Example sentences of "say could [pron] " in BNC.

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1 And if anybody had got a cow and it calved , we used to go to him and say could we have the beastlings , please .
2 Which is that if we take these cards , instead of dropping in one at here there and everywhere and I doubt if anyone will take much notice of one , maybe I 'm a bit personally interested in , if I say could we all drop them in at Prestos in Rougier Street ?
3 Right , erh what I 'd like to do then is er I say could you just introduce yourself or what you 're working on at the moment where you work and then the sort of presentations that you make er and then give us one of your objectives so that by the time we 've got right round the room we 'll er hopefully have everybody .
4 Right , if I say could you summarise the plot of Revenge of Khan could you do it ?
5 Please say could you ?
6 If Vic says could you stand in a different way or use the pole like this and tries to demonstrate they simply wo n't .
7 When I look towards the Merchiston Castle here , I wonder what John Napier who lived here from 1550 to 1627 would have said could he see us today .
8 His secretary Pamela reads it off her memo pad : ‘ The VC 's PA rang to say could they have your nomination for the Industry Year Shadow Scheme . ’
9 I had a paper to say and they said there was too much money coming in here a week , because you were working that I could n't get anything and I , it said , I wrote , it , it all come when I wrote to say could I have relief off of prescriptions cos I was on that H I V at the time
10 Well , she phones me up to say could she bring a friend home for Christmas .
11 And he said that he 'd phoned them and said could they change it and he 'd finish at eleven then he can still start tomorrow night again at quarter to one .
12 said could they help out a little bit for teachers you know ?
13 So it needs some , an action somewhere to erm , er , er , he said could we get , if we 've got a conformation , conformation that 's from R E S could you send it to British Section .
14 A friend and I in in our church we 've started erm a mother and toddler service and that seemed to really help a lot of the young mums they really look forward and they said could we have it more often .
15 And thirdly there 's a meeting at Stansted Airport of the Committee tomorrow and I wrote and said so to the Committee and said could we discuss this with the Committee tomorrow and again I asked for information to be available to the public and particularly to local Councils so they could alter the situation .
16 of it like that Anyway she said could we , I said well I ca n't come tomorrow cos Sheila 's coming over they said Wednesday , now that was , no I know how about Thursday ?
17 I said could we do anything ?
18 I said could we do anything ?
19 One lady thought we were turfing and she said could we turf the lawn for her ?
20 ‘ Oh , and by the way , Mum , ’ went on Violet , ‘ Philippa rang and said could you man the Bric-à-Brac Stall on Saturday . ’
21 I 'm a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and er because I 'm by background an electronics engineer and I was at a meeting there where a chap was giving a talk on design express lifts you know at Northampton and the Chairman stood up and introduced doctor whoever he was sat down turned round to me in the second row and said could you give a vote of thanks at the end .
22 I said could you mention it to him .
23 And she said could you read me your number out like .
24 He said I could murder a roll up I said could you ?
25 and said could you please put the word around your people um well there 's yourself Ann Packard erm
26 Erm Amy said could you find out as soon as possible about your church person , erm , because she 's got to get somebody else if they 're no good and er Elsie 's going to find out .
27 He said could I come to the station .
28 Well Miss rang me up about twenty to nine and said could I come in for the day and I said you 've had it for the day though consider the afternoon .
29 He said could he speak to Mr O'Sullivan and she said no .
30 Said could he sleep on the sofa a couple 've nights .
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