Example sentences of "[conj] could i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should I wait until the highlights have grown out or could I have a colour put on top ? |
| 2 | Since it 's not getting past the ROM stage when I boot up , is this a fault in the ROM , or could I have contracted a virus ? |
| 3 | Nor could I contemplate the journey which fills me with fear near to fainting . |
| 4 | Nor could I shake off a feeling that Aunt Louise was sitting beside me , enjoying it too . |
| 5 | Nor could I face , any longer , the shame of admitting I wanted a life of my own , in case this should lay me open to a charge of pretentiousness or self-importance . |
| 6 | On the other hand , the following example implies that the support — here the speaker — has actually realized the action denoted by the infinitive : ( 21 ) Nor could I foresee how much pleasure I was to derive " putting some style " into those fatuous concoctions titled PROGRESS REPORT ON BEET … |
| 7 | Nor could I believe that it was the intention to bring in at a single stroke a charge to tax that would be calculated to interrupt the education and expectations of so many parents and children , for it is surely common knowledge that the provision of free or subsidised education for the children of those teaching in independent schools was part of their usual terms of employment and that the salaries paid would be wholly insufficient to meet a charge to tax based on the full fees of the school . |
| 8 | I could n't look at them ; nor could I look back into the room . |
| 9 | Nor could I let him bully me . |
| 10 | Though I had small scale maps at three inches to a mile for some areas they are not produced for all the Sahara , nor could I have afforded the hundred pounds they would have cost if they had been . |
| 11 | and could I extend a very warm welcome colleagues on your behalf to a representative of one of the German trade unions I G which our union is working very closely with in the chemical industry throughout Eur Europe . |
| 12 | And could I leave you with a poem ? |
| 13 | I think it will be helpful if er the group and members and could I suggest please the members be myself , my Chairman , Mr the leader of the er Labour group and Mr as being a local independent member and possibly Mrs and possibly er Mrs to join us |
| 14 | There was a note telling me both Jack and Pat , his wife , were out and could I feed his hens . |
| 15 | O.K. , if I insisted he would stay for dinner with Max tomorrow evening , and could I let him know what I was planning to cook as he would like to start working on the antidote . |
| 16 | So if you learn the words this way thinking well do I know a word that 's a bit like it and could I add a bit onto the end that 's another way another good way of learning cos you do n't have to learn class and classical and classic you just sort of learn one of them . |
| 17 | ‘ He rang me up and said he was feeling lousy and could I look up his chart . |
| 18 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
| 19 | I 'm an ex-carer , and I looked after my aunt for three and a half years , and could I say that it 's not all negative although it times you could scream ! |
| 20 | Thank you very much John , and could I ask the General Secretary to deal with the appointment of . |
| 21 | Afterwards I have to go to the Headmaster and explain to him that running off with the papermate was all a joke and could I help it if people had no sense of humour … ? |
| 22 | And could I come and 'ave it with you at the table ? ’ |
| 23 | But could I do it without — utterly — falling ? ’ |
| 24 | But could I switch to be chairman of Burtons , for example ? |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | But could I suggest |
| 27 | It had to be dry-cleaned , but could I have done anything myself ? |
| 28 | I knew it was a 3-iron , but could I get the words out ? |
| 29 | ‘ But could I get an appointment so close to Christmas ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We 'd best get on , Miss Williams , but could I use a cloakroom too ? |