Example sentences of "maybe [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe I could have been offered a discount if I brought my wife next time . |
| 2 | Maybe I could open clothes shops in Poland , who knows ? |
| 3 | One stockbroking source said last night : ‘ There are a certain number of people who have already said : ‘ Listen , if I 'm going to get clobbered , I would rather be transferred , or maybe I could find someone else who can transfer me . ’ |
| 4 | And if anyone had noticed , maybe I could have just tossed the whole matter off in a casual way : ‘ Oh , that … it 's nothing much … ’ |
| 5 | As the last of the boys arrived I thought that maybe I could just make my way to the back of the queue , or sprint back to the changing room on one pretext or another and conveniently lose my place in the line . |
| 6 | I felt wonderful , and it was at that moment that I realised that if I started taking my athletics seriously , if I started training properly , if I started listening to Ron , then maybe I could do something in the sport . |
| 7 | I remember thinking that if Andy Norman believed I could be Europe 's top sprinter , if he had such faith in me , well then maybe I could . |
| 8 | Well , maybe I could . |
| 9 | ’ Maybe I could speak to it — say , ‘ Do what ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe I could go anyway . |
| 11 | If gaunt-face had been looking up at the Clubroom windows in the hope of seeing Filmer — or of Filmer seeing him — maybe Filmer would come down to talk to him and maybe I could photograph them both together , which might one day prove useful . |
| 12 | If he 's holding out at all , on anything , maybe I could get it out of him , sir . ’ |
| 13 | Maybe I could introduce him to my sceptical American editor friend ? |
| 14 | ‘ Well maybe I could start another band . |
| 15 | ‘ If I 'd had the sense to be frank with her last March , maybe I could have done that . |
| 16 | If only Clive Rice had not been dropped by South Africa , maybe I could have persuaded the England selectors to give me a chance … |
| 17 | Moderator we , we do accept this but maybe I could er say just a word to the assembly about the workload as it were of this panel on doctrine . |
| 18 | Maybe I could find him and recoup some of your money ? ’ |
| 19 | I think no mine are too thin , or maybe their not , and , and this , and seeing this in magazines , seeing it on television it make 's me think that maybe I could have that |
| 20 | Maybe , she thought , her mind half-frozen slush that squeezed ideas apart , maybe I could find Spiderglass even in the fog . |
| 21 | ‘ OK , well , maybe I could look round . |
| 22 | Maybe I could come in and check it out while you wait in another room . ’ |
| 23 | If Brian [ husband ] was working … maybe I could have put the money away for a rainy day , but in our place … you more or less need it . |
| 24 | But yes I 'm sure you can be a missionary in Harlow and I 'd like to think that maybe I could erm increase that work and maybe have an afternoon a week where I could talk to people about God , but I think there 's not really time in a ten minute surgery slot . |
| 25 | We could see the sights , have some fun , and maybe I could think of some ways I could help you . ’ |
| 26 | So maybe I could tempt you to settle for a mere lifetime with me , Caroline ? ’ |
| 27 | Maybe I could have had the hotel ring the British Embassy in Lima , but I was too exhausted , physically and mentally — particularly mentally — to face all the complications . |
| 28 | The cops would be watching the bus station and the railroad terminal , but maybe I could bribe my way aboard a tramp steamer for Macao or Shanghai . |
| 29 | Maybe I could have a new dress . |
| 30 | Maybe I could if I tried . |