Example sentences of "i could [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Bannister , who has hit five goals in eight games , said : ‘ If I get 20 this season then I could earn myself an extension of the contract . ’ |
2 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
3 | ‘ I could make you an offer for it when this is over . |
4 | I could make it a fairy-tale instead , if I wanted to , Anyway , It 's the capital of the empire ; a courtier starts a liaison with one of the princesses ; the demands she and the impersonate on his time get to be too much , so he secretly has an android made to impersonate him at the endless court rituals and boring receptions ; nobody notices . |
5 | ‘ maybe you and I could make it a bit bigger though . ’ |
6 | I could draw you a picture of that . |
7 | I could draw you a picture of that . |
8 | I ca n't see her in the dark , but from the hushed swell of her breathing I could draw you the map of her body . |
9 | I could send you a list of vacancies , and mark any I thought might suit Mrs Ross and which I could vouch for . |
10 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
11 | ‘ But I could do him a bit of harm . |
12 | I could do him no good . |
13 | ‘ I could do you a great deal on a Navajo Scorpion . ’ |
14 | I could do you an omelette though could n't I ? |
15 | but I , I do n't know er whether I could do it an hour or not . |
16 | What if I could offer her a proper home , a proper family , with two parents ? |
17 | I wonder if I could offer you a cup of coffee in my department within the next couple of minutes ? ’ |
18 | I could cook you a bit of bacon in seconds with a microwave . ’ |
19 | ‘ I could cook you the same food for a quarter of the price . |
20 | I could quote you a mile of statistics . |
21 | ‘ I could paint you an exact copy , ’ I said gently , ‘ if you admit that you would like it . ’ |
22 | Or instead of washing them away down my mythical hillside , I could give them a decent burial in a sod of cancer graveyard , perhaps with a little cross over it . |
23 | I could give them the key to Father 's safe and they 'd be so grateful they 'd have a pair of boots made specially for me . |
24 | I wish I could give him a post , but I could not pass Lord Bute 's son with decency ’ . |
25 | I could give him a message . |
26 | On the other hand , if I was on a picket line or somewhere , I could give him a pretty hard old shove without pulled in , I would imagine . |
27 | Well yes , I suppose I could give it a try but I do n't want to promise anything . |
28 | ‘ I could give you a call next Friday . |
29 | I could give you a blow-by-blow account of how England lost to Portugal the other night . |
30 | ‘ I thought I could give you a lift , ’ Molland said . |