Example sentences of "could [pron] [adv] [vb infin] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Smith , erm , obviously you want to respond to that , but at the same time could I just press you towards your view and it 's really relevant to the districts surrounding York , that we know you can live with the figures of provision as set out by the County Council in the alteration , how ar are you aware of the figures which are being proposed by other participants in the discussion for Greater York ? |
| 2 | Could I just move you on a little bit ? |
| 3 | Could I just take you back , David , on the point where you 're talking about the things that the teacher might recognise . |
| 4 | And could I just ask you , just now , to take a minute and listen intently . |
| 5 | Could I just ask you , did those bodices do up at the back with hooks and eyes ? |
| 6 | Could I just correct you on that , I think it was acknowledged by this vote , er for transport plan settlement . |
| 7 | Er a similar cautious approach which none of them took yesterday when on examination it was found that there was more potential there than before , erm so to help with the figures I have found very helpful erm appendix eight to the er York City Council erm statement , I think it appears in both of their statements appendix eight Greater York housing provision sorry , could could I also direct you at the same time to the County Council 's N Y five appendix three now the , the two make interesting comparisons because they both start of with the same H one proposal of nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , and I 'll remind you there , sir , that only five thousand seven hundred of those are required by the existing population , four thousand of those are for migrants , and the two schedules go of in slightly different directions under the heading of completions , and the reason for that , sir , is that the the Greater York , the er County Council 's figures , as you can see were computed in October nineteen ninety two when only seven hundred dwellings had been completed , yet six months later , under item C for the Greater York er housing provision figure , York Ci York City Council figures , the completions were one thousand and sixty three . |
| 8 | Could I also ask you to ensure that the debris from the hedge-cutting is removed from the highway and not left as a hazard to cyclists . |
| 9 | Erm if anybody is actually interested in could I actually refer you to somebody in the personnel group erm Lynne . |
| 10 | ‘ My dear Mildred , how could I ever forget you . |
| 11 | ‘ How could I possibly match you , Sir ? ’ |
| 12 | Anyway , could we possibly persuade you ? ’ |
| 13 | Well , now , when you see the doctor , if he decides to mend you with one or two stitches , you tell him I said , could he please give you a stitch to take home in a matchbox ? |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , Kathleen , how could he not love you ? |
| 15 | How could he possibly know you would be coming here ? ’ |