Example sentences of "i could [adv] [vb infin] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not sure that I could even rise to a little gentle scepticism . |
| 2 | I think he would then be obliged to pass it across to Great George Street , and I could honourably retire to the dull comfortable depths of the Annual Assessment . |
| 3 | still had no prospects of employment and I do n't think er , er my parents had any erm particular ideas and my father who worked for erm Roads and Bridges Department was speaking to the Chief Clerk at that time , that was , er , his name was in fact and erm he was a very sympathetic character and er he said he 'd have a word with erm with somebody in the County Council and erm see if they could find me employment as a typist and erm using the argument of course that the Education Department had up to that time at the R N C erm paid the balance of the fees for my course , erm I could just mention to you that the scholarship was worth forty pounds a year fee . |
| 4 | He always puts up with Lennie , and is there whenever Lennie is feeling ashamed or unwanted and produces his ‘ I could just go to the hills and ’ I could find a cave , and pet mice ’ speech . |
| 5 | To be quite honest I could just go to bed . |
| 6 | It would be so much easier Elsie if there was not this huge amount of land separating us and if I could just talk to you for a little while face to face . |
| 7 | If I could just talk to someone for a few minutes . |
| 8 | Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest . |
| 9 | If I could just get to my room . |
| 10 | Chairman , if I could just add to that . |
| 11 | ‘ If I could just listen to your chest , get some idea of what 's going on in there ? ’ |
| 12 | If I could just respond to erm one point which I think was made by Mr who referred to the erm the York trading er Clifton Road Trading estates . |
| 13 | If you could let me know the publisher of the patterns and the numbers I could perhaps write to the publisher for copies . |
| 14 | But I could only attain to be thrilled and enchanted , as by the sound of a strain of music dying away . |
| 15 | I have only recently discovered the joy ( and disappointments ) of keeping tropical fish , and I could certainly relate to Ian Moore 's problems with new tank syndrome ( Talkback April issue ) . |
| 16 | Brian May is one of my favourite guitarists and I found that I could really relate to his window idea . |
| 17 | ‘ I could never talk to Jennifer . |
| 18 | ‘ I could never agree to that , ’ he said : he smiled no more and let a silence grow uncomfortable . |
| 19 | But I could never take to her . |
| 20 | I could never come to the situation where I would say we 're all equal . |
| 21 | I could never come to terms with the Big Idea . |
| 22 | This was perhaps due to obstinacy , but also due to a determined belief that I could never subscribe to the whole of the dogma of any political programme . |
| 23 | The bespectacled , quietly-spoken American sitting next to me immediately piped up with the appalling suggestion that I could always go to Beachy Head . |
| 24 | Its my own personal opinion that the only true love and er I have to honestly say I 've never heard love here defined as I would as the totally unconditional love that happens between a woman and a child , probably from the moment of birth that bonds them through life , that 's the only love that I could ever admit to . |
| 25 | ‘ I already know you as well as I could ever want to . |
| 26 | There seemed nothing I could usefully add to whatever Henniker might be doing , and as it was getting on for half past twelve I decided to find a pub and a sandwich . |
| 27 | ‘ If there was anyone else I could possibly talk to about this I would . |
| 28 | ‘ What was there that I could possibly object to ? ’ she countered smoothly . |