Example sentences of "could we [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could we sign our own modest names after that high-powered lot ? |
| 2 | Could we pass through the seven stages |
| 3 | Do we know , or could we speculate on Gazza 's asking price ? |
| 4 | And could we shout with the lark or crash with the sea |
| 5 | To put the problem in an extreme form , if we had access to all the genetic information in the egg and knew all the genes in detail , could we compute the animal to which it will give rise ? |
| 6 | So how could we refuse . |
| 7 | How could we beat them ? |
| 8 | But how could we ensure that complexity and mystery were the only qualitative differences between the various skylines ? |
| 9 | Could we convey the thanks of the members of this committee to the property services and the chief executive 's department , for their efforts in effecting sales and gaining large scale capital receipts for the county . |
| 10 | Talking Heads ' first foray into African rhythms was a setting of the Dadaist poet Kurt Schwitters 's I Zimbra ; Syd Barrett 's Golden Hair was a James Joyce poem ; and how could we forget An American Prayer , wherein Jim Morrison 's poems were backed by posthumously written Doors music ? |
| 11 | If it 's not possible to buttonhole the parent in this way then a note in friendly terms saying that ‘ we have a problem and could we meet to discuss ways that the school may be able to help ? ’ is an approach that is likely to bring about a positive response . |
| 12 | ‘ Could we meet downstairs later , after I come back from the course ? ’ |
| 13 | Could we meet at your place ? ’ |
| 14 | What could we measure which might be different about a neuron which had changed its structure in some way as a result of learning ? |
| 15 | It was a very frightening experience — and only afterwards could we laugh about it . |
| 16 | How could we set her aside ? |
| 17 | Could we could we set up a a a conversation on that on that subject because we might |
| 18 | Guitarist Simon Bartholomew from the soul-funk group , in the Top 30 with Do n't Let It Go To Your Head , says : ‘ We told the promoter no way could we perform . |
| 19 | Dad could we record it ? |
| 20 | How could we decide whether it had free will or was just a robot , programmed to respond as if it were like us ? |
| 21 | How could we hold our heads up , having never |
| 22 | can I suggest and I du n no , it might not work we have a lot of children who find it difficult to wo to work at home could we hold a detention in the resource centre for the hour so if other children want to use it , I do n't know , is it open after school ? |
| 23 | How could we change them ? ’ |
| 24 | What could we change that half into so that we could one sixth to it ? |
| 25 | Erm so we we asked and asked and asked could we change back to the old nutrients which we did do in the early part of December , and lo and behold , suddenly there was n't a problem . |
| 26 | ‘ How could we show them ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ What could we do with Mrs Thatcher that was not anti-German ? ’ , a senior adviser to the French president asks rhetorically . |
| 28 | In the book I read about this girl who has a celebration when it 's her period , and I asked Mum : could we do that ? |
| 29 | For a man who has contributed so much to the world of chemistry , could we do any less ? |
| 30 | Mark : ‘ How could we do that ? ’ |