Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] if [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Queen had already heard rumours about the couple 's problems — but it really sank home just a year ago when Sarah asked if she could talk to her about ‘ a very personal matter ’ . |
| 2 | Then when a photographer asked if he could take his picture , Penn said , ‘ Please do n't , but thank you for asking . ’ |
| 3 | Huge hairy warts were stuck on her face and the make-up artists asked if they could cover her facial hair in mascara , giving her an instant moustache . |
| 4 | David asked if I could jive and at this particular time I always dressed as a man , which was probably another reason Calvin and I got along very well because Calvin wore velvet suits and I wore velvet suits — so that was one area we got on very well . |
| 5 | Some wag asked if he could prove it ! |
| 6 | ‘ Mr Cunningham asked if you could spare him a few minutes before leaving the hotel . |
| 7 | One of two women in the car asked if they could help me . |
| 8 | Dustin asked if he could sleep at Beck 's apartment , and if he would come and pick him up at the hall . |
| 9 | Middlesbrough co-promoter Tim Swales said : ‘ Sumner asked if he could rejoin us . |
| 10 | ‘ Take it , ’ the woman had replied when Loretta asked if she could borrow it . |
| 11 | Some months ago a gang of local youngsters asked if I could help them in this direction . |
| 12 | Kim wondered if she could trust Aggie . |
| 13 | Darren ( 3.9 ) was pushing a friend in a large basket on wheels when his teacher asked if she could have a ride . |
| 14 | Just to satisfy herself that he understood how it was he was able to build out of the vertical , the teacher asked if he could make a bent tower with wooden building blocks . |
| 15 | Concelebration Masses were becoming commonplace and Bishop McClean asked if we could provide 52 sets of white Mass vestments for use on important occasions with a particular view to the Diocesan Centenary Celebrations coming in 1978 . |
| 16 | Most of the Healthcare group asked if they could attend , and as Brenda says ‘ We ended up with the most romantic wedding you could wish for . |
| 17 | Then the lady in charge asked if I could alter garments that were too long or too short and , mug that I am , I agreed . |
| 18 | Her lips curved in amusement and Roman asked if he could share the joke . |
| 19 | ‘ Um — Dr Bradshaw wondered if you could come . |
| 20 | Our club members had been knitting cushions for charity and at the beginning of question time Georgie asked if she could tell the story of her cushion . |
| 21 | ‘ Jo asked if she could go out and I just told her not to be late , ’ she said . |
| 22 | He tried how he could bear it by putting his fingers into the lighted candle , so I the other day tried if I could scour a pewter plate . |
| 23 | We were completely thrown when one woman asked if she could bring her daughter to the next session . |
| 24 | One day the married niece asked if she could use Auntie 's old sewing-machine to run up some curtains : her own machine had broken down . |
| 25 | cos they 're not X directory if we can get hold of the number , er so she 's going to say to her could she do it any quicker and I said well the woman said if she could do it any quicker she would ring me , she asked for me phone number . |
| 26 | I know Steve asked if we could go back to Thursdays cos he ca n't make a Wednesday night . |
| 27 | ’ Carco asked if he could buy a painting , ‘ The Standing Nude ’ , and Zbo was so overcome with emotion because Carco appreciated Modigliani that he refused to take any money for it . |
| 28 | Then there was the time Joe Hulme asked if he could stay for the weekend in his native Lancashire after an away match at Bolton . |
| 29 | The treasurer asked if we could make an early start to the meetings eight P M prompt . |
| 30 | The boys asked if we could pay them some ‘ small money ’ to buy pens for schools . |