Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] could [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Perhaps you could contact the chairman of the Parish Council , Mr Paul Brown of 14 Brook Avenue , Scorton Preston , PR3 1AR . |
| 32 | You said that only you could assemble the apparatus . ’ |
| 33 | Others swore they tasted fine , if only you could find an army of friends to devour them with . |
| 34 | I woke up having 5 minute contractions and thought I 'd lost ‘ my water ’ on the loo , without really being sure ( if only you could have a trial run — but then you might not go through with it if you did ! ) |
| 35 | So you could see the pattern yourself and make it easier and a lot of the time at school when the teacher 's telling you , Why do n't you do it this way ? they 're not trying to make it harder for you . |
| 36 | So you could have a pint while waiting for your train a Victorian version of Travellers Fare . |
| 37 | So you could have a relationship between parents and children . |
| 38 | So you could claim the cost of repair if you chopped one while digging in the garden . |
| 39 | So you could take the framework off the front |
| 40 | Or it may arise because we are pursuing a particular path and if we went back upstream we could avoid the problem instead of trying to solve it . |
| 41 | And er Jane if perhaps we could organize the manning of the table . |
| 42 | Perhaps we could make a couple of trips on match days . |
| 43 | ‘ Perhaps we could make a performance ? ’ one of you suggests . |
| 44 | But we have got a meeting on Thursday , so perhaps we could make a point of er coming forward with some possible suggestions . |
| 45 | Perhaps we could find a cottage to stay in tonight . |
| 46 | Perhaps we could put the record straight . |
| 47 | We 'll follow the quai , and cross that bridge — no , the second one — and perhaps we could take a cognac somewhere , and wait until the gas-lamps dim , and then walk back . |
| 48 | ‘ Perhaps we could have a drink outside , ’ said the woman as the French family exploded with bellowed laughter and banging fists . |
| 49 | Andrew Telford , owner of Regal Diving , said : ‘ Perhaps we could have a compromise and dive only where there are no human remains . |
| 50 | Perhaps we could have a chat on the ‘ phone about it . |
| 51 | Perhaps we could have a cup now ? ’ |
| 52 | ‘ Perhaps we could have a game of chess later , eh ? ’ |
| 53 | There has n't been any attempt about savings , or reduced commitments or any , or everything is here , and if it has n't been attempts , perhaps we could have a list of what 's actually been removed . |
| 54 | Alright , well maybe , perhaps we could have a review of why our fire |
| 55 | Many of our basic likes and dislikes probably have some explanation in the long chain of experience , if only we could piece the jigsaw together . |
| 56 | ‘ But if only we could have a cottage somewhere ! ’ she went on wistfully . |
| 57 | The Iraqis ' suspicions of his links with Iran , Israel and America ( he was on the CIA 's payroll ) were reinforced when , that year , he said : ‘ If support were strong enough we could control the Kirkuk oilfield and give it to an American company to operate ’ . |
| 58 | Kevin and Marie and I were trying to organise them into tribes and wagon trains so we could do the film when Julie sauntered up . |
| 59 | We needed a single set of business figures and measures we could monitor so we could focus the quality initiatives . |
| 60 | So we could get a couple for here |