Example sentences of "[adv] could we [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | So could we defer that to General Purposes as well ? |
2 | So could we get back to the recommendations . |
3 | And what happened in practice was simply the Turkish government made representations to the State Department and said hey , you know , these bases , they provide a lot of work , you know , we have to provide empl alternative employment for these people so could we phase out this withdrawal over say a three year programme ? |
4 | If so could we have a proposer and a seconder that it been accepted . |
5 | No longer could we think of space and time as running on forever , unaffected by what happened in the universe . |
6 | It was a cold December , and I could not face removing and straightening the steel frames , not could we afford replacement windows . |
7 | ‘ Additionally could we ask whether it would be possible for you to attend a recording studio at a time convenient to yourself and allow us to record you reciting the refrain ‘ I 'm Roy , I 'm Roy — Roy Of The Reds Am I ! ’ |
8 | If I opened it up could we take care of the healing together ? |
9 | Now could we go back to your office ? |
10 | Er well could we have the P A and lights , we might be having an event |
11 | Well could we have centenary title |
12 | Well could we have it on the sixth and change the committee day ? . |
13 | Please could we remind all rally organisers to return the vouchers to the Office , even if you are not claiming reimbursement . |
14 | Roman , I do n't like this cave ; please could we discuss this somewhere … civilised ? ’ |
15 | But suppose that c and v took on values consistent with damped cycles , how then could we explain the observed regularity of cyclical fluctuations ? |
16 | Only then could we hope to have both a community mental health programme and meaningful community care . |
17 | How then could we tell whether the real universe should have started out with a big bang ? |
18 | But how then could we have any free will ? |
19 | Right then could we have the minutes from the previous A G M , please . |
20 | ‘ Then could we drive to Walbury Hill ? |
21 | How could we sign our own modest names after that high-powered lot ? |
22 | How could we abandon you ? |
23 | GILLIAN said how could we separate the two , because where did grammar come from if not from grammarians , and almost all grammarians — probably every single one of them for all she knew — were men , so what did we expect ; but mainly she was talking common sense . |
24 | How could we check if it is actually ninety and we 've got it wrong . |
25 | How could we check if that was if that 's really supposed to be ninety and we 've and the drawing 's not quite right . |
26 | 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 ? |
27 | How could we hope to detect a black hole , as by its very definition it does not emit any light ? |
28 | If the prohibitory norm is to be part of the ‘ extended phenotype ’ of the species , how could we conceive , starting from an inhibition , that this should come about ? |
29 | How could we change them ? ’ |
30 | ‘ How could we show them ? ’ |