Example sentences of "could [pron] [adv] [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So could I please see the Master and arrange it as quickly as possible ? ’ |
| 2 | Er could I just ask the advice of the assembled expertise here ? |
| 3 | Could I then ask the convenor to respond to it please . |
| 4 | Could I then ask the clerk to read the words that have been proposed to be added to number two as it stands on page one eight five . |
| 5 | So could I therefore ask the minister to , on another matter , to ensure that later in his remarks would he agree to the proposal that the right to a postal vote should be highly publicised in this country , perhaps by putting the R P F nine A form in the newspapers well before the closing date of May the twentieth . |
| 6 | Could I provisionally book the hall for the full day ( 10.00am–4.00pm ) on Sunday 21 November ? |
| 7 | Well I 'm coming back to see you in two weeks ' time so could I maybe get the information off you then ? |
| 8 | could you please answer the question , would your suggestion require the approval of Mr ? |
| 9 | and said could you please put the word around your people um well there 's yourself Ann Packard erm |
| 10 | Do you say , Excuse me chaps could you just pass the ball over this way please . |
| 11 | Could you just take the carrycot up and put it on the floor ? |
| 12 | He does n't want to know anything about you , and what he 's , and it 's got age , sex , erm , it 's acc , A C C , he 's after your accent , could you just put the county that you , you were from please , in that column for him . |
| 13 | She was not proud to have been the cause of splitting her family up ; nor could she forget how her father 's love had turned to disgust ; and how could she easily reveal the shame which she had brought down on the Wards ? |
| 14 | It was a form of patriotism — could we still lead the world in moral , instead of military and economic power ? |
| 15 | How then could we ever understand the nature and functioning of the whole belt ? |
| 16 | The first approach replied that this was all very well but then how could we ever assess the importance of one variable against another in the overall changes ? |
| 17 | Could one instead help the group to become more supportive towards him ? |
| 18 | Could they actually win the World Cup . ’ |
| 19 | How could they possibly assess the value of the trinkets being imported — suitcases and crates crammed with carpets , pictures , furniture , diamonds , strings of pearls , ruby rings , emerald earring , tiaras , silver money transfers -all most every rich person in the country suddenly want this of her money telexed to accounts in Switzerland , Paris London , New York , the Cayman Islands . |
| 20 | Oh yeah , no , I understood that , but I mean , I thought , could , could he actually over-rule the client 's specialist , that 's all I 'm saying . |
| 21 | Could it also hold the key to memory mechanisms ? |
| 22 | Could it really possess the intelligence to outwit the eight twelves ? |