for the bed to match . |
| 5 | Do I buy them from existing shareware libraries , or is there somewhere I could obtain a complete set of titles from in one go . |
| 6 | ‘ Surely there must be somewhere I could buy some . |
| 7 | We won for a third time at Zandvoort , the first grand prix of the season : apart from the prize money , that moved us up a scale on the start money and suddenly I could see our way through the rest of the season . |
| 8 | One even had a flagpole and over the top of the trees below I could see the Union Jack fluttering . |
| 9 | For that last half-hour of the day , the dunes became a deeper gold and were scored with the long shadows of palm trees , whose tops were so green that I fancied that if my arm had been long enough I could have plucked a leaf and eaten it as if it had been parsley . |
| 10 | ‘ If only I could control my responses , but I seem unable to do anything about them . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ If only I could do that ! ’ |
| 12 | They would sometimes say , ‘ If only I could walk like you . ’ |
| 13 | Oh , if only I could tell you " |
| 14 | ‘ If only I could make you see how wonderful it is . ’ |
| 15 | If only I could make forty . |
| 16 | I thought of it as a sanctuary , and something more as if there were some magic property in the room itself that would stop this happening , if only I could reach it . |
| 17 | If only I could reach |
| 18 | If only I could spell resources , number of resources . |
| 19 | I have often missed him , often felt that if only I could talk over a particular problem with him he would help me to see the way . |
| 20 | But he remained hopeful of securing Walden in the future , for he ‘ would be the making of the Leeds City team if only I could get him to Elland Road ’ . |
| 21 | So I was looking at the slide sitting on the strings , and looking at the major third on the fretboard , and then I said , ‘ If only I could get this note here . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ If only I could get into this box , I 'd squash him . ’ |
| 23 | If only I could get some relief from this headache … ’ |
| 24 | I feel I could be entirely useful if only I could get something to focus on . |
| 25 | " If only I could get to Hatfield then the journey from there to London is easy . |
| 26 | If only I could have gone out there and helped to put matters right . |
| 27 | ‘ If only I could have made one more birdie at the last , that might have done the trick . ’ |
| 28 | I have been here over a week now , and I miss you very much , and I miss the fresh air and the fresh faces of all those people I so hated on the Tube and the fresh things that happened every hour of every day if only I could have seen them — their freshness , I mean . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , if only I could win the first prize ! ’ breathed Angela . |
| 30 | I thought if only I could steal that some time and destroy it , maybe she 'd have no proof of what was owed her . |