Example sentences of "could [pron] [vb infin] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could I tell her the truth , after all she 'd been through ? ’ |
| 2 | I 've got to add some graphics to the draft of my leaflet , but could I send you the draft when it 's ready , and you could improve it perhaps , and then get it printed ? |
| 3 | Please could you tell me the ratio of male to female Platies I should have in my tank ? |
| 4 | Could you tell me the date and country of origin ? |
| 5 | History shows that the traditionalist in clinging to his past is doomed to extinction , so ’ Goodbye cruel world ’ and could you tell me the way to the nearest model shop . |
| 6 | Q Please could you tell me the water requirements of my two Banded Severums ? |
| 7 | Could you tell me the name of the maple that has interesting white-striped branches and trunk , and where I might be able to purchase one ? |
| 8 | ‘ Could you tell me the name of the play ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ By the way , ’ she began , hardly able to credit that , when earlier that morning her car had been such a concern to her , great expanses of time should now elapse without her giving it so much as a thought , ‘ could you tell me the name of the garage where my car — ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Could you tell me the time please ? ’ |
| 11 | Well could you tell me the number of people who are complaining now about faulty workmanship . |
| 12 | Irina said to Franca , ‘ I 'm sorry to bother you , but could you give me the name and address of that doctor ? ’ |
| 13 | Oh , wait a minute , could you bring me the crutch I left in my room ? ’ |
| 14 | Could you show me the way out ? ’ |
| 15 | Floy said , very carefully , ‘ Could you show us the route ? ’ and Fenella looked up , as if , thought Caspar , she had heard something in Floy 's voice that the rest of them had not heard . |
| 16 | Could you could you pass me the milk please ? |
| 17 | If one were in possession of all those binary numbers in sequence , could one infer the highest level of program or , to put it another way , could one infer what the machine was actually up to in the sense of paying tax refunds to the citizens of London , as distinct from translating a book from English to Chinese ? |
| 18 | He remembered taking her to school , it was after their mother died , Georgia would 've been seven , she did n't want to go , there were girls who tied her to trees , it was her accent or her looks , he could n't remember now , but he had to take her because he 'd promised Dad , Dad who did n't know anything , the scratches on her legs were brambles , the bruises on her wrists were something else , he could n't remember now , how could they tell him the truth , how could they tell him anything when all he did was sit in dark rooms with his head in his hands , his head haunted by her ghost , and each dawn broke like the slow blow of a hammer . |
| 19 | I said that was fine , but could he return me the biography I had sent ? |