Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] i could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But before I leave this particular part of my criticism er perhaps er in case the minister er er does n't accept what I 'm saying I could quote er the words of the right honourable gentleman , the President of the Board of Trade er who writing before he was a President er in his book where there 's a will he said accountancy firms ought I believe , the debarred from doing any other work for a company for which they act as auditors and in a number of other countries there are laws which circumscribe auditors in this way and prevent to prevent any possible conflict of interest . |
| 2 | If I had been standing I could have put it in my personal manifesto that I was a sabbatarian but when the Party committed itself to that , it was placing itself in the position of a church . ’ |
| 3 | I , I mean I went like this into dinner okay , and I suppose everyone was like what 's she doing in a skirt or whatever cos they were all like looking and then like half way when I was eating I could feel them all staring at me and laughing and Jim and that lot were laughing and I could see Charlie |
| 4 | From where I was sitting I could see one end of a cretonne-covered sofa , a table with a bowl of milky flowers on it . |
| 5 | From where I was standing I could see all the British athletes and supporters , cheering and celebrating . |
| 6 | I was hoping I could have a |