Example sentences of "could i [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could I shed a naturally shy nature ? |
| 2 | Nor is it quite obvious on second thoughts that even in the most literal usages the visual metaphor is wholly dead ; however accurately ‘ insight ’ may be defined in a dictionary , could I handle the word with any confidence without being guided by its grammatical and semantic affinities with ‘ sight ’ ? |
| 3 | Nor could I contemplate the journey which fills me with fear near to fainting . |
| 4 | Could I change a tyre ? |
| 5 | Could I change the title of my ( tentatively ) 13th January talk to : |
| 6 | ‘ He said I did n't need to work for financial reasons and how could I leave the children ? |
| 7 | ‘ One employer was going on about wanting someone under 35 and I said , ‘ Could I do the job ? ’ |
| 8 | What could I tell the parents about the national curriculum ? |
| 9 | Could I remind the Prime Minister that one of the consequences of his Maastricht agreement is to prevent Northern Ireland from participating in the new cohesion fund , to the extent of losing tens of millions of pounds ? |
| 10 | We finished serving lunch and coffee and cleared up , and as soon as I decently could I left the kitchen and set off forward up the train . |
| 11 | and could I extend a very warm welcome colleagues on your behalf to a representative of one of the German trade unions I G which our union is working very closely with in the chemical industry throughout Eur Europe . |
| 12 | No longer could I detect a whiff of stale odour , but the pleasant aroma of his aftershave . |
| 13 | They say my leg is dodgy but how could I referee a game like this one if that were the case . ’ |
| 14 | The crucial test question to ask is : Could I measure the extent of this undesired behaviour if I wanted to ? |
| 15 | What am I saying ? — Could I pull the chain on my bread-and-butter ? " |
| 16 | could I , could I make a suggestion ? |
| 17 | Could I make a suggestion ? |
| 18 | While you are finding that , could I make a general request of the counsels . |
| 19 | this is the this is it 's so easy , you think what 's an alternative to steel , oh it must be a metal , how could I make a bath out of copper or what could it be . |
| 20 | Could I make a constructive suggestion in this context of board salaries or remunerations or compensation packages or bonuses I 'm saying that in a slightly tongue in cheek way because I believe that the majority of shareholders do n't understand the differences between these concepts , as you gentlemen evidently do . |
| 21 | ’ Could I make a very special request ? ’ asks Kiefer Sutherland in a fragile , full-of-flu drawl . |
| 22 | Could I make an appointment to see her at the Education Office to sort out the dinner money debts once and for all — hopefully . |
| 23 | Could I make an amendment ? |
| 24 | All you can say is could I make could I make an appointment to see you ? |
| 25 | Could I make the point , that I think the footings were already there , because they 'd started their double garage , which they then were n't allowed to have , and I think this is gon na stand on the footings . |
| 26 | ‘ Could I send a reply back with you ? ’ |
| 27 | A fortnight later from Bradford , another set of solicitors rang up , explained that they understood the circumstances , said Look c could I hold the stuff there and what was I going to charge for the storage etcetera , er and they would be going to have to get an affidavit from this lady in Australia at some stage in order to give er him the chance to have the stuff back . |
| 28 | ‘ Could I borrow a pound from you ? ’ |
| 29 | How could I phrase the question so that I could distinguish between free choice and manipulative coercion ? |
| 30 | How could I forget the days when I was in and out of love every five minutes ? |