Example sentences of "could [pron] [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Oh , and could I please have the hot-water ration today , Mama ? |
2 | Could I just have a small poll , those who would like to er have S Q as they call it , status quo ? |
3 | Could I ever start a new life after this ? |
4 | Could you please expose the scandalous and tasteless way in which the Queen has announced the celebration of her accession 40 years ago ? |
5 | Could you please suggest a possible cause and remedy for the above . |
6 | How could you successfully represent the three tasks mentioned above by using linear notes ? |
7 | Now erm , tt could you just talk a little bit just about your you know y your background as a child ? |
8 | This form here it 's just a fairly short one , i could you just tick the appropriate boxes for me . |
9 | ‘ I 'm sorry to disturb you , but could you perhaps spare a little time to come and talk to the Chief Superintendent ? ’ |
10 | Flying past at 400 feet , not only could we positively identify the big de Havilland gleaming in the winter sunlight , but we could also read its appropriate registration , G-DHCB . |
11 | Could we possibly have a quick look inside ? |
12 | Nor could one really compare a sacred and honourable estate like marriage to a relationship with a cat . |
13 | Could he really make a million before he was forty , or had Becky just been teasing him ? |
14 | The level of ambiguity which inevitably constrained Cipriani , was also to prove to be his Achilles ' heel , for , how could he possibly fulfil the nationalist aspirations of the people before he resolved the problem of how to be a patriotic West Indian , and loyal to the Empire at the same time ? |
15 | ‘ How could he possibly let a little innocent girl be bullied and tormented ? ’ |