Example sentences of "[pers pn] could just [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Chairman I I wonder whether I could just make a sort of general statement from the department 's view before we go on to a particular issue if I may .
2 If I could just make a point about affordable housing chairman , of course the department recognizes that there is a problem of affordable housing as evidenced by minister 's statements but the view of my policy colleagues in headquarters is that this is most appropriately addresses in district wide plans and not necessarily at structure plan level .
3 I could , I could , I could just chuck a saucepan here could n't I ?
4 Erm , if I could just bring the committee up to date on one or two things that have happened in relation to the district auditor 's report .
5 High and very far to the north I could just hear an aeroplane , only the third or fourth I had heard at night since coming to the island .
6 Ah went in to where John were working cos I wanted to borrow a spanner , he said I could just murder a cig and his , his mate said ah I could as well .
7 If I could just get a role doing some of the falls in the action replays , say , I could save him from horrible injury , or at least the odd booking .
8 It had a red and yellow band on which I could just read the word Cubana .
9 The room was thick with smoke and I could just see a cot , but it was empty .
10 ‘ If I could just see the Master I could explain to him .
11 I wonder if I could just take a step back in conclusion and ask you a couple of rather broader questions , more general questions .
12 If I could just use the phone , I 'll get a taxi . ’
13 Beneath their shirts I could just catch a glimpse of the tassels of their tsitses or religious bibs .
14 I wonder if I could just raise an issue on item two three D on page four referring to horse riding because there is a concern about a , a lot of walkers , that horse riding on footpaths creates problems for them erm in , in terms of chewing up the path in , in such a way that they 're difficult to walk on , people even wearing boots .
15 I could just imagine the conversation at the other end .
16 She could just hear the silence filling with exasperation , but when he answered he was quite in control of his temper and his voice .
17 By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child .
18 She could just imagine the welcome she was about to get from her workmates !
19 Across the way she could just glimpse the motorspeeder .
20 so , sh oh she said you , oh first of all she said you can go and get the key , so I said oh no I 'm not bothered about the key I said if you could just leave the side gate open , so erm
21 Most of the time you could just ignore a lot of the stuff you did n't know ; it 'd come in time , you 'd be told when you needed to know …
22 Do you think you could just open the door for me please !
23 Well after a while the bricks got hot enough that you could just adjust the valve to where the stove would get almost cherry red and it was a very nice fire .
24 When we did all work together , all the different pieces worked together , and you could just have a card each and you could have just done it that way .
25 The tide was already on the turn , you could just see the stone margin of the path they had walked .
26 The fabric was so delicate that if she wore it without a brassiere you could just see the outline of her nipples .
27 Sam ( RH ) : We could just do a year and everything but … you see … everything that might be happening then .
28 It tells us that if we could just advance the intimacy of our relationship to the next step we would be satisfied to hold at that level until the wedding .
29 And we could just hev a lock o ’ goat 's cheese . ’
30 We could just toss a coin .
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