Example sentences of "could [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 2 | He went and bought a pack of cigarettes from the machine behind him , searched his pockets , then asked : ‘ Could I trouble you for a light , Miss ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Could I trouble you for a receipt ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Could you take me for a spin through the country , and then on to Sligo ? ’ |
| 5 | Aye I said , so she said the landlord 's never put it down so we thought he 'd have had it down by she come home cos Alison seen it and where they work and th and there 's a room there or something and she 'd asked the boss could she have it for the bathroom . |
| 6 | ‘ Johnny rang me and he said my photograph was awfully good and could he use it for the front cover of Backward Glances , ’ Mr Winner tells me . |