Example sentences of "[adv] could i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So could I presume to make just two or three points about the current ills of the NHS ? |
| 2 | So could I buy them ? |
| 3 | In fact we 've had an underwhelming response , I think at this present minute , and so could I put out the er , request again to members er , to consider coming to this seminar . |
| 4 | So could I have that ? |
| 5 | I WANT A NUT CASE- I am fed up with Janes so could I have some Claires and Sarahs please . |
| 6 | So could I have that ? |
| 7 | Finally could I suggest that if the ‘ wolf pack ’ had your credit policy and implications explained to them , then credit refusals might go down a little easier or not even occur . |
| 8 | No longer could I detect a whiff of stale odour , but the pleasant aroma of his aftershave . |
| 9 | I was very confused because I could n't make it work , but not could I break it . |
| 10 | Yeah , but basically from , from that programme all , all the er , you can see all the resources were really being used all week and , but I had a problem when we came to do the bedrooms that er , you can there , we ran out of work for the decorators to do er removing this thing , once you 've removed and then I managed to squeeze in , but where the second decorator 's erm up to room twenty-three but rather than erm have just one gang than , and not , not using as many as the resources as we possibly could I let them gave the second gang a few rooms that they could actually squeeze in without interrupting I 've let them do up to room twenty-three and then and then basically the carpenting and they have to come in after everybody else has done what they Monday morning basically we just decided that we really needed more resources the earlier sequence of events to , to get so we were getting to so whether we 've been given |
| 11 | Also could I pour this water into my compost bin to enrich the end product ? |
| 12 | ‘ What wrong could I have done ? ’ |
| 13 | Now could I ask for all the members to say the Mothers ' Union prayer , the nineteen seventy four one which you will find on page three . |
| 14 | Now could I ask , if there are any erm matters on there where you have found and error and it 's an error of fact , can I just stress that at this stage ? |
| 15 | Now could I have some cramp er tablets Doctor ? |
| 16 | Now could I have some cramp er tablets Doctor ? |
| 17 | Well could I have comments on the principle or principles of er by using criteria and then I 'd like to go through the individual criteria or individual criterion one by one . |
| 18 | Erm well could I deal with the management agency question first an an then perhaps I 'll invite Mr Perry to speak on the difficulties in trying to equalise work share of one project with trying to counterbalance on another . |
| 19 | Yes , well could I ask you to er tell us a little bit Lord the jury and and in December of nineteen eighty eight what was your rank and job ? |
| 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 | Please could I ask you to find a few minutes to write to the Secretary of State for Wales , Welsh Office , Cathays Park , Cardiff CF1 3NQ , urging him to persuade his cabinet colleagues of the importance of finding time for an Environment Bill which includes these measures . |
| 22 | Please could I ask you to adopt full press credentials as special correspondent for ‘ Rural Wales / Cymru Wledig ’ during the Earth Summit ? |
| 23 | Please could I ask for a moment 's silence and look to the north er we wil where we will have a dedication fly past by A-Tens of the Eighty-First Tactical Fighter Wing . |
| 24 | PLEASE could I thank all the people who supported the ‘ Save Eldorado Campaign ’ in Northern Ireland and stress that we are campaigning for the re-introduction of the programme . |
| 25 | Please could I have a lock of hair ? |
| 26 | Aye well , while I 'm here could I get another supply because |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | and we do have , some of this slides which , I 'll show at the very end , alright , but it means it er , erm , the first part of the talk we 'll keep the lights on and then could I ask you , you know to look and then pass it around like school |
| 29 | But how could I achieve in a few minutes what I had failed to accomplish after hours of trying ? |
| 30 | ‘ How could I do otherwise ? |