Example sentences of "if [pers pn] could possibly " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that stage I had no idea whether anyone else had jumped the fence or not and I was purely concerned about carrying on if I could possibly could . |
| 2 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 3 | He wound up the interview and was rising to say goodbye when Catherine , sounding shy , asked Peter Yeo if she could possibly use their ladies ' room . |
| 4 | An Enfield clerical family took in a great-grandmother in her nineties for her last two years : ‘ she did n't want to go in a home and she wrote to my mother and asked if she could possibly look after her . |
| 5 | Then send a message to the guest , Mrs Jones , making sure it does not alarm her , asking her if she could possibly call at the manager 's office . |
| 6 | She never went past that way if she could possibly avoid it . |
| 7 | I wonder if you could possibly give me the address of the ‘ Dogs for the Disabled ’ charity , as I would like to send a donation but do n't know where to send it . |
| 8 | I wondered if you could possibly spare us a moment of your time tomorrow ? |
| 9 | So I 'm wondering if you could possibly lend a hand . ’ |
| 10 | We were determined not to start off with a mortgage round our necks if we could possibly avoid it . |
| 11 | I wonder if the , the director plans to talk about the cri criteria we will work towards with the independent erm living fund and I wonder if we could possibly accommodate something within the criteria because I think the number of people involved needing adaptation to their home over about five thousand is fairly small but for those people it will make the difference between them being able to remain in their own home or within the community care package , a vast sum of money being needed to be spent on them to accommodate them within residential accommodation . |
| 12 | And he asked me to a ask you to when they ra give the tape back if they could possibly supply a copy of it , of that tape to them . |
| 13 | During the interminable journey Edward turned what he knew of the affair over and over in his mind , and wondered if it could possibly , really , happen . |
| 14 | Alexander was a tall man with a thin , unsmiling face and black , cold eyes who did n't look as if he could possibly be anybody 's very dear friend . |
| 15 | Those early years were best forgotten and he would not allow himself to dwell on them if he could possibly help it . |
| 16 | as if he could possibly be interested in his assistant 's hobbies ! |