Example sentences of "could i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I agreed with Gyggle , only by entering the dreamscape , the hypercast of my hotted-up mind , could I hope to resolve this paradox and once and for all free myself from the malevolent force which I felt had shaped my life . |
| 2 | How could I hope to remain unmoved ? ’ |
| 3 | Could I shed a naturally shy nature ? |
| 4 | Nor is it quite obvious on second thoughts that even in the most literal usages the visual metaphor is wholly dead ; however accurately ‘ insight ’ may be defined in a dictionary , could I handle the word with any confidence without being guided by its grammatical and semantic affinities with ‘ sight ’ ? |
| 5 | But could I switch to be chairman of Burtons , for example ? |
| 6 | But in the course of developing our case we have found no grounds upon which I could have validly chosen my present ends except that they are the ones to which I spontaneously tended when most aware ; on what grounds then could I persist in preferring these ends to a further advance in awareness which would undermine them ? |
| 7 | Nor could I contemplate the journey which fills me with fear near to fainting . |
| 8 | Let's face it , not even with Springsteen 's help could I munch through that alone . |
| 9 | Could I improve it by running the gearbox on TQF instead of GTX oil ? |
| 10 | How could I pretend to be the King any longer ? |
| 11 | Indeed , as far as -my self-interest is concerned , on what principle could I choose as an end sufficient in itself something which I do not spontaneously want ? |
| 12 | Almost immediately a woman 's rather rough voice answered , and I said : ‘ Could I speak to Dana , please ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Could I speak to Mrs Baudelaire , please ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Could I speak to Charlotte Ladram , please ? ’ |
| 15 | Could I speak to Giles Carnaby ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Could I speak to Mr Carnaby ? ’ |
| 17 | and I says , Good afternoon could I speak to the person that does advertising etcetera , and I get through to that particular person , and I said , How would you like to save money by us printing all your portfolios free of charge high quality er portfolios it would n't cost you a penny . |
| 18 | Hm , hello there , could I speak to please in the sales office ? |
| 19 | So anyway , I went through and I said to could I speak to the manager ? |
| 20 | Apparently they have had people calling in saying , ‘ please could I speak to Sue ’ , and that could be anybody , and then the switchboard has to go through the rigmarole of saying , ‘ what 's it all about , do you know where the person works , can you give me a bit more information ’ , and it takes up a lot more of their time , so please , if you 're leaving a message for somebody to call you back , leave your full name and your extension number . |
| 21 | Could I change the title of my ( tentatively ) 13th January talk to : |
| 22 | Could I change a tyre ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Could I leave my number for her to ring me ? |
| 25 | ‘ He said I did n't need to work for financial reasons and how could I leave the children ? |
| 26 | How could I leave you ? |
| 27 | And could I leave you with a poem ? |
| 28 | And his people were er billeted roundabout , where they were lifting everything they could I suppose to eat and kill or something . |
| 29 | How could I dictate to some amanuensis all the love I feel for my darling Lily , the loveliest flower … . |
| 30 | ‘ What could I do ? ’ she said . |