Example sentences of "perhaps [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I could have freeclimbed it , but the problem was that I could n't predict the pockets and I would n't have found out until it was too late to avoid a monster fall . |
| 2 | It occurred to me that perhaps I could invite Erika and Paul out for lunch . ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps I could ask you to read Psalm 5 ; and St Luke 's Gospel , Chapter 11 , verses 1 to 4 . |
| 4 | And since the frozen peas and firm bandaging were applied by the fair hands of a comely maiden , I began to think that perhaps I could reasonably update my views on the ankle , Eros-wise . |
| 5 | Perhaps I could have tried harder to be what she wanted in a daughter-in-law . |
| 6 | I am no farmer , or perhaps I could understand how wheat and potatoes can be grown at the same time in Ireland . |
| 7 | Or perhaps I could n't tell , blood being the same colour as the jersey , but there was no great wet patch . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps I could teach him some of the things I know instead ? ’ suggested the Bookman . |
| 9 | Perhaps I could induce a socialist government to take The priory off our hands . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps I could make one or two notes , only a formality . |
| 11 | Who knows , perhaps I could have prevailed with him . ’ |
| 12 | Or Tasse — perhaps I could get Tasse . |
| 13 | Anwar asked Changez and me to wash the floor of the shop , thinking that perhaps I could successfully supervise him . |
| 14 | Finally , perhaps I could add a postscript to Brian Singleton-Green 's comments on my papers on Unfudgeability and Earnings ( see ACCOUNTANCY , November 1992 , p 23 ) . |
| 15 | I would be happy to work either on the sales side , or in the accounts office ; perhaps I could come in and discuss any possibilities with you ? |
| 16 | Perhaps I could have ignored Nonni 's theories , but I was very unsure of myself except in matters of political opinion , and she was the sort of woman who is strong because she has never questioned her fixed beliefs : a kind of older , more battered Sophie . |
| 17 | Perhaps I could at least stay until she wakes up and I can explain what 's happening . ’ |
| 18 | When the puffer-fish escapes the jaws of the moray eel by inflating itself , we think , ‘ Perhaps I could do that when the moray eel comes for me ’ . |
| 19 | Then I thought , wait a minute , I 'm an MP , perhaps I could do something . ’ |
| 20 | Yeah perhaps I could erm , reply to one or two of those points . |
| 21 | ‘ Or perhaps I could get the Avery prize . ’ |
| 22 | Perhaps I could rule Scotland without a man , but I could not have a child without one . |
| 23 | Perhaps I could yet do better . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps I could stay here for a day or two , ’ she said . |
| 25 | Perhaps I could tell Norman he was a godson with whom I 'd lost touch when his real mother died ? |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps I could speak to you . ’ |
| 27 | Perhaps I could have answered that question directly . |
| 28 | Sandra : Perhaps I could talk to Cheryl . |
| 29 | Right , perhaps I could start by asking you how you , how you became involved in the Co-op movement , locally ? |
| 30 | Or perhaps I could summon the musicians . |