Example sentences of "i could [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , yeah you could certainly point out the areas that have been of interest to you and perhaps I could follow up with a phone call to er to Peter in the |
| 2 | It was very easy , I could walk up to Ravelston nine holes , walk back in time . |
| 3 | said of driving all the way back round to collect them , he said I could walk down to the Jolly Farmers |
| 4 | I could step out between the bars , and a day like this declared every reason for the risk . |
| 5 | In which case , if our relationship was already wrecked beyond repair , I could hold on to the phetam . |
| 6 | I debated whether to be sick or not myself , and decided that I could hold out for another half hour . |
| 7 | ‘ Occasionally it was a bit hairy dealing with new Directors who 'd just come off the course , so I liked to balance things by including a few established stalwarts , like Christopher Barry , whom I could rely on to be very efficient and get shows together on time . |
| 8 | Forty minutes of temptation was as long as I could last out in the cold , biting wind but an invigorating walk in such conditions has to be good for you . |
| 9 | I came over it below the farmhouse and hugged the side wall like I 've seen them do in the movies until I could peer round into the farmyard . |
| 10 | ‘ If I could end up with the Olympic , world , European and Commonwealth golds , I reckon that might make even Carl blink . |
| 11 | I 've always been a worker yet there is a part of me that feels I could end up like that , too . |
| 12 | I said I would be delighted to join them if I could wake up in time ( which I doubted ) , I said not to wait for me , and they promised they would n't . |
| 13 | Oh a long time , er , matter of years really before I could settle down at , as I say to me it was roots |
| 14 | The social workers told me I would like the home and that I could stay on at my old school and still have the same friends . |
| 15 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 16 | The tigress is quick to surface when your young are threatened and I could face up to any bully to defend my own . |
| 17 | Obviously I enjoyed having the opportunity to watch any nesting birds so close at hand — I could reach out of my bedroom window , when Mum was n't around , and feel right inside the nest — but many of the neighbours looked on the house martins as pests who infested their property and made a mess . |
| 18 | I could drop in at your place about five or six . |
| 19 | I do hope you do n't think this is presumptuous , and I expect you are very busy generally , but perhaps you and your husband would like to come here for supper one evening , or we could go out somewhere , or if it 's easier , I could drop in to you one evening for a short time for a chat . |
| 20 | ‘ And ambushing might work for a long-legged frog like Ferd , but I do n't think I could leap out of a bush if I tried . |
| 21 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 22 | I suppose I could carry on with the cataloguing , ’ she suggested . |
| 23 | Fix it up for me to fly from there if it suits or I could carry on by train . ’ |
| 24 | I could go on about how many different sounds you can muster from Marshall 's new baby , but there are just so many that this would be unrealistic . |
| 25 | I could go on about singing harmonics and endless sustain , but just take it from me that this amp covers the whole guitar tone palette from clean to mega-dirt with considerable ease . |
| 26 | I could go on at great length on all these topics ; it would be very pleasant for me to say what I think and relieve Monsieur Geoffrey Braithwaite 's feelings by means of such utterances . |
| 27 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
| 28 | Er I could go on at great length about it if you wish me to but I 'm sure you do n't . |
| 29 | I could go on for pages . |
| 30 | I could go on for minutes on end . |