Example sentences of "i could help " in BNC.
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| 1 | On many a winter morning I jumped out of bed and put a letter of his in the fire , feeling it would be wrong to allow it to survive ; and when some years ago I was asked by a distinguished man of letters if I could help him to write an account of Maurice |
| 2 | Marie could look after the baby and I could help out by going to the shops for fags and milk and stuff like that . |
| 3 | ‘ I could empty out this whole ward and fill it before evening with four new patients — four I could help , Jack ; four that need help and need it now . ’ |
| 4 | The head of a training department for a big bank in the City of London recently asked me if I could help find him suitable conference locations . |
| 5 | I am sorry your life is so burdensome , I only wish I could help in some way . |
| 6 | I wish I could help you and give you a little comfort . |
| 7 | His explanation is simple : ‘ Of course , I could have done better , but I enjoy the friendship of running and would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race ’ |
| 9 | A short while after the alert had been called off for the missing officer , a CID friend contacted me to see if I could help with their ‘ enquiries ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ I wish that I could help , ’ she said , ‘ do something . ’ |
| 11 | She asked me whether I could help her to remember the events of that dreadful night . |
| 12 | I would like to work where I could help others |
| 13 | I wished I could help him then ; he looked so down in the mouth hunched up by the stove . |
| 14 | And so I could help my mother out of her embarrassment . |
| 15 | I hung on , keeping one eye on Neil in case I could help him , and the other on Stormy Petrel . |
| 16 | I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it . |
| 17 | A year beforehand , Chudnovsky , who was a collector from Leningrad , and a very well-known one , had been to see me and asked if I could help him . |
| 18 | I could help . |
| 19 | I thought I could help him to forget . |
| 20 | Aunt Branwell could teach them , and I could help when I had time . |
| 21 | I wish I could help him , Carey thought . |
| 22 | I said that it would be unkind and discourteous to decline a visit , but I could not for the life of me see how I could help him where persons of much greater power were impotent . |
| 23 | I suddenly thought of a way I could help Herbert . |
| 24 | I ran to see if I could help the traveller , who was swearing furiously as he pulled himself free of his horse . |
| 25 | I could help with the housework … please , sir ! ’ |
| 26 | I wonder if I could help ? ’ |
| 27 | He said , ‘ I only wish I could help you more . |
| 28 | ‘ If there was any way I could help , believe me , I would . ’ |
| 29 | I realised I could help myself and did n't have to be this fat , unhappy child , ’ she says . |
| 30 | We could see the sights , have some fun , and maybe I could think of some ways I could help you . ’ |