Example sentences of "[vb past] i could [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ By the second race I believed I could win a GP . |
| 2 | ‘ I just assumed I could rent a plane and fly over . |
| 3 | What should have been a simple review looked like it was about to turn into techno-confusion when the owner 's manual stated I could find a hook-up diagram on page 42 , and it was n't there . |
| 4 | Anyway , that meant I could have a decent drink and trust to luck not to have to need a lift back . |
| 5 | When I was asked by John Wakeham to join AEA as a part-time member in 1988 , it was clear that it would to help lead a similar re-orientation and I felt I could make a useful contribution . |
| 6 | I 'd done my apprenticeship and I knew I could do a good job . ’ |
| 7 | It was then that I knew I could have a fight on my hands : If the manager sided with him and asked me to move a few feet away then I 'd have no choice but to join in the squabble . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I could pay a bit each week outa yower wages and Jack 's , but now 'e 's leavin' us , – she wept even louder . |
| 9 | I thought I could offer a lift if I had a woman with me , someone they know . ’ |
| 10 | When I was at Ladymont I thought I could manipulate a pencil very nicely . |
| 11 | She said : ‘ One day I was standing here doing nothing in particular and I thought I could write a book about all that happens . |
| 12 | I thought I could see a gleam of light , " You mean his stomach … ? " |
| 13 | ‘ I thought I could get a job . |
| 14 | Yeah when I get my printer mum said I could write a book . |
| 15 | Old Crumwallis said I could have a glass of sherry . |
| 16 | He said I could murder a roll up I said could you ? |
| 17 | The Tories , I resigned on principle when somebody suggested I could join a women 's committee and I said I thought |