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 . |