Example sentences of "i could [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if I could bring him to reconciliation with the king , without more bloodshed and without revenge , I would count it a good deed both for England and Wales . |
| 2 | When I was with him I was in a more or less permanent state of sexual excitement , and I could bring myself to orgasm just by looking at him , without the aid of hands . |
| 3 | I could bring it in it is . |
| 4 | If I could lead you from that paragraph on page three fifty over to page three six four page three six four , one two three , four paragraphs from the top it 's ab it 's the second of two paragraphs that begins the Board affirms the church 's th that Christ teaches that marriage is special and divorce is not the way he would wish for his people and then this sentence no-one would wish to condens condemn someone to stay in a marriage which is beyond redeeming . |
| 5 | As we 're so poor , it would be an advantage if I could marry someone with money . " |
| 6 | Everyone needs to earn a living , and when I went to New York , I was glad that I could earn mine by my playing . |
| 7 | ‘ And I thought I could make mine by designing and making better products , and selling them to the world , ’ said Mark . |
| 8 | I thought I could make it on my own here , but I 'm not so certain now . |
| 9 | Or I could make it into a puppet . |
| 10 | ‘ But I would always have regretted it if I had turned down the chance to find out whether I could make it at this level . ’ |
| 11 | I mean I believe I could love him in the other way , his way , now . |
| 12 | Erm and really the only way I thought that I could prevent myself from doing anything like that was to kill myself in a very violent way because I |
| 13 | ‘ I could check us into a motel out of town you give the number to the Liaison Office I 'll give it to my office and hope their nasty little mints think that 's all that 's going on . ’ |
| 14 | Unfortunately I could do nothing at all . |
| 15 | With me it was all too simple and evident , my behaviour — and I was a most law-abiding child — caused my parents pain , and as I could do nothing about it , certainly nothing to improve it , except to cease to exist , I grew more and more guilty . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , I could do them on the train to the City some morning every week . ’ |
| 17 | But I could do them in the smaller size . ’ |
| 18 | I want to be a social worker so I could do something for these girls . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I wish I could do something for them , ’ she said , and the concern in her voice was now innocent of duplicity . |
| 20 | I could do something with that hair . ’ |
| 21 | Mrs Ross , Mrs Girdlestone added , had only her pension to live on , and she repeated that she would be glad if I could do something about her as soon as possible . |
| 22 | I felt wonderful , and it was at that moment that I realised that if I started taking my athletics seriously , if I started training properly , if I started listening to Ron , then maybe I could do something in the sport . |
| 23 | I popped in on yer to see if I could do anything for yer , like did yer want a medical bandage that I could get cheap . |
| 24 | After twelve years in management , I have n't yet had a tape arrive which I thought I could do anything with . |
| 25 | My time was my own ; I could do anything in the world I liked . |
| 26 | I 'd probably pull him out if I could do it without too much danger to myself . ’ |
| 27 | We were on honeymoon , I could do it without loving or being loved , but not here … not in Hong Kong … |
| 28 | But then again , I suppose I could do it without the though . |
| 29 | I don ‘ t think that I could do it with anyone whose bones stuck out . |
| 30 | Chris says I could do it with my eyes shut , but he 's biased . ’ |