Example sentences of "could [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could , could I just say that Homeward , I mean there the , the parking is obviously a problem , that that is something that could go by , but I mean , I went to , the last time I went to Homeward , and walked out , and it 's before we had all this rain , my shoes were under water . |
| 2 | And he said good , and here 's ours , and we passed them along the table , and we wrote down two point six , I said excuse me , could I just have that back , there 's a slight typing error , excuse me , sorry twenty-two per cent . |
| 3 | Erm , could I just follow that on , Sir Leonard , you said earlier , there should be more fora , to bring people together . |
| 4 | Could I also take this opportunity to make another appeal for all types of books and used magazines ( not necessarily AMNESTY ) to be sent to death row prisoners in the Caribbean . |
| 5 | Could I also say that erm again going back to Strathclyde that there is a , a social , there is a subsidy for those services erm where there is a social need up to a certain point and that is governed by the finance available , but its not as though , this is just the commercial network , in fact , er I think its erm something in the order of ninety two per cent of services in Strathclyde are commercially operated and it is Strathclyde region that fills the gaps . |
| 6 | ‘ How could I ever love that stupid girl ? ’ he asked . |
| 7 | ‘ Could I possibly borrow some money ? ’ she asked , turing in her seat to look at him . |
| 8 | Could you please give some indication as to when you 're likely to respond to the letter sent to you on the twelve of the first nineteen ninety three ? |
| 9 | Could you please answer this for me ? |
| 10 | Could you please confirm all is well and that the copy which I believe Michael still has from before will suffice for the printed programme . |
| 11 | Could you please confirm this ? |
| 12 | Could you please make these adjustments for the next matrix list which I realise will not be for some time and , in fact , by that time Karen will be off on maternity leave but I leave it to you whether you want to slot in Joan and Jane for that period . |
| 13 | Could you please announce this on your show . |
| 14 | If it is , could you please acknowledge this by signing and returning the attached copy of this letter . |
| 15 | If it is , could you please acknowledge this by signing and returning the attached copy of this letter . |
| 16 | If it is , could you please acknowledge this by signing and returning the attached copy of this letter . |
| 17 | If it is , could you please acknowledge this by signing and returning the attached copy of this letter . |
| 18 | If it is , could you please acknowledge this by signing and returning the attached copy of this letter , and by also signing the enclosed document , retaining the copy for your files . |
| 19 | I mean , I know it 's something to do with funding but could you just explain that for me ? |
| 20 | I mean , come on , but I do understand that some of you were briefed or , or Do n't worry about this now , but we would like this briefing questionnaire back before you leave on Wednesday , er , if you were a late replacement , could you just make that plain on there , er , if you were n't briefed , you 've got the shortest questionnaire in the world to fill in . |
| 21 | How could you not know that about your child ? |
| 22 | Could you ever imagine that happening to one of you ? |
| 23 | How could you ever believe that ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Could you really do that ? ’ |
| 25 | How could she even think such things about a man whose reputation as a womaniser rivalled Casanova 's ? |
| 26 | How could she honestly make this pigheaded man see sense ? |
| 27 | How could she not want that ? |
| 28 | How could she not get that . |
| 29 | But how could she ever explain this to Alexander , who anyway no longer wanted to understand ? |
| 30 | Could she really disregard that side of his nature which was so repellent to her ? |