Example sentences of "i could [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could undo one of the latches of Filmer 's briefcase and , given time , I might do the other . |
| 2 | I think I could manage two ! ’ |
| 3 | I could manage that |
| 4 | ‘ I could manage this horse , ’ Alexander answered seriously , ‘ better than others do . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But I 'm not sure what time he 'll get here and I do n't think Alf and I could manage this lot on our own . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ And if there 's anything you want from Red Cottage I could fetch that too later on . ’ |
| 7 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 8 | The fact is of course that what we 're seeing here is a tiny minority of people , and I could bring thousands of people here tonight who 've been in the services , thousands of parents of those people who 've been in the services , who would give you a very very different story . |
| 9 | Now , I 've got plans , and I hoped I could bring those about while you screwed on with this cockamamy set up . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've 27 turned out at home and I could bring any of them in for all weather racing at any time . |
| 11 | I could swear this calf has eaten some irritant or corrosive poison . " |
| 12 | But I could organize that . |
| 13 | ‘ Jealous people asking how I could earn such money on a government salary . ’ |
| 14 | Your offer of employment was accepted on the terms of the contract agreed that if my figures attained would reach your targets I could earn twenty five thousand per annum minimum . |
| 15 | Obviously , I could make better use of the space by replacing them with an 8 x 12ft monster , but that was too expensive £500 , or more … and I certainly did n't have that much going spare . |
| 16 | But I could make that one back as I had it . |
| 17 | " I could make ginger snaps . |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps I could make one or two notes , only a formality . |
| 19 | ‘ And if I could make one more suggestion — if I ask to see you at ten in the morning , and you wander in at ten-thirty , you will be looking elsewhere for employment . |
| 20 | If I could make clear that should the panel consider applying the exceptions policy to particular districts within the council with the county in fact , then Ryedale stands alongside Hambleton and Craven and Scarborough and Richmondshire have enormous misgivings about the application of this policy certainly to our district . |
| 21 | If only I could make forty . |
| 22 | I had become so eidetically adept that I could make these phantom partners mutate in mid-thrust , so that while I might penetrate a swivel-hipped virgin , clean and childishly scented , I would come in the flabby , dentureless , food-flecked mouth of an octogenarian . |
| 23 | Well I think I could make twenty quid go further than that . |
| 24 | We agreed on the use of Gordon Ingles for another commercial film and Leon suggested I could make any necessary further contact on such matters directly with Hellen who was apparently designing film sets , writing scripts and sometimes directing Shelly productions . |
| 25 | ‘ Sometimes I think I could make any man fancy me , ’ she told Chat magazine . |
| 26 | I could make some excuse and come here — " |
| 27 | " I could make some biscuits , " she said . |
| 28 | Basically my message said that I could make some general comments mainly relating to style rather than accuracy but if the deadline had passed so be it . |
| 29 | I find it difficult to take orders , to be a follower rather than a leader , but I would n't have accepted if I was n't confident that I could make some contribution to the station . |
| 30 | I could make smaller movies , but after running in the Olympics why should I go back to High School ? |