Sentence examples for I could overtake from inspiring English sources

If I kept him to within 60 seconds over the next few stages, I knew I could overtake him in the time-trial in Dijon on the second-last day.

I got giddy, thinking maybe I could overtake her.

Its oil wells already produce 1.9m barrels a day; on present trends, it could overtake Nigeria to become Africa's largest producer.

had a big Friday it could overtake "Today" in that category as well, though the NBC program is still favored to eke out a win there.

("Law & Order" reached the 20-year mark in 2010, but was canceled before it could overtake "Gunsmoke". No other show currently on the air comes close).

In 2009 Asia's total GDP exceeded America's but was still slightly smaller than western Europe's (although it could overtake the latter this year).

It already has a larger population than any EU country bar Germany (64m against 80m), and forecasts suggests that within a generation it could overtake Germany too.

If Yahoo succeeds in buying HotJobs.com, though, analysts said it could overtake Monster.com's lead by leveraging its position as the third busiest Web site in the world.

It thought it could overtake the socialists as the leading force on the left and, so, either lead the government or lead the opposition.

Patrick Harvie, the SGP's co-convenor and effective leader, said the party believed it could overtake the record total of seven Green MSPs elected in 2003 this May.

I'd usually escape to the bathroom and lock the door, where the throes of this thing could overtake, and I could return to normal as if nothing ever happened.