Example sentences of "could [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got there at four o'clock he had four fish he could catch I think out of the ten for the week cos he caught the others and he 'd caught them all by half past four . |
| 2 | Before he could speak I introduced myself as a friend of the family . |
| 3 | have a chat to him about what you could do I said do n't worry I said . |
| 4 | Jesus , there 'd be so many things I could do I do n't even know where to start thinking about them . |
| 5 | Yeah you could do I do n't think |
| 6 | The best thing one could do I think is to go back to past trends . |
| 7 | I mean I could do I think they 're fascinating and important — but I would prefer instead actually to talk about Darwinism Darwin as a biologist , rather than Darwin as a philosopher or as a influencer of morals and religious beliefs and so on . |
| 8 | The only thing I could do I mean at the same time I 'm saying O K I 'll go in to do it this way , would be to actually say , sod this for a lark , instead of doing erm totally private thing , gon na set up a private limited company to issue cheques . |
| 9 | I could do I suppose . |
| 10 | I could swear I saw it sizzle as it ate through the varnish . |
| 11 | I could swear I see it breathing . |
| 12 | As far as I could remember I 'd rowed ashore in a fairly direct line from Joanna to the beach . |
| 13 | But I could see I had lost his attention . |
| 14 | GUIL : I could see I had . |
| 15 | When she took off the glasses I could see I 'd overstepped . |
| 16 | They could see I loved it . |
| 17 | You have no it was that they were a bit big were n't they anyway I 'm sure we could possibly get it out you could try I suppose . |
| 18 | We could have I tell you , we can have |
| 19 | You could have I suppose |
| 20 | Well you could go I mean you could |
| 21 | With such dignity as I could manage I began to walk back to the village . |
| 22 | What I could tell I have told , and the rest must wait for the light . |
| 23 | He could tell I fancied her myself , so I assumed he was just making sure I knew how the land lay . |
| 24 | He said he could tell I needed the money . |
| 25 | I mean they take if you , if you filled up you could put I think it 's about twenty six gallons in that car . |
| 26 | And you could say I get about a lot without meeting anybody . |
| 27 | You could say I 've always had a vested interest in lingerie . |
| 28 | I could say I 've never had an illness in me life and whatever ca n't I ? |
| 29 | There on the cross he could say I 've done it all ! |
| 30 | There are a lot of things I could say I hate . |