Example sentences of "could [pers pn] [adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could I just make a correction , which would help in that respect . |
| 2 | Yes , could I just raise a point on two on the analysis of fire calls . |
| 3 | Erm chairman could I just ask a question in relation to that ? |
| 4 | Could I just ask a question ? |
| 5 | Could I just ask a question about that ? |
| 6 | erm And there are erm it 's quite difficult to read until you get used to it , but erm the title is nice and easy , could I just have a copy , erm down there ? |
| 7 | Could I also ask a question which you might be completely clear on , but I 'm not , when we do back checks on files and make sure they are all up to date and so on , we come across maybe a research approval which has n't been signed off in the right places , how far back in time do we need to get that signed off . |
| 8 | ‘ After all , how could I ever possess a brother who was remotely talented ? |
| 9 | ‘ How could I possibly forget a walk that was so full of — er — incident ? ’ |
| 10 | Jannie , could I possibly borrow a couple of aspirins ? |
| 11 | I mean … could I possibly have a word with you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Could Ah possibly answer a question or |
| 13 | Now could you get together and spend five or six minutes as a group , having a look at the other group 's presentation and could you please make a note |
| 14 | Could you just hold a moment ? ’ |
| 15 | Could you just drop a note in to the Town Clerk as to where that is ? |
| 16 | Could you just say a bit about that . |
| 17 | Could you therefore send a copy of your final draft to : as well as to me via Welshpool . |
| 18 | Could you possibly spare a poster to go in their play-room , it would be highly appropriate . |
| 19 | She had little doubt that she had allowed her heart to rule her head , and , much as she had enjoyed what had happened between her and David , could she ultimately trust a man who had treated her sister the way he had ? |
| 20 | If taken for a hybrid , could she really fool a Stealer brood , or their Patriarch , over a period of time ? |
| 21 | How could she possibly expect a girl of Cissie 's years to understand how a woman could love so deeply that there seemed no shame in it at all ? |
| 22 | Nor of course , if we dismiss the idea of ‘ memory molecules ’ , could we ever anticipate a pill to restore lost memories , for , as I have argued , these are represented in the brain not in the form of particular molecules but in a multitude of specific neuronal circuits . |
| 23 | But could they ever secure a conviction on that basis against an heir to the throne ? |
| 24 | How could he ever become a peacemaker ? |
| 25 | It was doubtful she carried much money , but even so , could he possibly ignore a lady needing assistance ? |